News Archive 2010

5/6–7/31: We have as much time as it takes, Wattis Institute

I'm looking forward to exhibiting the light and text installation Unlimited Promise at the Wattis.

We have as much time as it takes presents practices that expose, directly or symbolically, the often unquestioned and overlooked systems and economies related to artistic display in an art gallery located within an educational institution. The show features 10 international artists and collectives working in a variety of media, including sculpture, installation, performance, and video.

Participating artists: Nina Beier and Marie Lund (Berlin/London), David Horvitz (USA), Jason Mena (Puerto Rico), Sandra Nakamura (Lima), Roman Ondák (Slovakia), Red76 (Portland, Ore., USA), Zachary Royer Scholz (San Francisco, Calif., USA), Tercerunquinto (Mexico), Lawrence Weiner (New York/Amsterdam), and Christine Wong Yap (Oakland, Calif., USA).

We have as much time as it takes questions and highlights expectations of achievement, productivity, and established systems of management that make up the programs and academic mission of the Wattis Institute and CCA. The works embody circular processes, resist completion, welcome change, and refute demands for definable results and resolution. They challenge the conventional form of the art object and the traditional parameters of exhibitions.

We have as much time as it takes is curated by second-year students about to receive their master's degrees from CCA's Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice.

The exhibition is accompanied by an exhibition catalog and series of public programs. More information available at Wattis Institute.

Jessica Brier reviewed We have as much time as it takes in Art Practical #16.

We have as much time as it takes
Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice Thesis Exhibition

May 6–July 31, 2010

Reception: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 6–9 pm
Wattis Institute, 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA  [directions]
Hours: Tues. & Thurs., 11 am–7 pm; Wed., Fri., & Sat., 11 am–6 pm

7/9–7/31: Junk mail show at soap gallery

Curators Andy Vogt and Sarah Smith coerced the 33 artists in this show to confront, read and be inspired by the junk forced on us by the post daily. Junk Mail! artists created homages to the detritus of the mail slot.

John Alderman, Bert Bergen, Meri Brin, Jeff Canham, Randy Colosky, Ilana Crispi, Lauren Davies, Derek Fagerstrom, Tara Lisa Foley, Erica Gangsei, Terrance Graven, Jennie Hinchcliff, Malik Johnson, Ingrid Keir, Kyle Knobel, Bessie Kunath, Miriam Lakes, Denise Laws, Kristina Lewis, Wizard Master, Mike McConnell, Honey McMoney, Daniel Nevers, Kelsey Nicholson, John Riegert, Michelle Rose, Lauren Smith, Sarah Smith, Charlene Tan, Nicolas Torres, Scott Tsuchitani, Andy Vogt, Sam Ward, Christine Wong Yap, and more!

Junk Mail! So many products, So little time...
Curated by Andy Vogt & Sarah Smith

July 9–30, 2010
Reception: Friday, July 9, 6–9pm
Soap Gallery, 3180 Mission St. (b/Cesar Chavez & Valencia), San Francisco
Gallery hours: Mon-Thurs 10 am–1 pm or by appt.

thru 7/2: lending library @ adobe books

Lending Library is a group exhibition curated by Dena Beard featuring tools, materials, and resources from artists Amy Franceschini, Colter Jacobsen, Kevin Killian, Tom Marioni, Emily Prince, Stephanie Syjuco, and Christine Wong Yap.

View the Lending Library San Francisco Flickr set.

Read reviews on SFMOMA's Open Space blog by Brandon Brown or on Art Practical by Elyse Mallouk.

Lending Library
May 28–July 2, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, May 28, 2010, 7-9 pm
Closing walk-through with Dena Beard, discussion and reception: Friday, July 2, 7 pm

Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, 3166 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

two new reviews published

My review of Elaine Buckholtz’ exhibition at Triple Base appears in Art Practical #16.

My review of Black Glass at [2nd floor projects] appears in the summer issue of Talking Cure Quarterly.

June: Here and Now

I'm honored to partner with Invisible Venue and Mills College Art Museum to present a new, commissioned social sculpture on Lake Merritt. It will be my largest public project to date.

Here and Now is a series of site-specific installations in three historic buildings dating from the early inception of the State of California. Each site provides a relatively unchanged visual benchmark for the architecture of its period, with respective histories that reflect the early radical politics of the Bay Area. The participating artists have been commissioned to create new works that investigate the various inherent legacies of these locations. Here and Now is curated by Christian L. Frock presents Invisible Venue and is organized by the Mills College Art Museum.

Friday, June 4, 11, 18, and 25 at Sunset to 10 pm
Saturday, June 5, 12, 19, and 26 at Sunset to 10 pm
Elaine Buckholtz, Out of the Blue (Mills Hall Reconsidered), 2010.

A site-specific light installation at Mills Hall (c.1871), Mills College.

Saturday, June 5, 12, 19, and 26 at 1, 2, and 3 pm
Floor Vahn, Sonic Pardee Home (Reconstituting Memories of Pardee Past), 2010.

A site-specific sound installation at Pardee Home Museum (c.1868), 672 11th Street, Oakland, CA 94607

One-day event: Saturday, June 5, 12-4 pm
Christine Wong Yap, The Great Balloon Giveaway, 2010.

A site-specific installation and social sculpture at Camron-Stanford House (c.1876), Lake Merritt, 1418 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612. This work is inspired by imagery from the recent Oscar-winning animated film "Up" and re-contextualizes the political histories of the house through the free distribution of 1,000 helium balloons to passersby, with volunteer youth assistance from Chinatown community organization City of Oakland’s Lincoln Square Recreation Center. The Great Balloon Giveaway is made possible with the support of FLINC.org and Trader Joe's.

Download the catalog (.pdf 5 MB).

Invisible Venue and Mills College Art Museum present
Here and Now

Curated by Christian L. Frock
June 2010
Various locations, Oakland, CA
Closing Reception: Saturday, June 26, 8-10 pm, Mills Hall

thru 6/12: solo show, sight school, oakland

I'm very excited to announce my first proper solo exhibition, Irrational Exuberance (Asst. Colors). I'm pleased to partner with Sight School; artist Michelle Blade's storefront gallery is the perfect site for this investigation.

Sight School presents Irrational Exuberance (Asst. Colors), an exhibition of new installation, sculpture and work on paper by Oakland-based visual artist Christine Wong Yap from May 14–June 12. Inspired by discount culture and popular psychology, the artist will transform Sight School into a colorful shop-like interior, populated by reconfigured discount shop materials.

Read the full press release or Christine's interview with Steven Barich on Artopic.

Sight School is an artist-run exhibition space directed by Michelle Blade. The space began from a desire to create dialogue around new modes of living and being in the world in order to reveal connections between art and life.

Irrational Exuberance (Asst. Colors)

Exhibition: May 14 – June 12
Opening Reception: Friday, May 14, 7–10 pm

As Is: Pop & Stuffhood
Closing Reception and Open Dialog agitating notions about artists' shops, pop art, complicity and metaphors
Featuring critic and curator Glen Helfand and artist, writer and theorist Ginger Wolfe-Suarez; moderated by curator and writer Patricia Maloney.
Saturday, June 12, 2 – 4 pm

Sight School, 5651 San Pablo (at Stanford), Oakland, CA
Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., noon – 5 pm
First Friday, June 4: open late

6/12: Intersection's 45th Anniversary Gala

Posted April 10, 2010

I'm donating a drawing and large print to Intersection to celebrate 45 years of alternative programming.

Auction with over 60 works by (confirmed as of 3/31/10) Mike Arcega, Ana Bedolla, Bert Bergen, Evan Bissell, Val Britton, Michele Carlson, Victor Cartagena, Julie Chang, Brett Cook, Binh Danh, Lauren Davies, Lauren DiCioccio, Ala Ebtekar, Nome Edonna, Tara Foley, Analisa Goodin, Daniel Healey, Taraneh Hemami, Jonn Herschend, Amy M. Ho, Misako Inaoka, Donna Anderson Kam, Stephani Martinez, Christina Mazza, billy o'callaghan, Elizabeth Pedinotti, Alex Potts, Nadim Sabella, Zachary Royer Scholz, Andrew Schoultz, Weston Teruya, Truong Tran, Migdalia Valdes, Annie Vought, Donna J. Wan, Elizabeth M. Williams, Christine Wong Yap.

Intersection for the Arts' Art Auction Gala

Sat., June 12, 2010
6–7 (VIP preview) / 7–10 pm (Gala)
San Francisco Chronicle Building, 901 Mission Street (at 5th St), San Francisco

Tickets: theintersection.org or 415-626-2787 x110

2/12–5/14: Chain Reaction 11

Updated January 30, 2010

I was nominated by art critic and curator Glen Helfand to participate in a network-based exhibition; in turn, I invited Pablo Guardia. Visit our and other chains of artists at three sites.

Since launching a quarter century ago, Chain Reaction (the 11th exhibition of this kind at the SFAC Gallery) mimics the format of a chain letter. For this Chain Reaction, ten artists will be selected by a group of advisors, curators and luminaries; those artists will then each choose an artist and then those artists will choose an artist. Works by thirty artists will be exhibited at our three locations: the Main Gallery in the Veterans Building, our window installations site at 155 Grove Street and our exhibition space at San Francisco’s City Hall. Chain Reaction 11 takes the pulse of the current Bay Area art scene and allows us to get inside the artists’ minds to see what they find most compelling.

The ten chains include the following artists: (Initial choosers are not exhibiting work.)

SFAC Staff – Anne Colvin – Ginger Wolfe-Suarez – Lordy Rodriguez
SFAC Advisory Board – Walter Logue – Alexander Cheves – Paul Clipson
Glen Helfand – Christine Wong Yap – Pablo Guardiola – James Tantum
Enrique Chagoya & Kara Maria – Justine Lai – Emily North – Angie Wilson
Desiree Holman – Joshua Churchill – Jasmin Lim – Cameron Soren
Judy Moran – Michael Arcega – Suzanne Husky – Amy Balkin

SFAC Gallery Window Installation Site at 155 Grove St.
Kamau Amu Patton – Chris Bell – Elaine Buckholtz – Floor Van Herreweghe

SFAC Gallery at City Hall, Ground Floor
Abby Chen – Hui-Ying Tsai – James S. Kang – Scott Polach
Rupert Jenkins – Gabriela Hasbun – Eros Hoagland – David Paul Morris
Kari Orvik – Robyn Twomey – James Chiang – Josh Kirschenbaum

Chain Reaction 11
Exhibition: February 12–May 14, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 6 – 9pm
San Francisco Arts Commission:

   Main Gallery: 401 Van Ness, in Veterans Building. Wed – Sat, noon – 5 pm
   SF City Hall, Ground Floor: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. Mon – Fri, 8am — 8pm
   Window installation site: 155 Grove Street. Viewable 24/7

5/8: Space Odyssey, Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction

Posted April 1, 2010

I've donated a large framed print to support this excellent art organization committed to contemporary art by emerging artists. The roster of artists in the auction is significant. Major deals will be had.

Space Odyssey, Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser and Art Auction, features a live and silent art auction, creative projects, delicious food and beverages, and music. This famously fun event provides direct and critical support for Southern Exposure's Exhibition, Artists in Education and Artists Resource Programs.

Space Odyssey
Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction
Saturday, May 8, 2010, 6–10:30 pm [see the schedule]
Preview Exhibition: May 3–6, 2010, noon–6 pm
Southern Exposure, 3030 20th Street, San Francisco

reviews in art practical 11

Updated April 15, 2010

My review of "Inventory" by Miriam Böhm at Ratio 3 appeared in Art Practical 11 on March 25.

In the same issue, coincidentally, Jess Brier reviewed Chain Reaction 11.

 

3/5: soex's monster drawing rally

Posted January 30, 2010

Armed with found calendars, a cutting mat and a sharp blade, I made two collages for Monster Drawing Rally to benefit Southern Exposure.

Providing the basic necessities of the drawing practice—pencils, charcoal, pens, markers, ink, and paper—Southern Exposure creates the context while the artists create the content of the drawings. The evening will consist of four one-hour shifts with approximately 30 artists drawing simultaneously each hour. As the drawings are completed they will be hung on the walls and available for purchase for $60 each.

Participating Artists (as of January 29, 2010): Seth Armstrong, Brian Barneclo, Scott Barry, Ben Baumgartner, Iris Berggren, Michelle Blade, Brad Borevitz, Sara Bright, Monica Canilao, John Casey, Nancy Chan, Jon Clary, Serena Cole, Jamie Cortez, Adrian Cotter, Lauren Davies, Ryan De La Hoz, Robin Denevan, Sonya Derman, Inga Dorosz, Lafe Eaves, Christina Empedocles, Rodney Ewing, Kristin Farr, Adam Friedman, Matt Furie, Veronica Graham, Katie Gray, Henry Gunderson, Michael Hall, Jeffrey Hantman, Dana Harel, Nicole Hayden, Jesse Hazelip, Terry Hoff, Ian Huebert, Andrew Huerta, Misako Inaoka, John Kearns, Christine Kesler, Tashana Kjelland, Katrina Lamb, Chris Leib, Justin Limoges, Alexis Lopez, Marina Luz, Paul Madonna, Mitch Manitou, Jessica Martin, Vanessa Marsh, Elisheva Marcus, Sofia Mas, Mike McConnell, Honey McMoney, Anne McQuire, Jeff Meadows, Robert Minervini, Yvette Molina, Brendan Nakahara, Haden Nicholl, Olivia Park, Erik Parra, George Pfau, Genevieve Quick, Kyle Ranson, Lisa Ricci, Lordy Rodriguez, Ariel Roman, Thorina Rose, Zachary Rossman Scholz, Miriam Stahl, Jennifer Starkweather, Kirk Stoller, Nick Sung, Julie Sutherland, Charlene Tan, Katy Tanis, Kevin Taylor, Tracy Timmins, Jamie Vasta, Victoria Wagner, Kathy Warinner, Virginia White, David Wilson, Lena Wolff, Christine Wong Yap, Jesse Wright-Jackson

See a slideshow of photos by Hanna Quevedo at SFWeekly.com.

Friday, March 5, 2010, 6–11 pm
Southern Exposure's 10th Annual Monster Drawing Rally
Admission: $10 & up
Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, between Potrero & Hampshire and 17th & 18th Streets, San Francisco

1/22-2/26: flat file group exhibition at Golden Parachutes

Updated January 5, 2009

Golden Parachutes in Berlin will hang a group exhibition culled from their flat files.

The flatfile will begin with works by Sumi Ink Club, Anne Polashenski, Caitlin Maisley, Vanina Feldsztein, Tobias Sternberg, Samantha Fox, Jay Anderson, Erik Parra, Paul Diddy, Christine Wong Yap, Gert-Jan Akerboom, Zach Houston, and Kandis Williams.

FLATFILE group exhibition
Reception: January 22, 7–10 pm

Exhibition: January 22 – February 26, 2010

Golden Parachutes
kreuzbergstraße 42e
10965 Berlin Germany
+ 49 30 86 45 22 22
gallery hours: Wed.–Sat., noon–6pm

2/10–13: hello! my name is... at college art association conference

Updated February 20, 2010

I contributed some optimism-inspired artworks to this intervention.

Hello! My Name is... a site-specific intervention with contributions from Chris Basmajian, Michael Damm, Anthony Discenza, Charles Gute, Jamie Hilder, Scott Oliver, Susan O'Malley, Zachary Royer Scholz, Zefrey Throwell, Christine Wong Yap

Hello! My Name is... is a site-specific intervention of artist-created conference badges designed for anonymous distribution during the College Art Association 98th Annual conference in Chicago. Drawing on the required reading of the ubiquitous name badge in conference settings, contributing artists have created messages in response to the context of this academic and social networking event for art professionals. Badges will be anonymously distributed within the conference and arranged on tables in the standard grid fashion typical of a reception area. Each badge will be printed on the back with "This is public art. www.invisiblevenue.com" to direct attention to complete project details, documentation and a full suite of contributions online.

The project is presented in concurrence with a paper on Invisible Venue by Christian L. Frock at a session on public art. The paper will also appear in Art Practical and on invisiblevenue.com.

UPDATE: Following the project at CAA, some badges will be accessioned into Indiana State University's permanent collection of artists' ephemera. A project folio and sample badges will be included in the publicly accessible Printed Materials Archive at Mess Hall, an experimental cultural center in Chicago.

Christian L. Frock presents
INVISIBLE VENUE
Hello! My Name is...
a site-specific intervention of artist-created conference badges
February 10–13, 2010
College Art Association 98th Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL

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