Scott Sheidly at Spoke Art
This year’s ArtPadSF was a visual feast, with rising and well-established galleries eager to share the works of their most outstanding artists as well as their new proteges. It was a remarkable opportunity to see old favorites like Swoon and Bob Dob and discover new art crushes like Matt Momchilov. And of course, many of the artists were in attendance to chat with the public about their work. The Phoenix Hotel provided the perfect casual atmosphere, allowing each exhibiting gallery to convert one of the hotels many small rooms into a home for their art.
As visitors walked around the sunny patio, they could pay each gallery a visit or just catch a glimpse of the work through the large windows. Many artists utilized the closet and bathroom spaces for fun installations, most notably the Sid and Nancy murder crime scene lovingly created by macabre photographers Ransom & Mitchell in Varnish Fine Art’s bathroom and The Date Farmers’ closet shrine at New Image Art. Take a look at some photos from last weekend.
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Alec Huxley at 111 Minna
BarryMcGee and Swoon at Luggage Store
Bob Dob at Electric Works
Chuck Sperry at Varnish Fine Art
ESK at The McGloughlin Gallery
ESK at The McGloughlin Gallery
Matt Momchilov at Unspeakable Projects
Os Gemeos at Luggage Store
Ransom and Mitchell in the Sid and Nancy crime scene bathroom
Ransom and Mitchell at Varnish Fine Art
RETNA at New Image Art
The Date Farmers at New Image Art