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Arthur Drooker
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (2pm) @ Barnes & Noble
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Those who think ruins can only be claimed by countries such as China, Egypt, and Greece will be in for a surprise when they hear... View details »
Arthur Drooker
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CCA Holiday Fair
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–3pm) @ Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts
Free
... th the season of giving right around the corner, nothing says "I love you" (or at the least, "Hey, we're buddies!") like something handcrafted.... View details »
CCA Holiday Fair
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Asian Art Museum Community Day
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Asian Art Museum
Free
...  a way of saying thank you, the Asian Art Museum presents traditional storytelling and a Korean-drumming performance (and free admission!).... View details »
Asian Art Museum Community Day

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RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Berkeley Art Museum More times »
Free
Like a new-media update on Marcel Duchamp's mustachioed Mona Lisa, the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive's latest show exhibits contemporary artists' provocative reconfigurations of existing... View details »
RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA
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Driss Ouadahi
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–5:30pm) @ Hosfelt Gallery More times »
Free
Hosfelt Gallery presents two new exhibitions that remind us that it is indeed hip to be square — though Düsseldorf-based Driss Ouadahi and West Coaster... View details »
Driss Ouadahi
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Nothing Moments
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ Silverman Gallery More times »
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Proving that even "nothing" takes a lot of effort to create, four organizers, 37 visual artists, 38 writers, and nearly 30 designers offer a multi-city... View details »
Nothing Moments
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Jamie Vasta
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (10:30am–5pm) @ Patricia Sweetow Gallery More times »
Free
Anyone who's been keeping an eye on Patricia Sweetow Gallery during the past year or so must have noticed San Francisco-based Jamie Vasta's work tucked... View details »
Jamie Vasta
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Forrest Williams
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Marx & Zavattero More times »
Free
In Williams' latest show, the theme of porches stands for a state of uncertainty, an in-between space that's neither interior nor exterior. It proves to... View details »
Forrest Williams
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Alyson Belcher
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–5:30pm) @ Robert Tat Gallery More times »
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Best classified as falling between 19th-century spirit photography and Edward Muybridge's motion studies, Alyson Belcher's spectral self-portraits add a graceful and eerie contribution to the... View details »
Alyson Belcher
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Bulk
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Queen's Nail Annex More times »
Free
Queen's Nails Annex presents the work of multidisciplinary artist Tony Labat, who combines elements of installation, sculpture, performance, and video, not to mention a healthy... View details »
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Mike Henderson and William Powhida
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (10:30am–5pm) @ Haines Gallery More times »
Free
Haines Gallery's simultaneous exhibition of Mike Henderson and William Powhida is a curious move, given that the artists belong to almost diametrically opposed coteries. Fortunately,... View details »
Mike Henderson and William Powhida
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Rex Ray
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Gallery 16 More times »
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An exhibition of new paintings further cements Rex Ray's status among San Francisco's most prolific artists and designers. Gallery 16's show... View details »
Rex Ray
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Mission Greenbelt Project Launch Party
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (noon–5pm) @ San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery More times »
Free
For the duration of the gallery's Winter Session, Polk Street's San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery space will serve as the command center for the Mission... View details »
Mission Greenbelt Project Launch Party
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Displaced
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ John Berggruen Gallery More times »
Free
Displaced
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Van Arno
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (noon–7pm) @ The Shooting Gallery More times »
Free
LA-based painter Van Arno survived early fame in the Juxtapoz school of lowbrow art, and come out the other side a dedicated craftsman. Arno's influences... View details »
Van Arno
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"The There, There"
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 @ Esteban Sabar Gallery More times »
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... :p> Although Gertrude Stein's quip that in Oakland, "there was no there, there," is nearly a century old, the phrase's longevity underscores Oakland's... View details »
"The There, There"
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Big Ideas, Small Works
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (10am–6pm) @ Sculpturesite Gallery More times »
Free
Big-ticket American art sometimes seems to come in one size only: extra-large. Such scaling can be subversive, but all too often it seems like yet... View details »
 Big Ideas, Small Works
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Ruth Asawa
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Rena Bransten Gallery More times »
Free
Despite the obvious differences in their work, Ruth Asawa's fabric sculptures inspire comparisons with the late Georgia O'Keefe. Both evoke the natural world while refusing... View details »
Ruth Asawa
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Civil Twilight
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Electric Works More times »
Free
Electric Works' new group show serves as the perfect prelude to the year's end. Civil Twilight addresses the opposing forces of destruction and transition, mirroring... View details »
Civil Twilight
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More Brains! Part II
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 @ Space Gallery More times »
Free
Other than Halloween, few occasions inspire thoughts of the undead like the holiday season — which may explain why Space Gallery is launching its second... View details »
More Brains! Part II
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The Little Show
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Swarm Gallery More times »
Free
The war against super-sized burgers and palatial McMansions has a new front, and it is defended by more than toy soldiers. Swarm Gallery, known for... View details »
The Little Show
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Apocalypse Now
Saturday Dec 1, 2007 (11am–6pm) @ CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts More times »
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Politically engaged duo Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla have become a major presence on SF's art scene this fall with their co-curated exhibition at CCA... View details »
Apocalypse Now