RE: Going to San Francisco
Also, if you're interested, swing by the Asian Art Museum. It covers quite a large time span and has art from all over Asia. Well worth the entry fee, in my opinion. Camden Hardy camden[at]hardyphotography[dot]net http://www.hardyphotography.net On Mon, October 9, 2006 10:32 pm, D. Mark Andrews wrote: > Hans & Chia, > > SF doesn't have the gallery strength of New York, but there is usually > enough work around to keep one interested. Since I live here I tend to > track > many of the galleries dealing with contemporary and alt photography. Below > is my short list places to start. There are two buildings next door to > each > other on Geary Street (49 & 77 Geary) which have several floors of > galleries -- many of them having alt and contemporary photography > exhibitions. I like to start at the top of each of them and go to all the > galleries, not just those exhibiting photography, but I tend to focus on > them. Most are closed on Mondays. > > I'm game for a beer during your stay. Just let me know. BTW, I'm assuming > you are aware that you will be arriving to San Francisco on Halloween! > This > city gets a bit wild on Halloween. The gay bars in the Castro, Mission, or > SOMA Districts will be the most fun and worth a visit. You'll see a lot if > interesting scenes that you are unlikely to see anywhere else--including > low > brow and high brow performance artists, kinetic sculptures, world-class > drag > queens, and more bare asses in one day then you have likely seen in your > lifetime :-) > > Museums: > > De Young Museum > Newly re-installed photography collections - top notch historic > photography > > SF MOMA > Mexico as Muse: Tina Modotti and Edward Weston (Platinum work) > Imposing Order : Contemporary Photography and the Archive > Picturing Modernity: The Photography Collection > > > Non-Profits > SF Camerawork 657 Mission Street > Ghosts in the Machine (Couple of alt process photographers) > > > Galleries: > John Berggruen Gallery: 228 Grant, T: 415.781.4629 > Seydou Keita - Portraits > > Fraenkel Gallery: 49 Geary, 4th Floor, T: 415.981.2661 > Eye of the Beholder: Richard Avedon Collection > Note: A number of historical images including one of my all time > favorites, > "La Comtesse de Castigilona by Pierre-Louis Person > > Haines Gallery: 49 Geary, 5th Floor, T: 415.397.8114 > Binh Danh - Ancestral Altars > > Robert Koch Gallery: 49 Geary, 5th Floor, T: 415.421.0122 > David Parker- Seascapes (B&W large prints toned to look like Albumen > prints) > > Scott Nichols Gallery: 49 Geary, 4th Floor, T: 415.788.4641 > Ansel Adams & Scott Church > > Don Soker Gallery: 49 Geary, 4th Floor, T: 415.291.0966 > TETSUYA NODA - Photo silkscreens (very interesting work) > > Patricia Sweetow Gallery: 49 Geary, 4th Floor, T: 415.788.5126 > DAVID HUFFMAN - PYRAMID DREAMS (Not actually photo show right now, but his > work is amazing) > > Stephen Wirtz Gallery: 49 Geary, 3rd Floor, T: 415.6879 > MELANIE PULLEN - High Fashion Crime Scenes (Very interesting work) > > Peace, > > Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans & Chia [mailto:chiahans@pictoform.nu] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:57 PM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Going to San Francisco > > > Hello all > > > We are going to SFO on the 31st of October and stay there until 12th of > November. > > > We have never been in that part of US before. > > > We would appreciate any suggestions for exhibitions, galleries, art > shops > or whatever worth visiting. > Coffee, tea, wine or beer anyone? > > > Please answer offlist > > > TIA > Hans & Chia > > > > > > > > > Atelier Pictoform > Hans Nohlberg & Chia N-Löfqvist > Hedåsgatan 5 > SE-412 53 Göteborg > Sweden > > > +46 (0)31 181414 > Mobile: 073 974 44 24 > > > (Besök/visit Hedåsgatan 6) > > > http:/www.pictoform.nu > > > http:/www.artphotocollection.com > http:/www.etsabild.se > http:/www.hotelartgallery.com > > > > > >
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