Category: All of SAN FRANCISCO
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * * * * * Flotsam by David Allen “A transient, contemporary ruin that stimulates the contemplation of forlorn beauty, time, weather, decay and distant shores.” Again, an explanation for those not up on marine vocabulary, flotsam is the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed…
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The Mission – 23
Mission and 23rd The Mission District * 23 in Binary Code 23 in Roman Numerals * * Mission 23 by Rigo23 – 2003 Mission 23 is a multi-part mosaic tile art piece embedded in the north-east and south-west sidewalks of Mission Street at 23rd Street. On each one of the white squares is a sentence…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * Fender Bender Bench by JC Miller “Inspired by the materials, colors, and equipment typical of human activity in a marine environment.” For those not familiar with the term, that orange item is used to keep boats from hitting docks and other boats when moored and is called a “fender”. J.C.…
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Chinatown Mural
Chinatown Grant and Sacramento This mural is by Twick of ICP Crew who had a mural in SOMA that has since been painted over and another one around a Banksy in Chinatown. According to his Facebook page: “Twick” is a SF Hip Hop urban legend with many ranks like a general. He is one of the most…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * * The Eel: Eliciting Ethereal Light by VeeV Design The eel explores relationships between physical environment and human sensation. Traversing the spectrum from corporeal to ethereal, the eel responds to external stimuli by emitting both heat and light with ranges of color intensity. The eel is clearly solid matter. Yet…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibit * Moor by Russell Baldon “Simple chairs-fastened but movable-the same situation as the ships that once used the bollards”. I must admit, this one so struck my fancy. The use of that gorgeous and immense bollard and the wonderful play on words were just perfect for this type of exhibit. Born…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * Floating by Valerie Gnadt “A tactile experience. Sit. Close your eyes. Feel the texture of fabric and air. Listen to the foghorns and seagulls. Imagine floating in the Bay surrounded by Fort Mason’s History. A truck tire covered with hand-woven fabrics from out door materials, tarps and a marine cording.”
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Land’s End – Lincoln Highway
Land’s End Legion of Honor The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental auto trails in the United States of America. Conceived and promoted by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, the Lincoln Highway spanned coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 13 states: New York,…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * * Benches by The Bay by Leslie Bruning “Designed to look like varied sizes of the Shovelnose Guitarfish, a species of the shark family living in the San Francisco Bay, these benches are meant for a human family to sit upon.” According to Bruning’s website: Leslie Bruning was born in…
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Haight Ashbury – Murals
Haight Ashbury There are murals everywhere in the Haight, these are just a few of the better ones. Haight and Masonic by Lango Jimi Hendrix by an unknown artist. This mural is at 1524 Haight Street, the home of Jimi Hendrix when he lived in San Francisco. It is now Ashbury Tobacco Center. This doll…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * Kissing Bench by Kent Roberts Kent Roberts has several pieces around San Francisco, including a boat in the Marina. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Mexico and a BFA and MFA from San Francisco Art Institute and he works at SFMOMA.
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason * SEATS Exhibition Bow Seat by Oliver Dicicco “An homage to all the small boats that have plied the San Francisco Bay.” According to Oliver DiCicco’s website: Oliver displays the versatility of a renaissance artist. He is a multi-talented designer who is at the same time sculptor, fabricator, scientist, engineer, and musician. The…
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Land’s End – El Cid
Land’s End Palace of the Legion of Honor * El Cid by Anna Huntington This piece is part of the Collection of the Fine Arts Museum. It sits on the lawn in front of the Palace of the Legion of Honor. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043 – July 10, 1099), known as El Cid Campeador…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * Safe Harbor by Jefferson Mack “Public seating for humans and bicycles, an essential for re-creation, personal development, and civilization. Reflect on values overlooked in your modern life.” According to Jefferson Mack’s website he has been involved with the metal arts since 1990. Aside from architectural products, Jefferson Mack Metal features…
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Lower Haight – Love in the Lower Haight
Lower Haight Ursula Young This is on the corner of Laguna and Haight Streets. It is part of the Love in the Lower Haight Project. I have showcased a few artists in this area before. Started in October 0f 2010 the project is on the walls of a UC campus slated for demolition, as long…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason * SEAT Exhibition “The Bracket Collection” by Pallet Studio provides dignified seating for anybody in mundane and over looked spaces. The Pallet Studio artists are Michael Wlosek, Lukas Nickerson and Andrew Perkins. According to Michael Wlosek’s Facebook Page he studied architecture at California College of the Arts and is from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. According…
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The Haight – Evolutionary Rainbow
The Haight Haight and Cole * * * * * Called Evolutionary Rainbow, this mural was originally done by Joanna (Yana) Zegri in 1967 when she was a manager for the business in the building. She has returned to restore the mural in ’81, ’83, and ’06. This landmark Mural depicts a stage of evolution…
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Lincoln Park – Pax Jerusalem
Lincoln Park Legion of Honor * * Pax Jerusalem by Mark di Suvero This piece sits on the sculpture pad in front of the Legion of Honor, one of our finer museums in San Francisco. It is by Mark di Suvero, who has been in this blog before. It was controversial the day it was…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * * This piece is high up on a retaining wall. The chair is by Brian Goggins and is very similar to his Defenestration Piece running South of Market. The description that accompanies the piece is “Fortitude” A submarine chair transforms our perception of space and objects. This “submarine chair”…
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Western Addition – World Walls for Peace
Western Addition Page and Buchanan Street * In 1999, with consultation and training from the organization, World Walls for Peace, residents of the Western Addition became participants in a Peace Empowerment Process. Volunteers taught a program in two elementary schools and over fifty community based organizations, focusing on tolerance, understanding, and non-violence. Participants learned ways…
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The Haight – Buggin Out
RAI Care Center Haight and Shrader * * * Buggin’ Out by Fresh Paint, was inspired by the relationship between the evolution of insect species and the evolution of aerosol lettering. Both may have once originated at a single source, yet through time altered their forms when migrating and adapting to different regions and their…
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The Haight in Murals
RAI Care Center Haight and Schrader * * * This mural in the Haight Asbury district was dedicated to the rich history of the Haight Ashbury. It focuses on the elements born from the Summer of Love, and the movement sparked in 1967 towards a more peaceful society. It is located on the corner of…
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Lower Haight – Murals
The Lower Haight 650 Haight Street * * * * Painted by Sam Flores, these were commissioned by the eight owners of the building. They replaced murals done by small children in the same places, and while we all know it is important to encourage children in their art, I saw the originals and these…
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Hayes Valley – Picasso’s Family
Hayes Valley/Western Addition Haight and Buchanan * * This is titled Picasso’s Family and City Life. It is by Laura Campos, who is known for her work depicting aliens around San Francisco. I thought this to be especially poignant.
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Hayes Valley – Ghinlon/Transcope
Hayes Valley/Western Addition Octavia Boulevard between Market and Hayes * * * Ghinlon/Transcope by Po Shu Wang 2005 Commissioned by the SF Arts Commission for the Octavia Boulevard Streetscape Project, these transcopes invite you to observe the comings and goings along Octavia Boulevard and Patricia’s Green. There are twelve of these installed along the medians…
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Union Square – Manifest Destiny
Downtown/Union Square 453 Bush Street * * Manifest Destiny by Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman Southern Exposure (SoEx) is a nonprofit visual arts organization that supports emerging artists. This project, the first of its kind for SoEx is a result of the support of The Graue Family Foundation. In 2009, the foundation offered Southern Exposure…