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designwiresfdc — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:57:36 +0000

SPRING SAMPLE SALE

designwiresfdc — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:21:14 +0000

Visit us on Thursday & Friday, June 8-9 for our preview sale to the trade and shop the Bay Area’s most extensive and luxurious collection of one-of-a kind home furnishings at remarkable discounts. The sample sale is the ideal opportunity to see the latest trends and products in home furnishings. Shop hundreds of high-end items at up to 70% off. Perry’s at the Design Center and Caffe Pazzo at the Showplace will be open for grab-and-go breakfasts, delicious lunches, beverages and light bites.

Open to the public
Saturday, June 9
9:00 AM – 5 PM
Sunday, June 10
11 AM – 4 PM

Admission to the public is $10. Receive a $10 off coupon at the door. Valid only at select showrooms.

Click here to see a list of participating showrooms.

WALKER ZANGER: 60 Years of Style

designwiresfdc — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:53:17 +0000

Mapping Sanctuary with Topher Delaney

designwiresfdc — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:38:18 +0000

::SPOT LIGHT::

Designers Curate artMRKT: Martha Angus

designwiresfdc — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:36:29 +0000

artMRKT is officially underway and we’re celebrating with the fifth and final post in our series, Designers Curate artMRKT. Today, we’re thrilled to have the oh-so-elegant Martha Angus, principal of Martha Angus Inc., share her favorites.

See you at the fair!

- Alisa Carroll, Editor-in-Chief, 3D

“I LOVE a good art fair and to have one right here in San Francisco is beyond exciting. As is often the case, so many pieces to see and so little time!”

1) I’ve bought one of these prints and they absolutely make a room. As a bonus, she’s a local Stanford grad.

Fold Slice
Tauba Auerbach 2011
Etching
42 x 32 inches
Park Life
San Francisco

2) Nine Squares by Ellsworth Kelly is a classic. It’s a blue chip great investment for any collector. The paper pulp gives it a richness and extra texture.

Nine Squares
Ellsworth Kelly 1976-77
Color Paper pulp
30 x 30 inches
GRAYSTONE
Fairfax

3) Graceland by William Eggleston featuring The King and his beautiful bride. It’s a slice of Americana served up straight from the Mississippi Delta. The SF MOMA recently showcased Eggleston. His color photography was among the first to gain credibility in the medium as bonafide art.

Graceland
William Eggleston 1984
Dye transfer print
14.5 x 22 inches
David Lusk Gallery
Memphis

For more information and tickets, visit http://www.art-mrkt.com/sf

Designers Curate artMRKT: Matthew Leverone

designwiresfdc — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:10:47 +0000

artMRKT kicks off tonight with its gala opening at the Concourse. We’re celebrating with the fourth post in our series, Designers Curate artMRKT. Today, the dapper Matthew Leverone, principal of Matthew Leverone Design, shares the three pieces that caught his refined eye.

See you at the fair!

- Alisa Carroll, Editor-in-Chief, 3D

“As Francis Bacon said, ‘The job of an artist is always to deepen the mystery.’ These three pieces affect me in that way. It’s not logic, its love.”

1) The use of color is brilliant. The vibration and energy is so intense its hypnotizing!

Fold Slice
Tauba Auerbach 2011
Etching
42 x 32 inches
Park Life
San Francisco

2) It’s stunning how De Staebler captures the gesture of flight.

Winged Figure Ascending
Stephen De Staebler 2011
Bronze
108 x 32 x 33 inches
Dolby Chadwick Gallery
San Francisco

3) An incredible pool of blues. The strong forms play wonderfully against each other.

Bay Rigger Blue
James Kennedy 2012
Mixed media on incised masonite
40 x 40 inches
Mindy Solomon Gallery
St. Petersburg

Designers Curate artMRKT: David Oldroyd

designwiresfdc — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:32:27 +0000

Each day this week, counting down to the launch of artMRKT, San Francisco’s premiere modern and contemporary art fair, 3D, the magazine of the SFDC, is inviting a leading San Francisco interior designer to curate the exhibition. Today, the third installment in our series, Designers Curate artMRKT, features the extraordinary David Oldroyd of ODADA.

–Alisa Carroll, Editor-in-Chief, 3D

”When curating, I’ll have an instinctual reaction to a piece, and I trust that instinct. I listen and remember. A common thread will emerge, a string of visual or emotional cues. Once the pieces have been selected and the objects grouped together, instinct is again the final test of my choices.”

1) Bernadette Twirling
Rodney Smith
Archival pigment ink print
45 x 45 inches
Gilman Contemporary
Ketchum

“The chiaroscuro quality of this piece is incredible, so elegant. I love the romantic light, the translucent fabric and the deep shadows.”

2) Match #1
Ed Moses 2011
Acrylic and glue on canvas
60 x 60 inches
Peter Blake Gallery
Laguna Beach

“This is a strong piece about opposition: order and chaos, simplicity and complexity, shallowness and depth.”

3) Night Watch
Yossi Govrin 2011
Hemp, cement, antique chandelier
85 x 18 x 18 inches appx.
Timothy Yarger Fine Art
Beverly Hills

“This sculpture has an element of the absurd, which is what makes it a perfect juxtaposition to the elegance of the first two pieces. I love the subtle links of color and texture with the Smith and the Moses.”

Designers Curate artMRKT: Gary Hutton

designwiresfdc — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:48:11 +0000

The 2012 issue of 3D, “The Art of Living,” the magazine of the San Francisco Design Center, explores the inspired connection between interior design and visual art. This month, 3D is excited to partner with artMRKT, San Francisco’s premiere modern and contemporary art fair, to further explore and celebrate that synergy. Today we continue our series in which five of San Francisco’s leading interior designers curate the fair by selecting their favorite pieces from the works on view. The fabulous Gary Hutton, founder of Gary Hutton Design, shares his favorites with us below.

- Alisa Carroll, Editor-in-Chief, 3D

“Art should NOT be decorative. Art should be provocative, it should inspire, and it should speak to the soul, but it should NEVER be decorative. That is what wallpaper is for.”

1) This De Staebler embraces the human spirit and thrusts it heavenward. Completely uplifting.

Winged Figure Ascending
Stephen De Staebler 2011
Bronze
108 x 32 x 33 inches
Dolby Chadwick Gallery
San Francisco

2) Robert Arneson was one of my professors. This work captures his humor and the seriousness of it.

Head Lamp
Robert Arneson 1992
Bronze, wood and light bulb; edition 1/6 PH, 1 A.P.
16.25 x 11.5 x 11.5 inches
Brian Gross Fine Art
San Francisco

3) Richard Misrach’s sweeping vision of the intersection of nature and man is as thought-provoking as it is beautiful.

10.21.00 6:49 PM (Smoke)
Richard Misrach 2012
Archival pigment ink print
Aperture Foundation
New York

Designers Curate artMRKT

designwiresfdc — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:30:28 +0000

The 2012 issue of 3D, “The Art of Living,” the magazine of the San Francisco Design Center, explores the inspired connection between interior design and visual art. This month, 3D is excited to partner with artMRKT, San Francisco’s premiere modern and contemporary art fair, to further explore and celebrate that synergy. Over the next five days, counting down to the launch of artMKRT, five of San Francisco’s leading interior designers will curate the fair by selecting their favorite pieces from the works on view. Up first is 3D covergirl Elizabeth Martin, founder of Elizabeth Martin Interior Design.

–Alisa Carroll, Editor-in-Chief, 3D

“For me, selecting a work is about having a visceral reaction to a piece, so much so that I can’t stop thinking about it. These three pieces had that effect on me. Although very different visually, they work together emotionally, and I would place all three in conjunction with each other. Interior design is about creating an environment and I believe art is the difference between decorating a room and designing one.”

1) This work is stunning– the light and expression make it seem as though it was done by a modern Dutch master.

Untitled (Payton 1)
Gottfried Helnwein 2005
Mixed media (oil & acrylic) on canvas
62.75 x 42 inches
Modernism Inc.
San Francisco

2) While at art school in New York I spent hours in museums just gazing at Abstract Expressionist works. I love Motherwell, and this work feels like home to me.

In the Summer Sun
Robert Motherwell 1950
Oil on canvas
31.75 x 25.5 inches
Hackett | Mill Art Dealers and Advisors
San Francisco

3) Complex, and slightly disturbing. Love it.

Sky Scraper Birds
Jane Rosen 2012
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
CYNTHIA-REEVES
New York

For more information and tickets, please visit http://www.art-mrkt.com/sf.

Celebrate 75 Years of a Timeless Classic with Francois & Co.

designwiresfdc — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:46:00 +0000