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Painter sheds vivid light on world
Sharon Ellis' solo retrospective "Evocations," shown at the San Jose Museum of Art, has a cocktail-loungy, to-hell-with-it decadence.
Jack Fischer / Mercury News
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Images of Vietnam take root in his art
For Vietnamese-Americans of a certain age, the Vietnam War is a towering presence and a stubborn void. These are the people who immigrated as infants after the war, with no firsthand experience of the events that fundamentally have shaped their lives.
By Jack Fischer / Mercury News
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Chagall art coming to SFMOMA
A retrospective of 120 works by Marc Chagall, the Russian-born artist whose colorful, often humorous fantasies drew on family, folklore and religion, will be exhibited next year at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art — the only venue for the show outside Paris.
Robert Taylor / Contra Costa Times Correspondent
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'Peanuts' lover's dream
The sparkling new $8 million facility Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa features a 7,000-pound "Morphing Snoopy," a stunning, 22-foot-high mosaic mural of Lucy and Charlie Brown made of 3,588 "Peanuts" comic strips, and an outdoor Snoopy labyrinth.
Chuck Barney / Contra Costa Times
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Natural inspirations
The Monterey Bay Aquarium's new $2.85 million extravaganza, "Jellies: Living Art," is a nearly 5,000-square-foot exhibit that marks the first time the aquarium has displayed artwork and living animals together.
Jack Fischer / Mercury News
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Artist stitching seamless image of SF
Pixel by pixel, photo by photo, Michael Koller is stretching the limits of digital technology to create an urban portrait that measures in miles.
April Lynch / Mercury News
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