I’ve been all over the place since landing back in SF. There have been lots of gallery openings and lots of randomness (my favorite). Here are some of the highlights from the last few days:

1) Studio Number One

First, I noticed one of Philip Lumbang’s cuddly bears on Market Street (btw Jones & Taylor). The former Studio Number One designer was in town for the opening of a show at Giant Robot. I’ll need to get up there to check it out…and score a Dunny.

Shortly afterward, I ran into Neek, Kasl & Rezen in SOMA. I have a feeling we’ll be hearing a lot about these guys in the not so distant future. Here is a short video I made (Smoke & Mirrors by RJD2) of Neek painting a robot:

He and Kasl went huge on a wall at McAllister & Jones yesterday morning. Here it is.

2) ARMOgedon2057

I met this dude at 1AM’s “Circle of Life” opening a few weeks ago. His work is utterly captivating. I think I spent the majority of my time at the gallery staring at his massive circle. It looked like a rainbow threw up all over the canvas. And I mean that in a good way.  He was cool enough to talk to me about his work and gave me a sticker which is now affixed to my computer. Here’s proof:

Anyway, also while riding, I noticed an electrical box (best guess) under the Bay Bridge with a similar sticker. (Note: I saw this while riding north on the embarcadero, by Ideo, through 2 lanes of traffic, 2 muni lines and 2 sets of barbwire fence. Damn, I absolutely swear by refractive eye surgery. See here.).  Sure enough it was my man. He also snuck the small version on another box around the corner.

3) Fecal Face

Cool show featuring Henry Lewis and Mike Davis. It was too crowded to really look at anything or take more pictures. I might try to go back later this week to get a little closer to the work. Hopefully without being trapped in a corner and sweating profusely. Henry Lewis below.

4) White Walls & Shooting Gallery

This is slowly becoming my favorite gallery combination in the city. The adjacent show rooms consistently feature artists who blow my mind. They do a great job of self promotion, via guerilla attacks throughout the city. And they also have a killer online/social media presence. Kudos. You might remember my post on the discovery of “wheatpaste face” by Hugh Leeman? Actually, it’s funny because the same image is next to Neek in the video above. I also tweeted a picture a while ago of a illustration, unaware that it was for the White Walls show. The artists name is Jesse Hazelip. Here are some pictures from the opening:

On the other side of the wall Shooting Gallery was showing work by Morgan Slade. These were my favorite all night. I love that they disturb me, but I can’t look away. There is something about the combination of photography and paint that just cripples me. Here is what I’m talking about:

Respect.