Category Archives: Art Reviews

Best Bets 5.10.12

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Satri Pencak

I am now recording audio spots for Best Bets on the Sonoma Arts website. You can go to their site and click the Best Bets button to hear the most recent posting, or you can read the text here on … Continue reading →

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Best Bets, 4.19.12

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Satri Pencak

I am now recording audio spots for Best Bets on the Sonoma Arts website. You can go to their site and click the Best Bets button to hear the most recent posting, or you can read the text here on … Continue reading →

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Sonoma Arts Best Bets Audio Spot

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Satri Pencak

I am now recording audio spots for Best Bets on the Sonoma Arts website. You can go to their site and click the Best Bets button to hear the most recent posting, or you can read the text here on … Continue reading →

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Chris Beards: One Another One

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Satri Pencak

The title, One Another One, is actually quite apropos for this exhibition. In his statement, Chris Beards explains; “One is special—singular, unique, worthy of attention. . . Another splits the attention by half, yet reaffirms the singular nature of One. … Continue reading →

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A Day at Fine Arts Museums SF

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Satri Pencak

Recently I spent a whirlwind day in San Francisco catching up on some of the important exhibitions at the de Young and the Legion of Honor—here are some of the highlights. De Young Museum  Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of … Continue reading →

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Looking at You Looking at Me

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Satri Pencak

From di Rosa’s world-class collection of contemporary Northern California art, curator Robert Wuilfe has organized Looking at You Looking at Me, an exhibition examining the ways we, as humans, look at each other. Wuilfe has drawn out a thread in … Continue reading →

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Keeping an Eye on Surveillance, at Performance Art Institute, SF

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Satri Pencak

Have you ever looked into the lit up room of someone’s home as you walked down the street in the evening? You may have felt drawn to look in, to watch—but maybe also felt a little guilty, so you walked … Continue reading →

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Poodles, Rivers, and Gutskin

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Satri Pencak

Slaughterhouse Space There is a rare opportunity in Healdsburg to view a pair of stunning multimedia installations. Sensory Interventions features the work of two artists, Pat Lenz and Hugh Livingston. Each artist makes a provocative statement of their own using … Continue reading →

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A Summer of Book Arts

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Satri Pencak

With major museum exhibitions and a two-month long Celebrate Book Arts event in Sebastopol, the art of the book features big this summer in Sonoma County. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art opened two related exhibitions on June 4. Six Fairy … Continue reading →

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Figments for a Warrior; work by Catherine J. Richardson

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Satri Pencak

There is a place where distant memories merge with dreams and legends. Catherine Richardson’s imagery seems to arise from this place. In Figments for a Warrior, currently at the Hammerfriar Gallery, her paintings on canvas and wood panel explore real and … Continue reading →

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