Mission Mission

I haven’t been to an art show in quite a while (I know, Philistine), but this stuff caught my eye enough to make me want to check it out tomorrow! I’m always a sucker for mesmerizing line formations and outdated textbooks (I found a Creationist Biology one from the 80s once…oh man), and these two interests will both be on display in fine fashion over at Gallery Hijinks this Saturday from 6-10pm.

Check out all the details here.

Last Renaissance explains:

16th street is the new haight street [link]

Killer street art!

[via We Built This City]

[via Talent Is An Asset]

Illustrator Wendy MacNaughton talked to some Mission bartenders about what it’s like being a Mission bartender, and then produced a lovely feature complete with sketches, portraits, graphs, charts and more. Read it.

[via Mission Local]

They turned them into “Automated Truth Machines.” (Now they’re exponentially more useful than the totally useless Wells Fargo ATMs in the Mission.) Hacking! Rainforest Action Network explains how it was done:

The activists used special non-adhesive stickers designed to look exactly like BoA’s ATM interface. But instead of checking and savings accounts, these new menus offered a list of everything BoA customers’ money is being used for, including investment in coal-fired power plants, foreclosure on Americans’ homes, bankrolling of climate change, and paying for fat executive bonuses.

Get the whole story, an interactive map of the project, and lots more pictures here.

One of the more kickass title screens from the arcade machine at Dear Mom.

[via Do Vulcan Tits Defy Logic?]

In case you haven’t heard of Fecal Face before, they’re only one of the raddest art collectives the city has to offer.  And now, they’re coming to the Mission!  Join them tonight in their brand new space for an impressive opening featuring some truly psychedelic stuff from a brilliant combination of local artists like our pal Matt Furie (along with some of their Brazilian friends)!

Check out the deets here and RSVP on the Facebook page here.

NBC Southern California reports:

A Colorado woman dropped her pants at a museum and rubbed her rear end all over a painting valued at $30 million, according to police.

Carmen Tisch, 36, was arrested after scratching, punching and, well, rubbing her butt against Clyfford Still’s “1957-J no.2″ and causing an estimated $10,000 damage to the artwork at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. Police believe she was drunk during the late December incident.

Read on.

(Thanks, Travis!)

Previously:

• PRINCESS BUSPISS

[via Pen Pop]