Café Buenos Aires

This series by San Francisco artist Rafael Landea consists of two juxtaposed ideas: ‘staged cafes’ (acrylic on canvas) and ‘scenes or mini-plays’ (permanent marker on plexiglas). The ‘café stages’ are monochromatic acrylics on canvas depicting imaginary cafés in Buenos Aires from different points of view. The cafés are shown as faded spaces, rescued from a forgotten time, like old photographs which have faded over the years. The clear and distinct ‘scenes’ in black permanent marker on the plexiglas panels overlay the faded stages of the cafés in the background. The sketches on each panel present interesting characters, their actions in the cafe and perhaps even their thoughts! Taken together, each painting presents a whimsical scene from an old theater play set in an Argentine café.

See more of Rafael Landea's work:

Rafael Landea's web site

Cafe Buenos Aires

Mini plays:

"Three thousand & three hundred minutes"

"El ultimo cafe"

Transportation Landscapes: November Showing

Scott Simono shows photographs.


























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Dia de los Muertos - November 2nd

Altar honoring Roger Pelton Craig at 24th and Treat.








The display is on the Dia de los Muertos procession route.

2010 procession photos

Dreamery: October Showing

Matt Pipes shows etchings and paintings.

See more of Matt's work at:
http://www.mattpipes.com/

Portrait Landscapes: September Showing

Claire Pasquier displays paintings.

























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And take part in her ambitious portrait project: http://www.facebook.com/SFMOMAportrait

Print Collages: August Showing

Cynthia Milionis displays prints at 24th and Treat.























































Spotted in the Mission Local

See more work at http://www.cymili.com/art/