Gilbert1 – Never Ending Fall @ Mirus Gallery, SF – 2/16/18-3/10/18

San Francisco

Gilbert1 is a French artist who builds installations in abandoned buildings, and sculptures for galleries. I’ve never seen his work in person, but I’m super amped to catch his exhibit at Mirus Gallery starting this friday!
540 Howard Street, 3rd Fl
San Francisco, CA
94105

February 16 through March 10th

Tuesday-Saturday 12-6pm

Exhibition link: http://www.mirusgallery.com/exhibitions/project/3213/

Olafur Eliasson – REALITY PROJECTOR @ Marciano Art Foundation, LA – 3/1/18-8/18

Los Angeles

Olafur Eliasson is showing at Marciano Art Foundation in LA starting March 1st. You should go! His 2007 SFMOMA exhibit, Take Your Time, was one of my favorite things to grace that fine establishment. Here’s a shot of One-Way Colour Tunnel from the show:
4357 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA
90010

March 1st through “August”

Thursday-Sunday 11am-5pm

Exhibition link: https://marcianoartfoundation.org/exhibition/olafur-eliasson-reality-projector/

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller – FOREST (for a thousand years…) @ UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Santa Cruz, CA – 4/7/18-6/30/18

San Francisco

Know Janet Cardiff? YOU SHOULD! The forty part motet is incredible, and was here in SF at our very own Fort Mason for months, a few years ago. If you missed it, go travel to see it. (Congrats, it’s on view starting April 7th in North Carolina, with a bunch of other DOPE LOOKING SHIT)
Anyhow, there’s a work of theirs that’s showing up in Santa Cruz starting April 7th. It’s five bucks to get in to the arboretum. Here’s what Luhring Augustine has to say about FOREST (for a thousand years…)
To experience the piece, you follow a path through a densely forested redwood grove. Branches crunch under your feet until you reach a small clearing populated by tree stumps. As you sit down, the sounds of rustling trees, crackling branches, and bird calls subtly intensify. An airplane passes overhead. Someone laughs. It is nearly impossible to determine which sounds are coming from a recording and which sounds are live. When machine guns begin to fire and an explosion detonates, the eeriness of the experience becomes laced with quickly amplifying uneasiness. An indeterminate history merges with the present, filled with both horrors and the sublime, and becomes an audible presence in the shadowy forest.
1156 High St,
Santa Cruz, CA
95064

April 7th through June 30

Daily 9am-5pm

Exhibition link: http://ias.ucsc.edu/content/2018/forest-thousand-years-janet-cardiff-and-george-bures-miller

R. Luke DuBois – The Choice is Yours @ bitforms – 10/26/16-12/23/16

New York


R. Luke DuBois makes important work. I’ve got way too much going on emotionally in me from the election to really thoroughly explain why an exhibit by an artist around voting machines, distilling things into opposing choices, and the like, is so clearly and obviously worthwhile. If you’re near New York, just know you should go.

bitforms
131 Allen St
New York, NY
10002

October 26 2016-December 23 2016

Wednesday – Saturday 11am-6pm
Sunday 12am-6pm

Exhibition link: http://www.bitforms.com/exhibitions/dubois-2016

Jennifer Steinkamp – Still Life @ ACME. – 11/19/16-1/7/17

Los Angeles


Jennifer Steinkamp has been a favorite of mine since her 2006 survey at the San Jose Museum of Art. Side note: July 1st 2006- September 24 2006 was the best that SJMA has ever been in their entire history. Edge Conditions with Listening Post & World Processor; Kathy Aoki; and Jennifer Steinkamp’s takeover of the entire bottom floor? Utterly magical. So glad that I brought a group of 40 or 50 to see. SJMA, get your act together and do it again.

Anyhow, if you’re in LA, ACME. will be showing Still Life by Jennifer Steinkamp. I’d go see, so you better.

ACME.
THEY DON’T HAVE AN ADDRESS LISTED COME THE FUCK ON
Los Angeles, CA

November 19 2016-January 7 2017

Tuesday – Saturday 11am-6pm

Exhibition link: http://www.acmelosangeles.com/exhibitions/2016-11-jennifer-steinkamp/

teamLab – Ever Blossoming @ Art Gallery of South Australia – 9/17/16-1/15/17

Adelaide, Australasia, Australia

I heart teamLab. I’m posting a bunch of their current shows here, just to make sure if you’re near, you go see! Ever Blossoming is showing at the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia. Two galleries apparently!

Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia

September 17 2016-January 15 2017

Daily 10am-5pm

Exhibition link: https://www.team-lab.net/e/ever_blossoming_south_australia

teamLab – Living Digital Space and Future Parks @ Pace Art + Technology – 2/6/16-12/18/16

San Francisco

This one’s particularly magical. It’s been up for a while now, and only has a month and a half left before it closes, but you still need to go. TeamLab‘s first major exhibit in the USA, at Pace Art + Technology. Bigger than a gallery, smaller than a museum, you can easily spend half a day here.

My favorite piece in the show? Crows are Chased and the Chasing Crows are Destined to be Chased as Well, Division in Perspective – Light in Dark

Pace Art + Technology
300 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA

February 6 2016-December 18 2016

Tuesday – Sunday 11am-7pm

Exhibition link: http://exhibition.team-lab.net/siliconvalley/

bitforms Fifteen Year Anniversary Exhibition @ Minnesota Street Project – 11/5/16-12/29/16

San Francisco

A fifteen year retrospective of bitforms? Here in SF? I’m way too lucky. Anyone up for popping by the reception with me? There’ll be work by Jeffrey Blondes, Daniel Canogar, R. Luke DuBois, Claudia Hart, Yael Kanarek, Beryl Korot, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Sara Ludy, Manfred Mohr, Jonathan Monaghan, Mark Napier, Tristan Perich, Quayola, Casey Reas, Daniel Rozin, Björn Schülke, Siebren Versteeg, Addie Wagenknecht, Marina Zurkow, and Zimoun. I’m not sure how this happened, but you should take some time to visit the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco CA, USA to see the show.

Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota St
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA

November 5-December 29 2016

Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm
Reception: Saturday, November 5, 6 – 8 PM

Exhibition link: http://minnesotastreetproject.com/exhibitions/1275-minnesota-st/fifteen-year-anniversary-exhibition-0

Ragnar Kjartansson @ Hirshhorn 10/14/16-1/18/17

DC

I’m spending a non-trivial amount of time trying to figure out how to make it to DC before this closes. If you’re on the east coast? Bolt Bus is cheap, you better make it to Ragnar Kjartansson at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, USA. Honestly, The Visitors alone is enough for me to list it, it’s one of my most favorite pieces of video art ever made.

 

Hirshhorn Museum
Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20024
USA

October 14 2016-January 8 2017

Daily 10am-5:30pm

Exhibition link: http://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/ragnar-kjartansson-exhibit/#collection=ragnar-kjartansson-exhibit

Tom Sachs – SPACE PROGRAM: EUROPA @ YBCA SF 9/18/16-1/15/17

San Francisco

I’m so thrilled that this opened near me. I’ve gone to visit Tom’s space program probably 10-15 times since the show opened, and there’s so much to take in.

Anyhow, dry details follow. SPACE PROGRAM: EUROPA is showing at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco CA, USA. Not only do you need to go, but if you’re planning a trip, hit me up. I’d love to be your guide, and I’m happy to send you some prerequisite videos.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA

September 18 2016-January 15 2017

Tuesday-Wednesday 11am-6pm
Thursday 11am-8pm
Friday-Sunday 11am-5pm

Exhibition link: https://www.ybca.org/whats-on/space-program-europa