COMING SOON!!
"WARFLOWER" A SOLO SHOW by OBI KAUFMANN
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 18th
“WARFLOWER” A solo show of new paintings by Obi Kaufmann
Sept. 18th through Oct. 17th. 2010
Reception: Saturday, Sept. 18th 6pm to 10pm
DJ set by Quiet Countries
Fivepoints Arthouse is pleased to announce the first solo show in San Francisco for Oakland painter Obi Kaufmann. Kaufmann’s figurative paintings draw a conceptual line between contemporary street-art and archaic cave-art. Incorporating elements of illustration and graffiti by combining traditional and contemporary media, Kaufmann’s work has as much spray paint on the surface as it does is charcoal and oil paint.
In WARFLOWER, Kaufmann depicts expressionist images that explore themes of beauty and violence. The collection describes an elaborate personal mythology of angels and demons that dance and attend to their own private agendas.
Obi Kaufmann’s exhibition history includes recent sold-out shows in both Oakland and Seattle. He runs the website www.oaklandsweetart.info and curates the Swee(t)Art Drawing Gallery in Oakland.
Obi Kaufmann contact obikaufmann@msn.com
COMING SOON!!
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26th
PORTUGUESE ARTISTS COLONY presents:
omphaloskepsis
Peg Alford Pursell's fiction received the (S.C.) State Fiction Award and was a short-list finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Short Fiction Award. Stories have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Staccato Fiction, Emprise Review, Precipitate Journal, The Fabulist, Pure Francis, Burrow Press, and The Big Ugly Review. She teaches at the College of Marin and Book Passage, and in private workshops, and curates the Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series in Sausalito. For more information see her website http://northbaywriters.wordpress.com.
Special guest:
Peg Alford Pursell
Plus Live music!
With work from Colonists:
Leslie Ingham
Daniel Heath
Cary Tennis
Caitlin Myer
Benjamin Wachs
Receive your blessing on Sunday, September 26th, at 5:00 pm at Fivepoints Arthouse.
Doors open at 4:30. Come early to get a seat, have a drink, settle into your Sunday afternoon.
72 Tehama
San Francisco
OTHER MUST SEE SHOWS:
at johannson projects: erik parra:
BETWEEN CURRENCIES | RECEPTION FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, August 6, 5 - 8 pm
Shows Run: July 30 - September 11, 2010
Erik Parra, Tasting
In his first solo exhibition at the gallery, Between Currencies, Erik Parra examines the tension between the meticulously cut and the shredded with his sharp juxtaposition of vintage pop media clippings and multicolored paper cutouts. These images dwell in a strange temporality, serving both as documentation of the past and a proactive peek into future shapings of collective hopes and dreams. The tangled layers of artificiality eminent in both the medium and the message- between black and white and RGB, history and desire, question the relevance of a search for American authenticity.
Johansson Projects is located at
2300 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612
Near 19th Street BART Stop
Hours: 12-6, Thurs - Fri, Sat 11-5pm
kimberly@johanssonprojects.com
johanssonprojects.com | 510.444.9140
at robert berman / e6 galelry: winston smith:
CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY:
AN SFitAll show:
THIS FRIDAY AUGUST 20th!
SOUND AND VISION: live music and more!
Sound and Vision is a group show at Fivepoints Arthouse in San Francisco which contains visual art made by S.F. Bay Area musicians. Sound and vision seeks to investigate the crossover of artistic impulse between the worlds of Music and Art.
Not only will this show feature Visual Art, there will also be musical performances from some of the participating artists.
There is a rich history of musicians who also make visual art, and SFitAll and Fivepoints Arthouse invite you to experience the latest crop of talented artists.
Opening reception Friday August 20 @ 8pm
Performing Artists:
Clouds
Parergon
Blood Beach
Participating Artists:
Heidi Alexander, Tim Cohen, Grace Cooper, Cyril Jordan, Christopher Musgrave, Pierre Merkl, Sammy Owen, Kimi Recor and Jean Yaste & featuring Avi Spivak.
WEEKLY EVENTS:
EVERY MONDAY: MOVIE NIGHT!!
Fivepoints Arthouse loves films, that's why for over two years we have been hosting a Monday Movie Night. Along with tons of movies in our library, including hard to find documentaries, foreign films, independent film, and Art films, you can bring your own movie and watch it on our large projection system... If the audience chooses that movie to watch that night! Though a fun and unique selection process, the nights entertainment is a mystery to everyone!
Doors open at 7:00, movie determination soon thereafter, show starts at 8pm.
EVERY WEDNESDAY: SOCIAL STUDIO SPACE
Every Wednesday Fivepoints Arthouse opens its studio doors and hosts an evening of creativity. Join us in making your art in a social environment. Bring your drawing, writing, painting, sewing, collage and even get connected to our free wireless to do some computer work. Discuss, critique, and collaborate on ideas and artwork all in a unique, comfortable, social space.
Some materials are provided. Artists are encouraged to bring their own materials and in-progress work as well as create new works. This event is open to all adult artists who might be excited about sharing their work process with others, as well as those in search of learning new tips and techniques from other professional, established artists. Starts at 6pm.
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IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD- WE'RE NO LONGER IN NORTH BEACH !!
Our fantastic current location is in the Transbay/SOMA disctrict just south of Mission, around the corner from the MOMA, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts, The Academy of Art, Varnish, 111 Minna, and several other arts organizations. Occupying the same building (and pathos) as the former material and now digitally-apparitional gallery, Pigman Gallery, Fivepoints is still dedicated to providing a new, fun, and cereberal experience for both those who exhibit and those who view it.
Located just one block south of Howard street on Tehama- @ Second st.
map is here...
For those of you who meant to come out and support us over the last two years but just couldn't find us, or get all the way to North Beach, or just got swamped working for the man; now is your chance to show your true colors and check out all the great things the staff have been doing to make us the best kept secret this side of bacon-flavored ice cream! No excuses now ladies and germs, we are spittin' distance from BART, MUNI, CALtrans, and even Greyhound!
ABOUT: FIVEPOINTS ARTHOUSE
Fivepoints Arthouse is an artist-run alternative space in San Francisco. Fivepoints seeks to challenge traditional notions of what the creative space can be. By exhibiting significant, engaging and challenging works of art as well as conceptualizing and creating forward thinking design solutions, Fivepoints operates as a unique resource for creative impulses.
Fivepoints Arthouse claims an active role in shaping the future of the Transbay District and SOMA as well as all of San Francisco by promoting visibility, accessibility and by offering a true alternative model for interactions between the community and the creator.
Open 6-11pm MON, WED. and 2-6pm SUN or by appointment
-but we always welcome visitors who stop by at all hours, so ring the bell, we might be in!
