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  • Review: “Wayward Fairy Tales” @ Modern Eden Gallery

    On Saturday, March 10th, the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco opened the group show Wayward Fairy Tales, curated by artists Glenn arthur and Jeff Felker. Each artist in the show took inspiration from a classic fairy tale, and gave it a new spin. While this was a smaller group show, with 8 artists submitting work, the paintings were outstanding. I like the idea of group shows with 20 or even 100 artists participating, but I often feel as though some of the work in the show doesn’t get the full attention it deserves. That was definitely not the case with this exhibition, the art was good and the crowd spent a good deal of time enjoying it.

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  • Preview: “Wayward Fairy Tales” group show @ Modern Eden

    Opening this Saturday, March 10th from 6-10 PM is a new group show entitled Wayward Fairy Tales. Curated by Jeff Felker and Glenn Arthur, this show will feature work by Jason Levesque, Leilani Bustamante, Chelsea Greene, Glenn Arthur, Kelly Castillo, Ahren Hertel, Aunia Kahn, and Jeff Felker. Each artist will be presenting their rendition of classic fairy tales. We’re all used to the “happily ever after” ideal, but this show will set out to prove that “beautiful tragedies” can be just as amazing. This exhibition runs until April 7th, so if you can’t be there for the reception make sure to stop by when you can.

    Modern Eden Gallery




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  • Review: “Menagerie” group show @ Modern Eden Gallery

    This past Saturday, no matter how cold it was here in San Francisco, we headed over to the Modern Eden Gallery for the reception of Menagerie, a group show dedicated to animals. Each artist donated a portion of their sales, from 20-100% to the San Francisco SPCA. The show featured works by Akira Beard, Peter Adamyan, Bradley Platz, Lacey Bryant, Renee Castro, Aunia Kahn, Lee Harvey Roswell, Corey Benhatzel, Leilani Bustamante, Robert Bowen, Grant Gilliland, and many more.

    I loved the idea that all the work in the show were dedicated to animals; as well as being an art fan I am a fan of those that care about animals as well. There was not only a good amount of work in the show, but a wide variety of styles. Akira Beard submitted a watercolor or ink work that I believe was on yupo paper (below). It was not only textural and energetic, but shows the artists ability to capture a subject such as two dogs on a white background and make it look amazing. The show will be up until March3rd, so if you are in the area make sure to stop by. Otherwise check out the art on the Modern Eden homepage.


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  • Review: “Primal Renderings” by Sandra Yagi @ Modern Eden

    On November 12th at the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, a solo exhibition by Sandra Yagi opened entitled Primal Renderings. The show featured oil paintings from a few series of works the artist has been working on. Mythology and Religion, Anatomical Paintings, and Skeletal inspired works. One of the main elements of this show that really interested me was the anatomical works, I have always been a fan of anatomy in art, and it’s always impressive to see an accurately rendered musculatory or skeletal system.

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  • New work by Michael Ryan

    Michael Ryan has been pretty busy in the past few months creating new work. He recently had a show at Modern Eden, and has also updated his webpage with new work. Head on over to his homepage to check out the new painting, three of which are seen below. I was very happy to see that he was still painting away, been a fan of his for a few years now.

    Michael Ryan Art


  • Michael Ryan & Bradly Platz – “The Order” @ Modern Eden

    Opening this Saturday, July 16th at the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco is a new duo show from Michael Ryan (featured) and Bradly Platz. The show is entitled “The Order” and is not the first time these two artists have shown together. Eclectix Gallery in El Cerrito was responsible for previously showing the work of these two talented artists. I was lucky enough to have Michael Ryan show a painting in the “This is the End” exhibition that took place at the Alternative Cafe, and I am happy to see some new work from him. He is an outstanding painter, and the work really deserves to be seen in person. The reception is from 7-10pm and the show runs until August 13th, so make sure you stop by if you can. For all the Creep fans that can’t make the show, we will have a video walk through of it along with photos and a review this coming week.

    ModernEden.com