Metro - San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

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SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF
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the Darwin
Darwin D.. Bearley Collection”
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show the br
breadth
eadth of cr
creativity
eativity iin
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the quil
quilt-making
t-making tradition
tradition from
from
m
1880-1940.
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the quil
quilts
ts when he took them out
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of the community and sold them
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to
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broader
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public.
blic.
Thru Mar
Mar.. 1.. “T
“Two
Tw
wo Color W
Wonders”
onderrs”
demonstrate
demonstr
ate how limiting a
color pallette to only two color
colors
rs
can cr
create
eate stark contr
contrasts
asts and
complimentary dynamics.
San Jose.
TRITON
TRITON MUSEUM OF AR
ART
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“Ron Dell’
Dell’Aquila:
Aquila: Photogr
Photography,”
aphyy,,”
an exhibit of unapologetic
intensity and hue. Thru Nov
Arastu:
Celebration
16. “Salma Ar
astu:: Celebr
ation
n
off CCalligraphy,”
alligr
lli aphy
hy,,”” ffeaturing
eaturing
t i the
th
blend of textur
apphy
texturee and calligr
calligraphy
on sacr
ed texts. Thru Nov 16.
sacred
“K
arim Alwali: The Civilization
n
“Karim
Code,”” abstr
act paintings. Thr
ru
abstract
Thru
Nov 23.. Santa Clar
a.
Clara.
GALLERIES
ANNO DOMINI
“In the Cave
Cave We
We Dance”
Dance”
solo exhibition by Joseph
LLoughborough.
oughborough. Thru Nov 15.
San Jose.
Jose
ART
AR
T ARK GALLER
GALLERY
Y
“Fifth Annual The Mor
Moree the
Merrier
Mer
rier Holiday Exhibit,”
ffeaturing
eaturing the work of over B
Bay
ay
Area
Ar
ea artists. Nov 7 thru Dec 5.
San Jose.
BRUNI
BR
UNI GALLER
GALLERY
Y
First Fridays ffeature
eature new
artwork, demonstr
demonstrations,
ations, and
conversations with artists.
San Jose.
"Unmasked," An exhibited on
"Unmasked,"
rreal
eal and imagined superher
superheros.
os.
Thru Nov 17
17.
7. San Jose.
ZERO
ZER
O 1 GARA
GARAGE
GE
"The Cloud Collection" by
KKarolina
arolina Sobecka investigates
clouds to explor
exploree the
intersection between art and
geoengineering. Thru Dec 19.
San Jose.
“Perceptual” LLucas
“Perceptual”
ucas Artist
Fellows Chris Fr
Fraser
aser and
Justin LLowman
owman explor
exploree
the rrelationship
elationship between
per
ception, light, space, and
perception,
place. Thru Feb 1. Sar
atoga.
Saratoga.
PACIFIC
P
ACIFIC AR
ART
T LEA
LEAGUE
GUE
“Science, TTechnology,
echnology
e
y, and the
Futuree of Art.”” Nov 77-27.
Futur
-2777.. P
Palo
alo Al
Alto.
to.
PALO
P
ALO AL
ALTO
TO AR
ART
T CENTER
“I’ll Show YYou
oou Mine.”” Artists
exploree ffamily
explor
amily portr
portraits.
aits. Thru
Dec 14. P
Palo
alo Al
Alto.
to.
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9
Watercolors by Made’
Watercolors
Made’ Sukerti
Ber
Berg.
g. San Jose.
PSYCHO
P
SYCHO DONUT
DONUTSS
Works by John Renzel, Lacey
Works
Bryant, Nicolas CCaesar,
aesar, Murphy
Adams, Christine Benjamin,
Michael Foley
Foley,
y, Michael Borja,
Valery
V
alery Milovic, CCarlos
arlos Villez,
Eric Joyner
Joyner,, Laur
Lauraa CCallin
allin
Bennett, John Hageman and
Robert McColley
McColley.. San Jose.
“Relics” explor
“Relics”
explores
es what
technology embr
embraces
aces and
makes obsolete. Thru Jan 224.
4.
San Jose.
GALLERY
GALLER
Y HOUSE
Holiday Show
Show.. Nov 18-Dec 224.
4
4.
Reception:: Fri, Nov 21. P
Palo
alo Al
Alto.
lto.
GALLERY
GALLER
Y SSARATOGA
ARA
ATOGA
Judy Bingman
Bingman’s
’ss wildlif
wildlifee
photographs
photogr
aphs with a special
section on P
Polar
olar Bears. Thru
Dec 1. Big Basin W
Way,
ayy, Sar
Saratoga.
atogga.
GALLERY
GALLER
Y 290
2905
5
call ffor
or inf
info.
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Access,
A
ccess, San Jose.
WORKS
W
ORKS SSAN
AN JOSE
Art by JJ.. Danniel. Mezcal
Restaurant,
Restaur
ant, San Jose.
DOWNTOWN
DO
WNTOWN Y
YOGA
OGA SHALA
A
“Beware! YYokai!”
“Beware!
ookai!” Chris Br
Brand
andd
and TTakahiro
aakahiro Kitamur
Kitamura.
a. Thru
Nov 30. San Jose.
Daily Classes off
offered
ered on Art
and TTechnology.
eechnology. San Jose.
MEZCAL
MEZ
CAL
MONTALVO
MONT
ALVO AR
ARTS
TS CENTER
SEEING THING
THINGSS GALLER
GALLERY
Y
“Full Bellies and Empty
CCalories”
alories” by Sean Boyle.
San Jose
SLIDING DOOR CCOMPANY
OMPANY
“One Thousand Thousand
Project,”
Pr
oject,” work
workss by Jason
McHenry.
McHenry
y. San Jose.
SOUTH FIR
FIRST
ST BILLIARDS
"Art Lif
"Art
Lifer"
er" by Alfr
Alfredo
edo Reyes
and Debbie Doherty with
music fr
from
om DJ Mystik Mike.
““Assemble!”
Assemble!” a MESHcollective
show.. W
show
Works
orks by various artists.
San Jose.
ART
TECHSHOP
TE
CHSHOP SSAN
AN JOSE
“Day Of The Dead.” A cul
culturally
turally
ffestive
estive exhibit celebr
celebrating
ating
Mexico
’s most important
Mexico’s
holiday.. Redwood City
holiday
City.
y.
SAN JOSE INS
SAN
INSTITUTE
TITUTE OF
ART
CCONTEMPORARY
ONTEMPORARY AR
T
EMPIRE SE
SEVEN
VEN SSTUDIOS
TUDIOS
“Petrified,” work
“Petrified,”
workss by Andy
Wallace.
W
allace. San Jose.
"The Public is P
Personal."
ersonal."
Alvarado,
Alexanna Alvar
ado, KKaren
aren
Haas, and Alayne YYellum
eellum
exploree how personal
explor
affect
rrelationship
elationship aff
ect our public
conduct.
d t Thru
Th Nov
N 15,
15 San
S Jose.
J
MAIN GALLER
GALLERY
Y
Jazz paintings by Bruni Sabl
Sablan.
an.
Mon-Sat, 1-6pm. San Jose.
“San Shui,” paintings by
Russell Al
Altice
tice Case.
Case. San Jose.
Josee.
STUDIO R
STUDIO
ROCK
OCK CLIMBING
GYM
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Lamplighters Musical Theatr
Theatree
is hosting their annual
Champagne Gala and Auction.
In their 62nd season, their
newest, musical spoof will
parody
par
ody BBC pr
programming
ogramming
when Sherlock Holmes is sent
into the futur
future.
e. Sun, Nov 9 at
4pm. $59-$83. Mountain View
Center ffor
or the P
Performing
erforming Arts.
SOLO
SOL
O FLAMENC
FLAMENCO
O
On their 48th Anniversary
Anniversary,
y,
Theatree Flamenco pr
Theatr
premieres
emieres
original work and ffeatures
eatures
guest artists fr
from
om Spain to
perform
perf
orm ““percussive
percussive ffootwork,
ootwork,
expressive
expr
essive dance, and stir
stirring
ring
song” with the tr
traditional
aditional
flair of Flamenco. Sat, Nov 8
at 8pm. $45. Mountain View
Center ffor
or the P
Performing
erforming Arts.
SOUTH FIR
FIRST
ST FRID
FRIDAY
AY
ARTWALK
AR
TWALK
A self-guided evening tour
through
thr
ough galleries, museums,
and independent businesses
ffeaturing
eaturing exhibitions and special
performances,
perf
ormances, including SStreet
treet
Eats & Live Beats at P
Parque
arque
De LLos
os P
Pobladores.
obladores.. First Friday
of the Month. V
Venues
enues along
S. First street
street and thr
throughout
oughout
downtown San Jose.
SILICON V
SILICON
VALLEY
ALLEY MUSIC
FESTIVAL
FE
STIV
VA
AL
In conjunction with South First
Fridays,, the SVMF pr
presents
esents Anna
Maria Mendieta.. Ms.. Mendieta,
the principal harpist with the
Sacramento
Sacr
amento Philharmonic,, has
performed
perf
ormed as a soloist and as a
member with many symphony
orchestras
or
chestras and chamber music
groups
gr
oups acr
across
oss the country
country.
y.
THESE WALLS CAN TALK In her new exhibit “Scarcity,” Leyla Cardenas
examines San Jose’s relationship with its past using its own forgotten relics.
Reading the Ruins
A LOT CAN BE gathered from a city’s leftovers. Just ask Leyla Cardenas.
The Colombian artist has long been intrigued by the things that societies
willingly discard.
Leyla Cardenas: ‘Scarcity’
Growing up in a civil war-torn country, Cardenas
recalls searching for meaning among the piles of
Nov 15-Jan 31,
debris and wreckage she would regularly find in
10am-5pm, Free
her home town of Bogota. Over time she became
San Jose Institute of
fascinated with these once so permanent structures
Contemporary Art
reduced to rubble.
sjica.org
“I started collecting things the city would throw away,”
she recounts. “Those voids in the city were very revealing to me.” Pondering over
the scraps of facade, broken windows, tangles of lumber and crumbled cement
walls, she wondered what the ruins suggested about her community and its
reverence or disregard for its past and what they might portend for the future.
These discarded artifacts and the questions they raised in her mind eventually
became the building blocks of Cardenas’ art, which has expanded over the years
from considering issues of cultural identity in her native Colombia to exploring
the ways other communities around the world deal with their past as they move
forward into the future.
“The question I’m asking with a city or place is how they deal with memory and
the past,” Cardenas says. With Scarcity, opening this Friday at the San Jose Institute
of Contemporary Art (ICA), Cardenas puts these questions to San Jose.
Cardenas has a particular interest in architecture. Scarcity, which opens Jan. 15,
compiles plaster impressions of historic buildings from around Market Street,
which she will arrange for display on the gallery’s walls and floor, and tells the story
of San Jose’s complicated, and almost adversarial, relationship to its past.
Once the “Valley of Heart’s Delight” and the first capital city of California, San Jose
has since been branded the “Capital of Silicon Valley,” and its focus on progress
and innovation through tech seems to reveal a community more interested in
disruption than legacy.
“I feel California definitely moves at a different speed, especially Silicon Valley,”
Cardenas says. “There’s not that relationship with the past. You feel it is a little bit
in transition and there is nothing that takes you back.”
The exhibit is asking questions that are especially relevant in the here and now.
As this tech-oriented region comes charging out of the Great Recession and new
developments spring up all over downtown San Jose, Cardenas hopes her exhibit
will get people thinking about the city’s proud past even as they move inexorably
forward into the future.— Brandon E. Roos
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YYour
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“Robert
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Portraits:
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alifornia P
ortraits:
1914-Realism,, Race and Region,, 1914
25.””Thru Jan.. TTue-Sun,
uue-Sun, 11am-5p
11am-5pm,
pm,
closed Mon.. San Jose.