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MUSEUMS & GALLERIES

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Encounter Collection, Look 1-Fall/Winter 2016

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Courtyard Collection, Look 37-Spring/Summer 2016

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Joan Brown The Night before the Alcatraz Swim, 1975 Oil enamel on canvas

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Alexis Smith Isadora, 1980-81 Mixed media collage on 2 panels with painted backdrop

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

BOWERS MUSEUM SANTA ANA

A new exhibition of works by international star Guo Pei, Guo Pei: Art of Couture, opens on November 12th. In the exhibit Guo Pei premiers a fresh take on her finest and most personal pieces, including gowns hand selected by herself. The show will feature over 40 works of couture art, including the bespoke selection is Guo Pei’s Chinese Bride collection which makes its North American debut at the Bowers. Each gown not only underscores her ability to tap into China’s rich cultural heritage, but also an array of cultural influences from international arts, architecture and mythology. The interplay of female empowerment, strength and vulnerability are all reflected in exquisitely executed couture. The show closes on May 14th, 2023.

For more more information, please visit bowers.org. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced the exhibit Joan Brown, the most in-depth examination of her work in over two decades. Spanning her days as a student at in the 1950s to her untimely death in 1990, Joan Brown showcases the artist’s many artistic styles. Over the course of her 35-year career, she created abstract expressionist canvases; figurative paintings portraying dogs, cats, self portraits; and works inspired by her spiritual explorations in the 1980s.

Commonly characterized as the one female in the second generation of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, Brown was in reality an artist and person who defied easy classification. Works including The Dancers in a City #2 and Gordon, Joan and Rufus in Front of S.F. Opera House make San Francisco’s influence on Brown’s artistic practice clear. The exhibition will continue through March 12, 2023.

For more information, please visit sfmoma.org.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO

Alexis Smith: The American Way, the first retrospective of her works in thirty years, continues at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) through February 3rd, 2023. Smith is widely known for her mixed-media collage works which draw heavily on film, literature, pop culture and Hollywood. Her unique practice has been informed by Conceptual and Pop Art and shaped by the Feminist movement of the 1970s, yet she has set out a path all her own that defies easy categorization.

The American Way brings together fifty artworks from each stage of the artist’s career, from her early artist books and intimate collages to wall paintings and room-sized installations. Featuring work produced throughout Brown’s career, from the 1970s to the 2010s, the exhibit highlights the themes the permeate her oeuvre, including her interests in gender, identity and class.

works on paper. Referencing the visual languages of modern Cuban art that developed immediately following the 1959 revolution, Castillo addresses complex political, cultural and social changes in the island state, both now and then. This exhibition will run through January 7th, 2023.

The gallery is located in the Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., Building C, San Francisco 94123. For more information, please call 415.397.8114 or visit hainesgallery.com.

HAINES GALLERY SAN FRANCISCO

Haines Gallery present Parlor Games, an exhibition by the acclaimed Cuban artist Marco Castillo. Marking his first solo presentation in San Francisco, Parlor Games featured sculptures and works on paper that explore Cuba’s interlinking design and political histories.

Castillo (b. 1971, Cuba; lives and works in Merida, Mexico) has created some of the most important work to emerge from Latin America in the past two decades, both as a founding member of the Los Carpinteros collective, and as a solo artist since 2018. His multidisciplinary practice encompasses sculpture, installation, video and

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Marco Castillo Sexta libreta de notas, pagina 31. 2020

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Marco Castillo Eva (Bastidor), 2018

DAWSON COLE FINE ART LAGUNA BEACH

Dawson Cole Fine Art is pleased to present Reflections & Introspection by internationally renowned sculptor Richard MacDonald. The exhibition, comprising over 50 works of art, will be on display in Laguna Beach through December 2022. The artist will be in attendance to celebrate his One Man Show on Saturday, November 12th from 8-10 p.m. and Sunday, November 13th from 12-3 pm.

The highly reflective surface of Reflections brings the viewer into the sculpture. This is a revolutionary idea in the realm of figurative art. As we see our own reflections shift and change on the triangular surface, we are reminded of our many faceted personalities. We relate to the sculpted figure, but the composition and material make us part of the artwork.

Dawson Cole Fine Art in Palm Desert on El Paseo will also host a One Man Show for Richard MacDonald, who will be in attendance, on Saturday, February 25th, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. RSVP to info@dawsoncolefineart.com.

The gallery is located at 326 Glenneyre Street, Laguna Beach, CA 92651. For more information, please call 949.497.4988 or visit dawsoncolefineart.com.

HAUSER & WIRTH–LOS ANGELES

Cindy Sherman revolutionized the role of the camera in artistic practice and opened the door for generations of artists and critics to rethink photography as a medium. Her works, Cindy Sherman. 1977 - 1982, are now on exhibit at Hauser & Wirth.

Following its critically acclaimed New York presentation, Hauser & Wirth shows over one hundred works from Sherman’s ground-breaking and influential early seriesincluding the complete set of 70 Untitled Film Stills, Rear Screen Projections, Centerfolds and Color Studies - in her second major solo exhibition with the gallery.

Preferring to work alone, Sherman was not only the photographer, but also the makeup artist, hairdresser, stylist, and director, casting herself as the star of heavily staged fictional tableaux. Inspired by depictions of women in the media, her characters explore a range of female stereotypes. These images are surprisingly relevant today. The exhibition remains at North Gallery B at Hauser & Wirth through January 8th, 2023.

The gallery is located in the Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., Building C, San Francisco, CA. For more information, please call 415.397.8114 or visit hainesgallery.com.