Major art exhibitions planned for Sacramento, Bay Area in 2013

December 30, 2012, 12:00 am

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Jan Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and a half-century of paintings by Sacramento's Gregory Kondos are among the highlights of art exhibitions opening in 2013.

Jan Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" will be on view with 34 other Dutch works from Jan. 26 through June 2 at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. It will be the first venue in the U.S. tour of Dutch Golden Age paintings.

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January 7, 2013, 7:03 am

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The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission is offering grants of up to $1,500 to schools and community organizations that would like to hire artists for educational programs.

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January 11, 2013, 12:00 am

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Second Saturday gallery picks by Victoria Dalkey

Elliott Fouts Gallery
Teresa N. Fischer "Yes, I Hear You" Self-Portrait, Oil on panel, 24 X 20

Sacramento Temporary Contemporary
Alpha by Gary Pruner, oil pastel

Viewpoint Gallery
Gene Kennedy, a 44-year retrospective of his black-and-white photographs

Alex Bult Gallery
Susan Aulik's abstract paintings

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January 18, 2013, 12:00 am

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"Face Yourself" at the Elliott Fouts Gallery is a show of self-portraits by artists who are not, for the most part, known for their figurative work. The result is a show that ranges from a straightforward, traditional self- portrait by Bryan Mark Taylor to a psychologically fraught painting by John Tarahteeff, who depicts himself as a sailor in a beached boat with a broken mast.

John Tarahteeff's "Marooned" is one of many evocative self-portraits painted by artists who normally avoid the genre.

"As John Turner Come Up Out of the Amazon River" is an outsider piece, part of "The Collector" exhibit.

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January 25, 2013, 12:00 am

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"Pacemakers" at Beatnik Studios is a show of works by Sacramento gallerists and curators. A gallerist is a person who owns or directs a gallery; not to be confused with a "gallerina," one of those beautiful young women who assist gallery directors. 

Mick Sheldon's "Remote Controlled Tank Creates the Ketchup Disaster" is part of the "Pacemakers" exhibit at Beatnik Studios.

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February 8, 2013, 12:00 am

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Strong, emotive color and dreamlike imagery come together in the works of prominent Sacramento artist Irving Marcus, whose paintings are up at b. sakata garo, 923 20th St., Sacramento.

Strong, emotive color and dreamlike imagery come together in the works of prominent Sacramento artist Irving Marcus, whose paintings are up at b. sakata garo, 923 20th St., Sacramento.

"Truly Girls" is a series of paintings by Deborah Hamon that explores the construction of identity of girls as they try to figure out who they are and who they will ultimately become. The show is up at Elliott Fouts Gallery, 1831 P St., Sacramento.

Bethanie Humphrey's mixed media "Resin Jar Study" is one of the works on view in "The Writer's Brush," a show of visual art by literary artists at the Poet's Gallery/Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St., Sacramento.

Black surfers break waves and stereotypical boundaries in "White Wash," a documentary film and exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, 1519 19th St.

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February 22, 2013, 12:00 am

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On the surface, the works of Irving Marcus and Peter Stegall would seem to have little in common.

"Sit Up" by Irving Marcus is on display at b. sakata garo.

Crocker welcomes the noise of a new sculpture

February 26, 2013, 12:00 am

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Museums – much like libraries – are places where voices are hushed and noise minimal.

Sacramento artist Gerald Walburg, left, watches as Jeff Farley swings a hammer during installation of "Sakti No. 15" Monday near the main entrance to the Crocker Art Museum. The metal sculpture was pivoted and tapped into place, then bolted down. The work of Walburg, a former CSUS instructor, is familiar to many – his "Indo Arch" is a few blocks away.

Walburg and Farley use a little elbow grease and heavy equipment on the shiny and heavy metal work. Meanwhile, inside the Crocker, officials were readying an exhibit that opens Sunday, "Rebirth of a Nation: Travis Somerville's 1963."

Travis Somerville, a San Francisco artist, prepares to hang "The Only Begotten Son" at the Crocker Art Museum as part of a mixed-media presentation on Somerville growing up in the 1960s in the South. Somerville said the work was in a Martin Luther King Jr. show at the Smithsonian Institution that was seen by King's widow, Coretta Scott King. The artist said he was summoned to a meeting with her and she said the painting was her favorite work in the show.

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March 1, 2013, 12:00 am

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Like ancient Greek sculptures of gods and goddesses, China's terra-cotta warriors, on view at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, would have been brightly painted.

A terra-cotta archer carries traces of the paint applied by an artisan more than 2,200 years ago.

Cavalry horse (detail)

Crane

Armored military officer (detail)

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March 8, 2013, 12:22 am

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Alex Bult Gallery- "Waterworks" is a show of transcendent images of water, seen up close so that the image becomes abstract on first viewing

Alex Bult Gallery "Waterworks" is a show of transcendent images of water, seen up close so that the image becomes abstract on first viewing, then realistic as you move away from them. These complex paintings and drawings represent 10 years of intensive investigation by noted Sacramento artist Ken Waterstreet. The show is up at Alex Bult Gallery, 1114 21st St., Sacramento. (916) 476-5540. 

 b. sakata garo After completing "Site 2801," his massive installation of ancient Chinese ceramic soldiers at the Crocker Art Museum, Gong Yuebin went on a four-month sojourn in China with only a sketchbook. His drawings recording that trip are up along with a portion of "Site 2801" at b. sakata garo.

Jay Jay Robert Ortbal's sculpture and drawings explore space and time, the real and the virtual. Using odd materials, he makes three-dimensional poems that evoke the sights and scents of nature. His work is up with a selection of works on paper by various artists at Jay Jay, 5520 Elvas Ave., Sacramento. (916) 453-2999.

Axis Gallery "Seeing Black" is a show of works by Sacramento artist Phil Amrhein that explore the concept of the void. His black-and-white abstract paintings question our traditional concepts of beauty and art. They are up at Axis Gallery, 1517 19th St., Sacramento. (916) 443-9900.

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March 8, 2013, 12:50 pm

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TONIGHT- Capitol Pops Concert Band gives a free performance at the California Automobile Museum. A mix of automotive-themed arrangements, 1950s-'70s hits and traditional favorites will be offered against a backdrop of the exhibit "1968."

Davis Downtown 2nd Friday ArtAbout. Amanda Larson's photos are at Ray Johnston Photography Studiio.

The Other Brittany are left to right: Brittany McKinney, Kristopher Frankson, Tara Thames and Devon McKinney.

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March 15, 2013, 12:00 am

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Water, wood and earth are the three elements the Zhang sisters explore in their joint show at CSU Sacramento's Library Gallery. The sisters – Ling, Bo and Hong – were born and raised in the northeast China in the city of Shenyang, often referred to as the Detroit of China. Each has found a new home: Ling in Atlanta, Bo in Beijing and Hong in Lawrence, Kan.

"Spirit of Rock III" by Ling Zhang

"Tree Bark #5" by Bo Zhang

"Currents" by Hong Zhang, is charcoal on a paper scroll.

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March 22, 2013, 12:00 am

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Though they are worlds apart, two shows at midtown galleries share a common thread.

Mike Trask Ken Waterstreet's water images invite the viewer to peer beneath the surface.

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March 28, 2013, 12:00 am

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Abstraction was a staple of art in the 20th century until it was rudely displaced by Pop Art in the 1960s. While abstraction took a secondary role for a time, it is once again popular with artists in the 21st century.

Josaku Maeda's "Human, space" from 1969, is watercolor and ink on paper.

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March 29, 2013, 12:00 am

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Photographers Jay Spooner and Allyson Seconds wrap up their joint "Retrospectives" show with a fun-for-all closing night shindig Saturday at midtown's Little Relics Galleria.

In one of Jay Spooner's many music photographs, Dan Reynoso of the Knockoffs gets some air. Spooner and Allyson Seconds wrap up a retrospective photography show Saturday at Little Relics Galleria in Sacramento.

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April 5, 2013, 12:00 am

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"Kind of Like a Sound," a bouquet of trumpetlike flowers, greets you on the first wall of Robert Ortbal's exciting show at Jay Jay. It's quirky yet beautiful, an elegant comedian made of unexpected materials.

"Architecture of a Scent: Cinnamon" is one of Robert Ortbal's sculptures on display through April 20 at Jay Jay Gallery.

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April 12, 2013, 12:18 am

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Elliott Fouts Gallery - "Forever Picnics" is a show of 20 works by nationally known figurative painter Roland Petersen.

"Forever Picnics" is a show of 20 works by nationally known figurative painter Roland Petersen, who was a member of the core art faculty at the University of California, Davis, along with Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, William T. Wiley and Manuel Neri. The show is up at Elliott Fouts Gallery, 1831 P St., Sacramento.

Nationally recognized artist Judith Foosaner offers a series of stunning black-and-white abstractions in a variety of media in "Back Story" at Alex Bult Gallery, 1114 21st St., Suite B., Sacramento

Bay Area artist Kimberly Rowe's abstract paintings on canvas, panel and fabric are up with works by Sung Won Yun in an invitational show at Axis Gallery, 1517 19th St., Sacramento

The Last Collaborations of Laureen Landau" is a fascinating show of works by prominent area artists working with unfinished paintings by the late Laureen Landau, who taught for many years at Sacramento City College. The exhibition is on view at Archival Gallery, 3223 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento.

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April 19, 2013, 12:00 am

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Geometric abstraction and narrative figuration vie in Roland Petersen's masterful paintings at the Elliott Fouts Gallery. A mini-retrospective, the show moves from nonobjective abstractions from the 1950s to fresh-off-the-easel works from his renowned Picnic Series.

"Davis Still Life" 1958

"Picnic With Checkered Table" 2013

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April 26, 2013, 12:00 am

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"The Last Collaborations of Laureen Landau" at Archival Gallery is something of a contradiction in terms. Because Landau died in 2009, she couldn't participate in a process defined as two or more people working together.

Maria Winkler's "Weaving" combines strips from two paintings, one by her and one by Laureen Landau.

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May 5, 2013, 2:15 pm

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May is clay month in the Sacramento Valley. Long recognized as a hotbed of ceramic activity, the region has an extensive history of prominent ceramic sculptors, many of whom studied with the late Robert Arneson at the University of California, Davis

Debra Oliva won first place for "Bowl With Narrow Sash" in the Blue Line Gallery's juried ceramics show, "Ceramacon." The show is up through May.