5 exhibits to see on Sacramento's 2nd Saturday

June 8, 2013, 6:40 pm

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Colored shapes and bits of imagery come together in Grace Munakata's paintings and collages, which she describes as "a bit like crazy quilts." In "Bittern," a young girl stands in woods under an elusive bird. It's one of the exciting works in her show at b. sakata garo.

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Colored shapes and bits of imagery come together in Grace Munakata's paintings and collages, which she describes as "a bit like crazy quilts." In "Bittern," a young girl stands in woods under an elusive bird. It's one of the exciting works in her show at b. sakata garo, 923 20th St.

Alex Bult Gallery
"Inextinguishable: The Spirit of Place" is the title of Colleen Maloney's show of vibrant, large-scale paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolor. They're up at Alex Bult Gallery, 1114 21st St., Suite B

Center for Contemporary Art
Sohyung Choi mixes photographic imagery, video projection, light and found objects in "Records of Time," an exhibition about images and remembrance at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, 1519 19th St.

Viewpoint Gallery
"Onsite: Men at Mining" is a show of strong documentary photographs by Laszlo Bencze that examines the life and work of miners at Viewpoint Gallery, 2015 J St., Suite 101

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Victoria Dalkey: Grace Munakata's intriguing paintings at b. sakata garo

June 14, 2013, 12:00 am

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Grace Munakata's new paintings at b. sakata garo mix abstraction, pattern and imagery in fascinating ways that challenge our notions of what painting can be.

"Hanuman's Stones" by Grace Munataka is part of an exhibit of her work on display at b. sakata garo.

Sacramento County lags in U.S. arts study

June 18, 2013, 11:41 am

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Sacramento County trails in many categories in a national study that seeks to quantify the economic impact that nonprofit arts organizations have on their communities.

Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum was closed for expansion during the period covered by the arts study, possibly skewing its results, one local arts administrator says.

Cathie Anderson: Pop artist Tennessee Loveless features Sacramento icons in painting

June 22, 2013, 11:07 am

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Pop artist Tennessee Loveless took up the challenge of painting what Sacramento's all about, and this weekend you can judge whether he nailed it.

Troy Carlson is well outnumbered by Mickey Mouse as he looks over the artwork by Tennessee Loveless. Carlson's Stage Nine Entertainment Store in Old Sacramento will be the site of the TENxTENxTEN show of Loveless' work Saturday and Sunday.

Sacramento figures into the artwork – gallery owner Carlson drove the Los Angeles artist Loveless around town.

Gallery owner Troy Carlson unwraps artwork for the Tennessee Loveless exhibit at Stage Nine Entertainment in Old Sacramento.

'Politically Vulnerable' paintings well-done but problematic

June 21, 2013, 7:21 am

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Maren Conrad's "Politically Vulnerable" is a body of work that focuses on the wives, girlfriends and mistresses of California's governors. Originally to be installed at Vanguard, a new lounge across the street from the Capitol, the paintings have become a bone of contention for feminists of different eras.

"Nancy Reagan" by Maren Conrad is a glamorous portrait that recalls the former first lady's career as an actress.

"Maria Shriver" by Maren Conrad

Murals cover blighted block in downtown Sacramento

June 24, 2013, 7:36 am

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Jason Bove and Matt Brown are trying to accomplish what years of struggle and millions of dollars spent by the city of Sacramento have failed to achieve: making the 800 block of K Street attractive.

Jason Bove works last week on a mural at Eighth and K streets designed to hide the hole in the ground that's been there since a rundown building fell over in a windstorm 10 years ago. The 150-foot mural will feature a sweeping skyline.

Muralists Jason Bove, left, and Matt Brown gather paints to work on the mural. The Downtown Sacramento Partnership raised $7,000 for the project, which paid for the artists' supplies.

Jason Bove works last week on a mural at Eighth and K streets designed to hide the hole in the ground that's been there since a rundown building fell over in a windstorm 10 years ago. The 150-foot mural will feature a sweeping skyline.

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June 28, 2013, 6:33 am

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Collage – the scissors and glue method of combining readymade imagery – evolved from "papier collés," a 19th century leisure time activity of children and amateurs. It was elevated to the realm of fine art around 1912 when Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque began to include snippets of newspaper clippings, tickets, paper, wood and even sand in their cubist compositions.

Susan Tonkin Riegel's mixed media collage "Pick Six" is featured in the show "Collage, Etc."

Crocker exhibit shows that folded paper has its place in art

July 5, 2013, 6:32 am

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Once thought of primarily as an activity for children, origami – the art of paper folding – has entered the realm of high art. "Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami" examines the variety, beauty and international impact of the form.

"Two Books" by Miri Golan is included in "Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami" at the Crocker Art Museum. Crocker Art Museum

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Couple plan to spend $15 million on combined Sacramento car and natural history museum

July 11, 2013, 5:04 pm

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A wealthy couple who have hunted exotic creatures around the globe are making one of the largest private donations to a cultural institution in Sacramento history.

A room in the Elk Grove mansion of Paul and Renee Snider displays fowl and sheep they have hunted.

Leopards from Tanzania are some of the game the Sniders hunted and preserved.

Leopards from Tanzania are some of the game the Sniders hunted and preserved. The Sniders envision a museum on Front Street for their trophies, to be open by mid-2015. It would replace the existing auto museum, which would be torn down, adding natural history exhibits and a theater.

A polar bear is one of the possible exhibits in a natural history museum the Sniders want as part of a Front Street facility.

Critic's choice of Sacramento's Second Saturday art shows

July 13, 2013, 5:20 pm

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Micah Crandall-Bear's paintings hover between abstraction and representation with landscape implications. They are up at Elliott Fouts Gallery, 1831 P St., Sacramento.

Elliott Fouts Gallery
Micah Crandall-Bear's paintings hover between abstraction and representation with landscape implications. They are up at Elliott Fouts Gallery, 1831 P St., Sacramento.

Alex Bult Gallery
Award-winning artist Matt Bult draws on a wide range of sources from Joseph Cornell to abstract expressionism in his recent collages and paintings of imaginary landscapes with avian inhabitants. They are up at Alex Bult Gallery, 1114 21st St., Suite B, Sacramento.

Center for Contemporary Art
London-based artist and architect Gordon Shrigley poses questions about the relationship of lines to language in his multimedia installation at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, 1519 19th St., Sacramento.

Axis Gallery
Chuck Seerey deconstructs and reconfigures strongly colored and textured forms to create new rhythmic patterns in his paintings at Axis Gallery, 1517 19th St., Sacramento.

Carved decoys star at Sacramento's Wildlife Art Festival

July 13, 2013, 12:00 am

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It's said to be one of America's oldest art forms. Year-round, local carvers put delicate detail into creating duck decoys.

Chet Wilcox works on one of his creations in his home studio on July 9, 2013 in Citrus Heights, Calif. Wilcox runs a duck decoy tool and supply business out of his home.

Chet Wilcox adds texture to a wildfowl carving. He also sells carving supplies and teaches classes.

Jurors' choices result in strong State Fair art exhibit

July 19, 2013, 12:00 am

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If last year's California State Fair fine art exhibit could have been called "The Death of Painting," this year's marks its rebirth.

"I Am Your Chief," a collaboration by Patricia Mills and Michael Rowden de Portola of Fair Oaks, is this year's State Fair Juror's Award winner.

Kurt Barton's "Water Leak"

"Letter From My Daughter" by Gail Parris

Second Saturday picks include revered Sacramento artist

August 10, 2013, 12:00 am

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The work of revered Sacramento artist and teacher Larry Welden, who died in October, will be on view in a memorial exhibition of his brilliant paintings of land, sky and water.

Elliott Fouts Gallery Gary Pruner: Decades of Color

Eclectic mix makes for interest-catching exhibition at Axis Gallery

August 16, 2013, 12:00 am

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I always look forward to Axis Gallery’s National Juried Exhibition because it gives us a look at small works by artists from around the country, and it is invariably of high quality. This year’s show, the eighth annual, is no exception.

“Flesh Wheel Size: 10x14,” in fabric and thread, on paper, is by Gioia Fonda of Sacramento.

David Samuel Stern’s “Austin Furtak-Cole, Artist,” is archival inkjet prints physically woven together.

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August 31, 2013, 8:21 pm

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The exhibit serves as the history of an institution: The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture founded by Charles LeBrun in 1648.

“Sleeping Rinaldo” by Charles de la Fosse.

“Portrait of a Girl, Bust Length,” by Pauline Auzou.

Antoine Watteau’s “Seated Woman,” circa 1717.

“Study of a Jockey” by Edgar Degas..

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September 3, 2013, 3:37 pm

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Last year’s Launch fashion event showcased “Project Runway” veterans Michael Costello and Seth Aaron. This year, it’s a similar theme, different channel.

Model Jessica Spott, left, wears Glaudi by Johana Hernandez, who will participate in Friday’s Launch X Fashion Show.

Launch festival: Visual arts are a key component

September 3, 2013, 3:37 pm

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Visual arts are a key component of Launch’s offerings, which include paintings, art installations and architecture meshing with the concerts and fashion shows.

An “architecture pavilion” will be a sculpture of corrugated cardboard at Cesar Chavez Plaza. A smaller version will be at the MARRS building.

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September 3, 2013, 3:37 pm

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The Memorial Day weekend music festival known for decades in Sacramento as the Dixieland Jazz Jubilee may have found its footing with a more diverse lineup of musicians, headliner acts and a new concert venue, organizers say.

Country singer Wanda Jackson performs at this year's four-day Sacramento Music Festival, which revised its programming.

Wine corks, imagination turn idle time into artsy rhinoceros

September 4, 2013, 12:00 am

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A 300-pound rhinoceros stands in a Fair Oaks couple's garage.

Sure, the creature is made from plastic foam, plywood and thousands of wine corks, but its sight may prove just as arresting as seeing the real thing.

Jim Lambert checks the platform carrying a rhinoceros made of thousands of wine corks he collected.

Jim Lambert's creation, titled "Rhinocirrhosis," will soon travel to a Michigan art contest where the grand prize is $200,000 in cash.

Jim Lambert, his wife Mary, and friends Bob and Di Nelson applied the "hide" with the help of other friends and family members.

CSUS exhibit celebrates Paul Thiebaud as art collector

September 5, 2013, 12:00 am

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Paul LeBaron Thiebaud Collection continues at the CSUS Library Gallery

Three ceramic works from Cameroon or Nigeria are among the many artworks collected by the late Paul Thiebaud, on view through Dec. 14 at California State University, Sacramento.