Tag: San Francisco
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The Tenderloin – We Rock Hardest
Polk and Eddy Civic Center/Tenderloin Englishman Ben Eine has many murals around San Francisco. Here is a video of the installation: The piece was done to launch his gallery exhibit at White Walls Gallery. They did a marvelous interview with him that you can read here.
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEAT Exhibition Asana by Christine and James Desser “This Asana, “seat” in Sanskrit, like a big river rock, offers a comfortable pause for meditation, contemplation or to simply notice what is: the sea, the sky, the air, the sounds, whatever is arising in this very moment.”
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEAT Exhibition * The James Caird by Lawrence LaBianca and Robert Buckenmeyer “Bravery and courage saved the open boat journey of Ernest Shackleton and five companions” The voyage of the James Caird was an open boat journey from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean,…
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Chinatown’s Gateway Arch
* * * Arguably one of the most photographed sites in San Francisco is the Gateway Arch (Dragon Gate) on Grant Avenue at Bush Street marking the entry to Chinatown, dedicated on October 18th 1970. This gate is the only authentic Chinatown Gate in North America. Unlike similar structures which usually stand on wooden pillars,…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * Case Study #22: Arboreal Thrones by Kristen Franz A pair of chairs combines site specific lumber and repurposed old chairs, highlighting the juxtaposition of natural and manmade elements. Kristen has a degree from UC Berkeley, B.A. in Environmental Design
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North Beach – Ben Franklin
North Beach Washington Square * Time Capsule 1979-2979 AD Dedicated to The Citzens of San Francisco Cal Seltzer * * Benjamin Franklin – Artist – unknown This statue of Benjamin Franklin is the earliest – still existing – monument placed in San Francisco. It was originally located at Kearny and Market, but was moved to…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition * Last Flight by Bicycle Fabrications “Takes it shape and dimensions from the Saqqara bird, an ancient Egyptian artifact that demonstrates an advanced understanding of aerodynamics” The Saqqara Bird is a bird-shaped artifact made of sycamore wood, discovered during the 1898 excavation of the Pa-di-Imen tomb in Saqqara, Egypt. It has…
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San Francisco – Hugh Leeman
All Over Town Hugh Leeman is an amazing individual. This is taken directly from an article in The Bold Italic. “His tiny studio is a mess of paints, a collection of floor-to-ceiling portraits, and a charcoal-covered MacBook. With no kitchen or bed in sight, I get the sense he’s focused solely on his mission: photographing,…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibition SToP by Cary Bernstein * * “SToP celebrates the decommissioning of Fort Mason – Swords to Ploughshares.” Cary Bernstein graduated from Dartmouth College in 1984 with a B.A. in Philosophy and Russian Literature. She received an M.Arch. from the Yale School of Architecture in 1988. The office of Cary Bernstein…
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Fort Mason – SEATS
Fort Mason SEATS Exhibit JW4 by J. Weiss Design “In WWI & WWII, concrete ship building was pioneered in Oakland. Our dry docked SEAT uses a new high-performing concrete that allows for greater, thinner spans.” Jennifer Weiss has over 18 years of architecture-related experience, including working for the architecture firms Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, KMD…
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The Tenderloin – Boeddecker Park
The Tenderloin Boeddecker Park Eddy and Jones Untitled by Anthony J. Smith This abstract sculpture is a sphere held up by a pair of large hands. Set in niches around the surface of the sphere are fourteen life masks of people who live in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The artist’s face and the…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lands End – Labyrinth
Land’s End * * This labyrinth is at Land’s End in San Francisco, on the Coastal Trail. Created by Eduardo Aguilera in 2004, it is a hike to get to but well worth the trek. The easiest hike is to park at the Palace of the Legion of Honor and walk towards the ocean. You…
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Nob Hill – Dancing Sprites
Nob Hill Huntington Park * * * * Dancing Sprites by Henri Leon Greber – Bronze – Circa 1900 This statue sits on the California Street side of Huntington Park on the top of Nob Hill. It was donated to the city by Mrs. James Flood in 1942. It is owned by the San Francisco…