Small Works Exhibition Opening at the Cannery

Please join us tonight for the First Thursday Reception for the opening of the Small Works Exhibition at the Cannery.

Hadas Tal. Resting

The show will feature 24 different artists from the Academy of Art University's Fine Arts Department. Both undergraduate and graduate work will be on display. The exhibit is comprised of 81 pieces, ranging from landscapes, still life, portraits, and abstract work.

First Thursday Reception: December 1st, 2011 from 5:30-7:30pm

Venue: The small gallery at the Cannery, located at 2801 Levenworth.

Refreshments provided

5 Books For Your Artistic Friends This Holiday

Didn't get anything for your friends on Black Friday or Cyber Monday? No worries. We got your back. We have everything you need in the store. What if your friend is interested in something fun and artistic? An art book would be a good idea. We picked 5 books, which cover different art fields, such as fashion, photography, sports, architecture, and interior design. We also have other genres in the store. Come in and find what you and your friends like.

i-D Covers 1980-2010 by Terry Jones

Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967 by Tony Shafrazi, Walter Hopps, Victor Bockris and Jessica Hundley

Freak Season by Deanne Fitzmaurice and Joan Ryan

 

Trespass: A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art by Carlo McCormick, Marc Schiller, Sara Schiller and Ethel Seno

Neutra: Complete Works by Barbara Lamprecht and Peter Gossel

The Atelier at the 54th International Auto Show

The Atelier is going mobile!
This week we are going to join The AAU's yearly exhibit of our beloved founder, Richard Stephens, collection of classic cars at the Moscone Center Car Show. Thirty-one of his cars from the 1930's-1960's are going to be on display for the whole duration of the show.

Cars such as this 1954 Chevrollet Corvette from his private collection will be on display

The Atelier will bejoining the AAU exhibit by having a pop-up shop that will be selling our popular AAU merchandise- from hoodies to mugs and decals.

These hoodies are waiting to go!

Boxes that are ready to be brought to the car show!

So if you and your friends, or family, plan on checking the car show out come drop by the AAU exhibit and shop a little! See you there!



54th Annual International Auto Show
San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center
747 Howard St., located between 3rd and 4th Sts. on Howard St.
Exhibits are in the North and South Halls plus the Gateway and Esplanade Ballrooms.Saturday,

November 19 through Sunday, November 27, 2011.

Show hours:
Saturday, Nov. 19 – Saturday, Nov. 26: 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 27: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
For more information, check out their website:
http://www.sfautoshow.com/

Gordon Silveria's ‘Sinister Delights’ collection is embracing Atelier! Come and Check out!!

Gordon Silveria is an artist living and working in San Francisco. He’s a full time Faculty member of the illustration department at the Academy of Art University. Where he teach clothed figure drawing in color, traditional and digital illustration and flash for illustration.

He’s sinister delights collection is about a series of darkly narrative, editorial, interaction, and kinetic sculptures based on the iconography and memories of early childhood.

“Saint Theresa Weeps for George Tiller”, 2009, Mixed Media, 36”h x 12”w

This artwork is straightforward memorial to murdered women’s health provider Dr. George Tiller, using a traditional northern Japanese wooden kokeshi doll as the point of conception. This is such an ironic piece that links the connection between the Japanese infanticide substitute and abortion doctor George Tiller.

“My Eyes Will Follow You” 2011, Mixed Media, 18”w x 38”h

This art work is a mash-up of carnival clown, Satan and Jesus. The eye-sockets are recessed a few inches behind the head in order to create the optical illusion that the eyes follow you whatever you go in the gallery. The color-changing LEDs attract the viewer to the evil, staring eyes and enhance the carnival atmosphere of the piece. Paranoid, childlike, lovely, light and conflictingly sinister.

“No, You Shut Up! No, You Shut Up!” 2011, Mixed Media, 15”w x 30”h x 4

This is a fresh-faced explosion of the meme of the happy American family. Carved into the artist’s childhood universe was the fable of an American family: Mom, Dad, son and daughter, as seen in movie, on TV, classroom books, in church. All they scream at each other is “No, You shut up! No, You shut up!” as they spin and bobble. Like permanent toddlers they remain unstable and uncertain of the world and their place in it.

“The Cities We Live in Are like Distant Stars” 2010, Mix Media, 7’h x 3’x approx.

The title itself is after a lyric from the song “Suburban Wars” on the band Arcade Fire’s 2010 album “The Suburbs”. The artist embodies the sadness he feels then friends move away from San Francisco, a permanent woe, he feels, of a mobile society. The daisies represent the artist and his friendship he has lost to this tsunami of uprooted post-modern careerism.

Find out more about Gordon Silveria's works at Atelier!

Happy Hollaween!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out our Hollaween window display!

Tiffany Yue Liu---Dairy from another world

Tiffany Liu earned a B.A. in Environmental Design from the Fine Art College of Shanghai University, China. She has been invited to draw mural paintings for commercial restaurants and clubs. These includes: mural paintings & logo design for 535 Club (Shanghai, China 2007); mural painting for Lotus Land Asia Restaurant (Shanghai, China 2008). In July 2010, Liu’s oil painting became part of the Academician Hall (Shanghai, China). In September 2010, Tiffany’s artwork participates in a group show in San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, US). In Apr. 2011, Tiffany’s oil on panel Parallel Futures participates in Where to? The Call of the Times at de Young museum (San Francisco, US. Currently she is studying in San Francisco, pursuing a MFA degree from the Academy of Art University San Francisco, US. Liu also writes for (Art World) magazine (China).

    Tiffany’s art is inspired by dreams because they are not bounded by the reality or the physical limits that constrain us during the day. Her artwork is about the emotions carried within the dreams. She dreams every night, during which she escapes from the responsibility, taboos, and ethics of daily couture. She re-calls the dreams and documents the details the next day. Dreams never lose their magic, and their dramatic mysteries never disappear.

    In Tiffany’s art, she chooses the most memorable scenes in her dream to construct multiple layers. Each layer reflects her emotion and mood through memories of the dreams. These layers become a harmonious entity with simplified composition. Sometimes her color is derived the emotions from the original dream scene. As a result, she hopes that people can gain more understanding of themselves through my painting.

Tmr is the last day to see Tiffany's artwork at Atelier!!!!!!!! Don't hesitate to come and check out!!!!!!!!

Gazel

        

     The beautiful bathing collection is inspired by the ancient Anatolian-era bathing traditions renowned for their restorative value and eco­-friendly craftsmanship, Gazel has elevated the everyday bathing experience to a new level of guiltless luxury. Gazel is an ancient word referring to both a musical and a poetic expression of the beauty of love. Gazel is representing the core value of the company ­to create products that express the beauty of love ­ for self, others and the natural world ­ through a green philosophy and production. Gazel’s collection is made up with fine quality 100% organic towels and robes that are designed to stimulate the senses, enhance wellbeing and showcase the beauty of nature without compromising quality or further damaging our fragile environment.

      Gazel’s inspiration came from an earlier time and place where bathing experience was a healthful and sensual. The bath products from Gazel bring us back to the natural world to provide utmost comfort and pure beauty. Each product is made to the highest standards of organic certification and sustainability ensuring that all the products are as clean and natural as any other bathing products in the market.

     The products of Gazel are all organic certification requirements of the Global Organic Textile Standard, including raw materials, processing, production, packaging and labeling. In addition, Gazel’s products have been certified according to the Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 system to be free of all chemicals and substances known to be harmful to health. Organic cotton is raw cotton that is produced totally free of synthetic chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. Beneficial organisms such as parasites and natural enemies are used for insect management in place of agricultural pesticides. Organic cotton is a clean, sustainable alternative to conventional cotton. The use of organic cotton in Gazel’s products eliminates your exposure to toxic chemical residues. Organic cotton yarns are less processed, ensuring the highest level of natural softness, comfort and durability. When you pamper your skin with the sensual caress of our eco-friendly organically grown cotton products, you are enhancing your health and wellbeing while contributing to the protection and sustainability of our environment.

       Organic certification is your guarantee that products meet or exceed defined organic standards. All Gazel towel collections and robes are certified 100% organic by Control Union World Group, an internationally recognized global agency responsible for eco-friendly certification and quality assurance since 1956.Control Union World Group guarantees consistency and quality through internal quality assessment systems, extensive training, and development and use of state-of-the-art solutions. Control Union is a founding member of the International Federation of Inspection Agencies (I.F.I.A.). All dyes used in Gazel products are environmentally responsible ’low impact’ dyes and are fully compliant with the organic certification criteria. These dyes use much less water and energy than conventional dyes, and are free of heavy metal or harmful chemical substances. Soflex® is a special top quality yarn produced by Abalioglu Textile that provides a unique softness, water absorbency and durability to cotton fabrics. Soflex® yarn is made by a ’zero twist’ technique - the fibers are attached to each other through binding, not twisting - which is only feasible with the highest quality long cotton fibers. The use of Soflex® technology in all Gazel towels and robes makes them exceptionally soft and light, yet highly absorbent and durable.

Atelier carries Gazel’s organic towel collection and bathrobes.

Click here to Gazel's official website.

Amy Fink

“All clothing from the Amy Fink collection are made with love in San Francisco.”

Amy Fink is a graduated Master of Fine Art in Fashion Design at the Academy of Art University. She is no longer a little girl who plays with her dolls. Now she is a very successful fashion designer. She has transferred her days of playing dress up with her dolls to a full-fledged career full of fun and love. Growing up in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Amy pursued her Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art in 2001. She moved to San Francisco to finish out her dream. She took a major step for her career and launched her collection in 2006. Inspirations come from her researching and exploring unique colors, textures, and prints. Amy creates simple clothing that can be worn day and night.

Check out Amy Fink Spring 2010 collection at Atelier, 79 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco.

Rainy Monday

It's a drizzly monday for us folks here in San Francisco, so we thought we'd change our window display to match the rainy mood of the city!

AAU Umbrellas line up the window

We thought the umbrellas were a fitting and fun way to dress up the window, and if you didn't already know they are also for sale here at The Atelier. So come drop by, get a reprieve from the drizzle, and grab one of these stylish and school-cheer worthy umbrellas!

Last Day! check out the fine art paintings before they are gone.

 A Place for Conversation by Katherine Young

 Unseen by Katherine Young

 Glow by Katherine Young

 Cloud Glow by Katherine Young

 For Joy and London Bridge by Michelle Jader

 Gravity of The Situation, Clear for The Take Off, A sinking Sensation, and Learning of Fly by Michelle Jader

 Sweet Surrender by Michelle Jader

 Jericho by Michelle Jader

Faith by Michelle Jader