Triple Base Gallery

small and welcoming gallery. from the art work to the patrons. i have also seen a band play a free show here and it was great. don’t forget to check out the basement!

I have been going to shows at this gallery for years and it’s never a disappointment. these folks have their fingers on the pulse of the mission school art scene. The location is great and easy to get to.

This is another gallery that is located where galleries should be: Right fuck in the middle of nothing in particular and open to the community. The attitude of this space varies almost premenstrually between pretentious art center lameness to monumentally inspired genius —
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If you’re on 24^th looking to pick up a nice side order of WTF with your burrito walk in here.
A great space in a place to be!

The last review of my 3 gallery reviews. Harder work to review galleries than restaurants since my reactions to food are immediate whereas considering art pieces requires longer gestation and more thought processes to articulate the emotions evoked (after all, it’s pretty easy to say yummy, fried, fatty, vinegary, sweet, etc. with fried and fatty probably being the most often used by me with yummy coming in a close third).
Triple Base is currently showing a rather unusual exhibition of contemporary and often local artists’ works along with written letters by them and an examination of their handwriting by graphologist Susanne Shapiro.
While I was looking at this exhibition, I recalled Leandro T.‘s thread awhile back on letter writing and some people’s posts that they handwrote so little that writing by hand actually hurt their hands. Which saddened me as I think writing by hand feels so much more intimate than typing. For me, writing by hand is slower and gives me more time to think whereas typing feels a bit compulsive.
This is an unusual opportunity to look at many styles of handwriting… and, indeed, I was quite surprised by many of the writing samples on display.
My friend introduced me to one of the artists whose work and handwriting was on display and then analyzed. I believe it was Bryson Gill. He said that there had been a franker assessment initially by the graphologist that seems to have been smoothed down a bit for the exhibition and that he wished that the initial assessment had been used.
I enjoyed the exhibition, but it’s hard to review the gallery based on this quite unusual show. One of the things I wished for was that the artwork had been chosen and shown better… some of the artwork seemed just tossed in rather than chosen carefully by the artist. Also, there were so many artists chosen that it was a lot to take in, between the artwork, the handwriting and the assessment.
Interesting, but could have been a bit more focused… particularly the artworks displayed.
I hope to be back at Triple Base for another showing and then update the review.
Also, please note that Triple Base is now open from Thursday to Sunday, 12 to 5.

Great new gallery in the mission with affordable art. Check out emerging artists and ask to see smaller works in the flat files.
«Switchback: Matt Gerring and Jay Nelson»
January 13-​February 13, 2006
Regular Gallery Hours: Fri-​Mon 12 – 5
These two emerging San Francisco-​based artists present new works that explore spirituality as seen through the popular California pastime — camping. Both Gerring and Nelson use their practice to explore their personal connection to the natural world within an increasingly technological modern age.