Check out the cool time lapsed video of Mike Giant working on The Skullz Press installation at The Hydrilla.

Video and images from the entire show after the fold.

Also seen on Upper Playground…. Los Angeles based artist Sage Vaughn, will be opening a show at FIFTY24SF tomorrow tonight, on November 19th. It’s highly recommended if you are in the San Francisco area.

Big flyer and a preview image after zee jump.

Hugh Leeman is an artist living and working in San Francisco. He is self taught. He is helping those that go unnoticed and overlooked to be remembered.

At 18, he grabbed his backpack and traveled the world, hopping trains to see as much as he could. Three years later, he was in the Tenderloin for a six-month stopover. He’s not quite sure why he never left. Inspired by the work that Shepard Fairey and others were doing at the time with wallpaper glue from the hardware store, a world of possibilities exploded in his mind. via: The Bold Italic

Watch the video recently created to spotlight his social mission and hopes for the future of the Tenderloin after the jump.

Joshua Petker’s We’re Not As Colorful As We Think We Are opens on September 11, 2010, at The Shooting Gallery. The artist, specializing in color abstraction and the human form, presents 18 small to medium pieces in both mixed media on canvas and gouche and ink on paper. The work will remain on view through October 2, 2010.

Strongly reminiscent of Gustav Klimt’s ethereal portraits from the turn of the 20th century, Joshua Petker consciously continues the art historical practice of exploring the nuance of human emotion through the female form.  Petker suspends his female figures between intense color fields and quiet spaces of monochrome, liberating them from the confines of everyday life and setting them free in a color-laden world of his own imagination.  In We’re Not As Colorful As We Think We Are, Petker explores the way humans use color to manipulate their physical appearance in order to transcend their reality. People use color with makeup to enhance their beauty, men use war paint to mark their transformation into warriors, shamans use body paint to demarcate the transition from body into spirit.  Through these new works, Petker’s colors expose the desire for human metamorphosis all the while reminding us that underneath the layers of color, we are more alike then we may think.  The exhibition will be comprised partly of mixed media on canvas (acrylic, gouache and ink) and partly of gouache and ink on paper.  This is the first time that the artist will be showing works on paper in a gallery.

September 11 – October 2, 2010

The Shooting Gallery
835 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94109

Further preview of the exhibition after the jump.

From artbabble.

Diet One started building a Bay Area rep by tagging freight trains in the late 80s. The artist has now created some installations at the Stussy San Francisco Chapter Store.

Stussy San Francisco

1409 Haight Street

San Francisco, CA 94117

Have a further look after the jump.

Working under the alias Lydia Fong, Barry McGee’s latest work’s are part of the "A Moment for Reflection" exhibition now on view at San Francisco’s Ratio 3 gallery. Large scale wall pieces intermingle with tongue-in-cheek sculpture as the artist explores a variety of media and mediums. "A Moment for Reflection" will remain on view until October 16. 

More of Lydia Fong’s new work after the jump.

Sculptor Micheal Rea takes inspiration from an array of "geeky" things. Equipped with an amazing knowledge of Geek culture and a quirky sense of humor, his work spoofs and pays homage to video games, movies and more. His work will be shown at San Francisco’s Fecal Face Gallery come October, but Wired allows us a preview. Above is his "Instruments" which stems from pseudo-musical performances he and friends put on in Chicago. 
See more after the jump.

End of last year graffit artist Ghost held a live painting session at the Stussy San Francisco store. Now they released the video of the action. It’s always great seeing talented artists doing their work. Check out the video below.