Peanut Gallery

Radical diplomacy: an interview with Guillermo Gómez-Peña | San Francisco Bay Guardian

2010-11-19T14:37:00.000-08:00

Radical diplomacy: an interview with Guillermo Gómez-Peña | San Francisco Bay Guardian

Erick-Lennin, ova here!

2010-11-19T04:09:00.000-08:00

Erick-Lennin, ova here!: "

I make-e you the arts, a-real good.

Some art for me.
Some art for you.
Some art no-one likes.

Artist Talk and Closing

2010-05-14T18:37:00.000-07:00

Closing event festivities for May's Fractal Revelations.
Artist Talk with Alex Ziv.

Let us reflect on the works presented, catch an eye-full of detail and symbology.

Fractal Revelations

2010-04-22T13:57:00.000-07:00

Alex Ziv solo show

May 1st, 2010 6:00-9:00 pm
artist talk: May 4, 2010 6:00-8:00
closing: May 22, 2010 6:00-9:00

Combining past, present, and futuristic elements into his carefully stylized drawings Alex Ziv will surprise you with the meticulousness of his practice. Artist Ziv is perfecting the art of giving form to signs in the most regal manner, signs that originate from myth and folk tales. Calligraphy, the roots of which translate to mean beautiful writing, suits Alex's work as it succeeds in telling the viewer a story. Standing out among the works are his introspective self portraits and carefully crafted pseudo-manuscripts inspired by gothic calligraphy.

The Peanut Gallery extends a warm welcome to you and yours for this opening.

2010-04-07T15:56:00.001-07:00

Still, Life. Works by Jesse Hlebo

2010-03-25T15:25:00.001-07:00

Peanut Gallery is pleased to present the work of Jesse Hlebo in a solo exhibition entitled Still, Life. Addressing the themes of fear, value and loss, rejection and pain, Hlebo’s work is a result of multiple processes of mediation and removal; layering damage upon damage and challenging notions of what defines the seemingly perfect nature of mass-reproduction. For his exhibition, Hlebo utilizes screen prints, videos, and audio to create a focused viewing experience in a subtly frustrating environment.

Jesse Hlebo (b. 1988) is an artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has had solo and group exhibitions across the U.S. and in Japan. Most recently, Jesse curated the inaugural MtyMx All Ages Art and Music Festival in Monterrey, Mexico. He is the editor of _ Quarterly, an experimental arts and literature publication and is also the founder of Swill Children, a small press/record label that facilitates online projects in conjunction with physical components. Jesse is currently working on a collaborative book with Milano Chow/Medium Rare. In May 2010, Jesse will receive a BFA in Photography at Parsons The New School For Design.

www.jessehlebo.com

Artist Talk this Saturday!

2010-03-24T13:43:00.000-07:00

March 27, 2010
7pm-10pm

Taurus Evans speaks about his life and his work this weekend. We are pleased to host yet another artist talk.
Born and raised in Southeast Washington D.C., Taurus began drawing at the age of six; by seven he was enrolled in weekend art classes where he studied advanced drawing, and by the age of 15 he was accepted to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts where he began to paint.
Upon graduating from the Duke Ellington school, Evans begins attending the San Francisco Art Institute for a year until he was involved in a motorcycle collision that fractured his left arm and damaged a radial nerve, leaving him unable to paint for a year.
Taurus relays life experience, passion, and inspiration on this closing night to The Bacchannals, join us for intimate dialogue with the artist.

2010-03-09T16:36:00.000-08:00

Crowned by Kings, 2010
Acrylic and pastel on panel, 6' x 7'.
Taurus Evans

The Grande Bacchannalia

2010-03-02T14:17:00.001-08:00

New Works by Taurus Evans marks the cause for celebration. He explains: "This new series of work is what I feel best embodies passion. They are the moments and people that inspire me to continue painting and motivate me to live. I can only hope that viewers see the honesty in the work, and through that passionate emotion come to know and understand me in an intimate way."

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures"- Henry Ward Beecher

opening reception March 6, 2010 7pm

Artist Talks!!!

2010-02-24T17:41:00.001-08:00

with Ana Cantoni, Kit Yi Wong, and Carissa Potter
Thursday Feb 25, 2010 8pm

Newly remodeled space!!

2010-02-11T14:48:00.000-08:00

A little adjustment here and a little tweaking there.
The Peanut Gallery has a more adult-contemporary look.
We think it works!

We We're Meant to Be

2010-02-06T17:59:00.000-08:00

We invite all lovers, friends, enemies, frienemies, and lonely souls to enjoy the Peanut Gallery's February opening- We We're Meant to Be.

7-10 pm

we do all this for you

2010-01-28T15:41:00.000-08:00

We We're Meant to Be.

This February the Peanut Gallery presents “We Were Meant to Be”. A show created with you in mind “We Were Meant to Be” features the work of Ana Belén Canton, Kit Yi Wong, and Carissa Potter. All three artists are working with the idea of human connection. Connection is broad in it’s understanding and these artists explore the spectrum of public and personal relationships between dating, love, and friendship. They investigate what it means to relate to someone, to yourself, or to your community. Their work incorporates free floating diary entries, apparel constructed of H1N1 masks, and childhood narratives with adult content. “We Were Meant to Be” aims to let you in, hold you close and take you with us.

the work in detail

2010-01-08T16:20:00.000-08:00

Harvey Newman
8mmm...
Mixed metals, resin, light bulb, 2009.

Tom Betthauser

American Entropy: Hubble
Graphite on paper, 2009

American Entropy: 747
Acrylic on panel, 2009

Jaime Williams
untitled, acrylic on wood panel, 2009.

When Worlds Collide

2009-12-30T16:50:00.000-08:00

Opening

JANUARY 2nd, 2009
6:30-10pm

"What is it really, That's going on here..
You've got the system for total control..
Now is there any, body out there..
Now watch us suffer yeah cause we can't go.
What is it really that is in your head
What little life that you had just died
I'm gonna be the one that's taking over
Now this is what it's like when worlds collide!"

We invite you to experience in our first show for the new year.
Tonight's music brought to you by DJ Mark Aubert.

the work Itself

2009-12-10T14:18:00.000-08:00

The Last Supper, 2009. Erlin Geffrard and Jordan Bogash.

The Journey, 2009. Jordan Bogash
Nigga I Said Give Me Your Jordans, 2009.
You Could Have Atleast Said Freeze Before You Shot Me, 2009.
Damn These Chicks Love Texting, 2009.
Erlin Geffrard

You Rock My Socks, 2009. Erlin Geffrard

Oh Hey, Basketball II, 2009.
Wolf Tits: Diamond Vision, 2009.
Jordan Bogash

north wall

Unicorns Cry To the Sky, 2009. Jordan Bogash.

The Universe, 2009. Erlin Geffrard.

Pooh Hat, 2009.
Steaks in the Grass, 2009.
Jordan Bogash

The Winter of Our great-Content

2009-12-04T12:51:00.000-08:00

Saturday Dec. 05, 2009 @ 7pm till 11pm.
Like some other-wordly planetary alignment, Jordan Bogash and Erlin Geffrard have met in a parallel reality to bring you Jungle Fever. Both Bogash and Geffrard pull ideas from their youth and redirect them into a landscape of pop culture derangement and merriment. Working with quickly recognizable logos like the Nike swoosh and the McDonald's M, the duo use symbolism to draw the viewer into their world of fun and madness. Jungle Fever will be the debut of their much-anticipated ‘Last Supper’, a collaborative painting between both artists that is sure to knock socks off. Through their collaborative efforts, Bogash and Geffrard have immersed themselves in a dialogue of childhood angst and the wonderment of youth.

Opening night festivities include a raffle, giving YOU a chance to take home an awesome piece of paraphernalia. DJ Mark Aubert will be here. Complimentary beverages will be served. See you Saturday night!

Closing Night Event

2009-11-27T19:58:00.000-08:00

Make time Monday November 30th

We welcome you to stop by and enjoy this months show one last time.
Meet the artist and make conversation.

Gallery Hours 12-9 PM tonight.

Keeping Art-smart

2009-11-12T14:12:00.001-08:00

Next Opening: NOVEMBER 7, 2009

2009-10-31T12:40:00.000-07:00

WHAT ABOUT ME?!
New Faces in Contmeporary Self-Portraiture.

Dean Dempsey, Richard Castaneda, & Susan Wu group show.

We are now 4months deep in presenting exciting new art to our local masses. October might have been a bit bawdy and erotic, but November will prove to be introspective and cerebral. We present three artists implicating themselves in work concerning issues of identity and personal experience.
Dean Dempsey re-scripts reality, seeking to alter the encounter with himself and place, His multiple characters play out a dialogue of awkwardness. Caught in the moment, Dempsey situates himself at every possible intersection of a scene, a willing participant to an altered reality.
Richard Bluecloud Castaneda pulls from a large lexicon of imagery regarding Native Americans in an effort to reclaim history and identity. Richard uses photography as a method of introspection in order to bring present the stereotypes casts on "indians" by the American west and re-assimilating himself as the bearer of these greivances. He aims to recontextualize and reappropriate the image of the "noble savage" which hinder real identity and self-determination of his peoples.
Susan Wu reassembles her past and reimagines her present. In her self-portrait drawings, she assembles objects she collects; wether from magazine clippings or found photographs, and depicts the metaphors sorrounding her American life, her ethnicity, her morals, experiences with love, and mistakes that add to her personal narratives.

Vampyre Grillz

2009-10-28T15:37:00.000-07:00

A Costume Competition

We invite all creatures of the night to participate in the Peanut Gallery's first Halloween Costume PARTY!
Compete for the title of best dressed sexiest vampyre.
WINNER WILL RECEIVE A PAIR OF GRILLZ FROM Gold Teeth- "the most famous gold teeth shop in the Bay Area.
Participants must check in by 10pm and will be judged based on creativity and quality of their vampyre attire.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 31, 2009, 7pm.
Winner announced at 11pm.

More Talk-More Art

2009-10-19T16:46:00.000-07:00

In case you haven't heard or seen enough, we are again having artists talks this week.
We ecstatically present: Genevieve Dupre, L.E. Weiss and Fleur de Lies in conversations
with their works, thoughts, and goals in their art making.
Featuring:
Fleur De Lies
Saturday September 24, 2009 8:30PM

Lisa Weiss and Genevieve Dupre
Sunday September 25, 2009 8:30PM

Fred Tomaselli @ SFAI TONIGHT!!!!!!!! 10/05

2009-10-05T13:48:00.000-07:00

c/o beautiful decay his work resonates with psychedelic goo.

shes a vamp in heels.

2009-10-02T18:22:00.000-07:00

Hanky Spanky

2009-10-01T18:20:00.000-07:00

we are so excited to open our doors to all deviants, seducers, creeps, and artists alike- to our October show Hanky Panky.....
I- myself am not sure what to expect. Goodness certainly!
another visceral experience encapsulated in our SoMa space, so i hope you are ready.
Drag yourself and your crew from LovEvolution and wander over to the Peanut Gallery sf.
Great excitement for the eyes and mind sure to entice all provocateurs.

......and now for some real Panky to the Hanky

2009-09-19T15:40:00.000-07:00

www.hankypanky.com
where the sexy's done right. This site has amazing design and layout, effectively engaging interface, and their products are certainly eye catching.
We are sold on some organic cotton low rise thongs!! save the earth one sexy culottes at a time.

c/o ArtBusiness.com

2009-09-18T02:31:00.000-07:00

Peanut Gallery: Works on Paper - Group Show.

Review and images by Kathryn Arnold: This is my second visit to Peanut Gallery and am pleased to be able to see this new exhibition put together by a two curators. The gallery is small, new I think, and located in SOMA. Great place; you should visit! Many of the works are in black, white, and shades of gray. Enticing mix of cut paper works, photography and even what seem to be cascades of paper chains. Love what this chaining piece does to the front window, warping and bending the figures within the gallery, creating an almost sci-fi feel. The individual links are cut and attached in such a way as to form the various shapes within the piece, while the use of black and white creates a sense of emanating light.

Piss-off Art.

2009-09-14T22:36:00.000-07:00

OCTOBER is SEXY!

2009-09-14T12:33:00.000-07:00

Keep your shirt on and your pants off!
Are you excited? We certainly are.
The Peanut Gallery Presents: Hanky Panky-
A scintillating, spine tingling, ball busting, good time of art works relating to all things sexy, obscene, and erotic.
The whips cracks Saturday October 3rd, be sure to come out.

Artist Talks GALORE

2009-09-14T02:45:00.000-07:00

Works on Paper show is up. So good so far.
Better yet to come.
Full dialogue drawing near.
Weekend of talks Sept. 25-27th, come witness our first program aimed at connecting artist and audience. Bring your questions, bring your minds, and prepare for More Knowledge.