Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: SOMA

  • Get your insane Cheesburger here

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    7th and Mission SOMA *  This hamburger, and many others around town, are by Steel.  He is a man in the pursuit of a good time.  He enjoys good jokes, good friends and good  cheeseburgers.  In his spare time he does artwork in San Francisco and anywhere he travels.  Another of his talents is designing…

  • Slow Down, Children at Play on Tehama Streeet

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    449 Tehama SOMA * * * * This mural is on the Tehama Street side of the Cingular Wireless building at 951 Howard Street.  It was painted as a neighborhood beautification and community enhancement project. Cingular Wireless sponsored the mural entitled “Slow Down: Children at Play,” and features the faces of neighborhood children and pets…

  • Around San Francisco with Victor Reyes

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    Around Town With Victor Reyes * 23rd and Mission * * This was done by Victor Reyes in 2010.  Reyes has several murals around San Francisco. Reyes has been painting since the early 90s, and has shown extensively around the world in cities and countries such as Bosnia, Germany, Switzerland, Taipei, Japan, and Miami. Reyes…

  • Around Town with muralist Amanda Lynn

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    Amanda Lynn around Town * Sunday Flamenco by Amanda Lynn – 2012 18th and Mission Amanda Lynn works by day restoring and painting motorcycles and metal sculptures. When she is not working, she paints figures on doorways and walls around San Francisco and throughout the country, usually accompanying graffiti mural productions. As well as concentrating…

  • Make Moves

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    Make Moves SOMA 170 South VanNess *   * This is a 1:AM gallery mural The mastermind behind the Make Moves mural is 1:AM Art Director/Co-Owner, Roman Cesario.  The 1AM mural is a collaboration between their in-house artists.  They are Leon Loucheur , Robert Gonzales , Gavin Fuller , Roman Cesario , and Jessico Serrano.…

  • Townsend CalTrain Station Mural

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    SOMA Caltrain Station at Townsend This mural  is 60 feet long and 40 feet wide. The mural sits on the back of the Crescent Cove Apartments that back up to the Caltrain tracks.  (Caltrain is the commuter train line from San Jose to San Francisco).  To appreciate it completely please watch the video first. Helllllooooo…

  • Don Clever and the Peterson Caterpillar Company

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    SOMA 943 Harrison Street * * This mural, unofficially titled Workers and Tractors, was done for the Peterson Caterpillar Company in 1948 (I have also found the year 1936 attached to this mural) by Don Clever. Here is Mr. Clever’s obituary. Chronicle 6/21/01: Don Clever, by Kelly St. John, Chronicle Staff Writer “Don Clever, a…

  • Gene Friend Rec Center in SOMA – Tile Art

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    SOMA Gene Friend Rec Center 270 6th Street * A World View by Martha Heavenston Nojima Martha Heavenston Nojima is known for her tile work, and especially her work with children in the arts.  This particular group of tile creatures was done in 1989 and was commissioned and is owned by the San Francisco Art…

  • Jon Krawcyzk in SOMA

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    SOMA 303 2nd Street * *   Jon Krawczyk’s new sculpture sits in the public space of 303 2nd Street . It is a central part of a recent redesign by Gensler and landscape architects Smith + Smith for owner Kilroy Realty. Krawczyk’s steel and bronze sculptures divulge organic gestures that are the antithesis of the…

  • SOMA – Mural at 870 Harrison

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    SOMA 870 Harrison Street  *  * * * Zio Ziegler is a Mill Valley, California native and a graduate of both Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design.  He has a clothing line Arte Sempre.  

  • SOMA – Few and Far

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    SOMA/The Mission 69 Duboce Between Valencia and Mission Few and Far – Part III  * The last of this three part post from Few and Far is by Amanda Lynn.  Amandalynn, whos pieces are all over town, takes her expertise in art and painting into an array of applications. She studied at the Academy of…

  • SOMA – Few and Far

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    SOMA/The Mission 69 Duboce Between Valencia and Mission Continuing with the Few N Far Crews work at 69 Duboce.  Meagan Spendlove – Meagan has murals all over town. Agana is from Oakland. From Few and Far’s Website:  Agana is not only a bad ass DJ but she is an art teacher, muralist, jewelry maker, loving/giving…

  • SOMA – Few and Far

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    SOMA/The Mission 69 Duboce Between Valencia and Mission This is an empty lot that was taken over (with permission) by Few and Far. Few and Far is a woman’s street art group and this is what they say about themselves on their blog: Few and Far is a movement that brings together talented women who…

  • SOMA – Federal Building

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    SOMA Federal Building 90 7th Street * This post is about the art that is part of the new Federal Building in San Francisco, however, it is difficult to discuss art without introducing you to the building itself.  I abhor the building, and it is not because I have anything agains modern architecture, I just…

  • SOMA – Urban Grit

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    SOMA Financial District  215 Fremont Street * * *   Urban Grit by Gordon Huether Glass Panels – Art made possible by the 1% for Public Arts Program From Gary Brady-Herndon’s August 28, 2002 article in SF Gate: Perched high above the banks of the Napa River, a stone’s throw from the Oxbow area of…

  • SOMA – Poetry Sculpture Garden

    SOMA – Poetry Sculpture Garden

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    SOMA Financial District 199 Fremont Street Poetry Sculpture Garden The plaque on the side of the wall explains the area like this: 199 Fremont poetry/sculpture garden is a unique collaborative piece that combines the talents of Robert Hass, a world famous poet, and Paul Kos, a world-class sculptor. The garden is composed of three major…

  • SOMA – Linking Hand Veil

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    SOMA Teen Center 10th Street between Market and Mission This mural is called Linking Hand Veil – it is acrylic and by Ball-Nogues Studio.  It is public art work created by the 1% for Public Art Program According to their website Benjamin Ball grew up in Colorado and Iowa where his mother’s involvement in theatre proved…

  • SOMA – Labyrinth-Habitat

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    SOMA 8th and Natoma Streets  Labyrinth – Habitat 1999 Johanna Poethig with Episcopal Community Services Ceramic and paint Commissioned by the San Francisco Art Commission – Arts in Community Program. Johanna Poethig has been in this site many, many times.   This mural is on the side of one of the Training Centers for Episcopal Community…

  • SOMA – Landmark

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    SOMA One Hawthorne “Landmark” consists of a large grid of colorful panels 145 ft. high and 12 ft. wide. The panels are coated with porcelain enamel using a photographic imaging process, which accurately reproduced and enlarged a detailed series of 30” x 23” color drawings created by  Robert Hudson. One Hawthorne tapped Valerie Wade, gallery…

  • Foundry Square – Not Out of The Woods Yet

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    Howard at First Street Foundry Square SOMA  Not Out of the Woods Yet by Richard Deacon 2003 In 2003 Kenneth Baker of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: “Deacon’s “Not Out Of The Woods Yet” (2003) nests muscularly in a tight spot behind columns at the entrance to 500 Howard St., on the intersection’s northwest corner.…

  • SOMA – Foundry Square

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    Howard at First Street Foundry Square SOMA Untitled by Joel Shapiro 1996-1999 In 2003 Kenneth Baker of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: “Shapiro’s renown rests on his having turned the vocabulary of minimal sculpture back toward figuration about 30 years ago. He took square wood beams, favorite forms of his older contemporary Carl Andre, and…

  • SOMA – Time Signature

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    Howard at First Street Foundry Square SOMA  Time Signature Richard Deutsch *Richard Deutsch has several sculptures around San Francisco.  This piece has it’s own video on Richard’s website, and I highly recommend that you go and view it.  The film is a work of art unto itself, and I could not do justice to the…

  • Restaurant Row – Maori Column

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    50 Third Street Ducca Restaurant Courtyard Westin Hotel Museum Row This piece is titled Maori Column and is by Alan Shepp.  It was done in 1985. Shepp, along with his artist wife, lives in Napa California.  He has a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and an MFA from the University of Washington. He…

  • Isamu Noguchi on Museum Row

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    50 Third Street Ducca Restaurant Walkway Museum Row  Fat Dancer  Rain Mountain Figure Emerging These three figures are by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi ranks up there as one of my all time favorite sculptors, but I must admit, this is not my favorite medium for him. (November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) Isamu Noguchi was…

  • Museum Row – Stream of Vessels

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    50 Third Street Ducca Restaurant Walkway Museum Row   These are in the walkway between Ducca Restaurant and the Contemporary Jewish Museum.  They are titled Stream of Vessels, done in 1997 by David Nash of charred oak. David Nash  is a British sculptor based in Blaenau Ffestiniog.  He is known for works in wood and shaping living…

  • Museum Row – Les Funambules

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    50 Third Street Ducca Restaurant walkway Museum Row Attached to the Westin Hotel is Ducca Restaurant.  They have an open walkway between 3rd street and the Jewish Museum.  In that walkway is seating and dining.  Throughout that area is art. This piece is “Les Funambules” by Charles Ginnever, done in Bronze in 1991. Ginnever is an…

  • Yerba Buena Gardens – Urge

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    Yerba Buena Gardens Childrens Museum side of Howard Street  Urge by Chico Macmurtrie This has always been one of my favorite sculptures in San Francisco.  There is something so lifelike and yet so robotic about the figure.  The sculptor works in a team that he formed in 1992, called Amorphic Robot Works.  They are a…

  • Yerba Buena Gardens – Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain

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    Yerba Buena Center San Francisco  Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain (Seasons of the Sea ‘Adrift) John Roloff with NGA Industries and Wes-Co Industries 1993 * The accompanying plaque says: This glass ship is an art work that refers to the natural and geological history of California.  Sediment gathered from the ocean floor four miles off the coast…

  • SOMA – 1AM

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    1 AM Gallery SOMA Howard and Sixth Street 1 AM Gallery always has murals done on their wall to celebrate their newest art installation inside.  The installation this month is “When We Were Kids”.  The background to this is lettering, but I thought the cartoon characters were worth a shout out. * Here is the…

  • Fish Mural on Langton

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    SOMA Langton Street Between Folsom and Howard This lovely mural was done to hopefully stop the graffiti that had been occurring on the door.  The artist is Deborah Yoon and according website she is a self taught multimedia artist who considers both San Francisco and New York home. She works primarily with pen, sumi-e, paint, and…