Events on Thursday, October 4

Chim: <i>The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)</i>

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The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)

Thursday 10/ 4 @ de Young Museum

Until he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while covering the 1956 Suez War armistice, Polish-born David Seymour (also known as... 

<i>Pioneers</i>

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Pioneers

Thursday 10/ 4 @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

Amid its recent spat of new exhibitions and edgy curation, CCA's marvelous Wattis Institute pays aesthetical tithes to those Bay Area... 

Nam June Paik, Alan Rath, Kota Ezawa: <i>The Temporal Moving Image</i>

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The Temporal Moving Image

Thursday 10/ 4 @ Haines Gallery

Though born of different generations whose aesthetic movements were fueled by disparate forces, the works of Nam June Paik, Alan Rath,... 

Edward Gorey's <i>Dracula</i>

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Dracula

Thursday 10/ 4 @ Cartoon Art Museum

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) remains one of the most admired and emulated illustrators to date, each meticulous shade and line of his... 

<i>A Legacy of Art: The Ted and Ruth Nash Collection</i>

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A Legacy of Art: The Ted and Ruth Nash Collection

Thursday 10/ 4 @ Oakland Museum of California

Joan Brown's large, figurative paintings of the local landscape, Wayne Thiebaud's inspired renditions of gumball machines and cafeterias, and Peter Voulkos'... 

Derek Boshier: <i>Magazines</i>

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Derek Boshier

Thursday 10/ 4 @ Steven Wolf Fine Arts

  Known for being a part of the '60s London scene, self-proclaimed "populist artist" Derek Boshier draws inspiration from... 

Rosalind Nashashibi: <i>Bachelor Machines Part I</i>

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Bachelor Machines Part I

Thursday 10/ 4 @ Berkeley Art Museum

For the past few years, London-based artist and filmmaker Rosalind Nashashibi (winner of a Beck's Futures Award) has received great acclaim... 

Will Rogan: <i>A Memory of Shadows and Stone</i>

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A Memory of Shadows and Stone

Thursday 10/ 4 @ Jack Hanley Gallery

Westerners tend to impose self-created "exotic" qualities on Asian cultures when faced with interpreting the Far East. Artist Will Rogan avoids... 

<i>Super Heroes Super Villains</i>

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Super Heroes Super Villains

Thursday 10/ 4 @ Creativity Explored

In Creativity Explored's Super Heroes Super Villains exhibition, artists present interpretations of fictional caped crusaders while accompanying texts tell the stories... 

Olafur Eliasson

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Olafur Eliasson

Thursday 10/ 4 @ SFMOMA

From the almost primordial rising sun he installed in the Tate Modern to walk-in kaleidoscopes, Danish/Icelandic artist Olaf Eliasson's enormous, experiential...