What Is It About Art?

SAN FRANCISCO, January 9, 2017 – The City announces the installation of six large-scale illuminated bamboo lanterns, titled Sui Sui Ping An – Peace All Year Round , by Hong Kong artist Freeman Lau. Organized by the San Francisco Arts Commission in partnership with the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department and the Asian Art Museum and sponsored by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, San Francisco, the installation commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and is scheduled to coincide with the Lunar New Year. Sui Sui Ping An – Peace All Year Round , by Hong Kong artist Freeman Lau SOURCE: http://www.sfartscommission.org/pubartcollection/pubart-press-releases/2017/01/09/large-scale-sculptures-will-light-up-civic-center-plaza/

Food. For. Thought. This is not a particularly proud moment for humanity. Divisive narratives, poverty, inequality, injustice, famine, radicalism, war, and human rights violations thrive in countries around the world, while the natural world also suffers because of increasing human carelessness. Read more

Isn't it ironic, after 20 years since the passing of Keith Haring that his politically and socially charged iconic artworks are on display in San Francisco. A City that has long been known to be the epicenter of political divide is granted an opportunity to remind this very city that art does pave the way for a much more open and better understanding of artists as contributors to the diversity of San Francisco. Much of the creativity of this city is grounded on the amazing work of many artists who thrive and who are often seen as the slackers, easy going, low wage earners. But, they remind the rest of us that we are just side bars to their canvas in the creation as they may their  mark and contribution to this City. What's also unrecognized and appreciated is that where ever they do their art, where they live on the cheap; Mission, Haight, today is the most desirable addresses in the City. My how life has dealt artists a bad deal. But in Keith Haring's situation, ...

"Art will make people better, more highly skilled in thinking and improving whatever business one goes into, or whatever occupation. It makes a person broader." - Ruth Asawa

I've been noticing this artist for quite sometime. We all do the ritual of taking strolls along the beach with a stick in hand and begin to take little brush strokes to random and playful art on sand. But never do we get more engage and creative than this artist who uses the sand as his canvas. Read on... Andres Amador, 42, calls himself an "earthscape artist." His designs often cover a space as large as a football field, created on beaches from California to the Caribbean. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/artist-makes-a-living-playing-in-the-sand/

There is a recent article from the San Francisco Chronicle triggered a new way of looking at art in 2014. He is someone who is daring and able to inject his visual perspective to modern society's radar or at least try. Read up on this article and you'll see. full article