Email Author Heidi De Vries

2012 Stories by Heidi De Vries

• Peace of Our Heart

  published December 26, 2012

  We hate to state the obvious, but the world really doesn't seem like such a peaceful place right now. Shootings in our cities and in our schools,... More >>

• Creative Domain

  published December 19, 2012

  Artists use other people's work all the time when they find something in the pop cultural ether that resonates with them and then fold it into... More >>

• Dreams and Realities

  published December 26, 2012

  A young woman dressed in a wedding gown flies through the air, her eyes closed. In one hand she grasps a portrait of the back of a man's head (her... More >>

• Snap, Crackle ...

  published December 5, 2012

  The boundary between fantasy and reality can be very thin. When photography was first introduced there was a general assumption that a developed... More >>

• Painters and Players

  published November 7, 2012

  Art and sports do not make likely bedfellows. We suppose that Giants fan who put a metal barrier through the windshield of a MUNI bus during the... More >>

• Forever Free

  published December 12, 2012

  As we plow through the holiday season on our way to New Year's, it's well worth stopping for a second to remember an event from a century and a... More >>

• Eve of Destruction

  published December 12, 2012

  Ah, the Mayan apocalypse, with its vague predictions of worldwide cataclysm and alien intervention. It seems like there is always a subset of... More >>

• Figure and Landscape

  published October 31, 2012

  Sometimes art is at its most powerful when it takes a familiar scene and dislocates it just slightly, gives it a new context. We stop and look... More >>

• Home Sweet Home

  published October 24, 2012

  Finding an apartment in the city these days is difficult, to put it mildly. Once we’ve found that almost-perfect space most of us are... More >>

• If You Build It

  published November 14, 2012

  San Francisco has seen its fair share of impressive building projects lately, and our skyline is nowhere near done. SFMOMA's new wing will... More >>

• Doll Parts

  published October 10, 2012

  When you're a kid the urge to muck with Barbie's plasic perfection is undeniable. That long blonde hair and peaches-and-cream complexion just... More >>

• Game On

  published November 7, 2012

  In an attempt to make the morning commute to work more palatable, we sometimes think of it as a video game. Race out the door before the timer... More >>

• Politics and Protest

  published October 24, 2012

  An empty chair. A full binder. This election has had it all and remains quite a nail-biter to boot. There are plenty of talking heads trying to... More >>

• Mix Master

  published October 17, 2012

  We glimpse strange man-made structures through the trees. Their forms seem out of date, pointing to a future that never was. The soundtrack shifts... More >>

• Sale of the Century

  published October 17, 2012

  Admit it: The art on your walls could use an upgrade. Especially if said art consists of not much more than posters you’ve had since college... More >>

• Video of the Day: Victory Over the Sun

  published Oct 29, 2012

  We glimpse strange man-made structures through the trees. Their forms seem out of date, pointing to a future that never was. The soundtrack shifts from the ambient noise of chirping birds into somethi... More >>

• On Central Time

  published September 26, 2012

  Slowly, the Central Market area grows more inviting. Stretching roughly from Mint Plaza on one end to United Nations Plaza on the other, the... More >>

• Video of the Day: The Altered Barbie Exhibition

  published Oct 22, 2012

  When you're a kid, the urge to muck with Barbie's plastic perfection is undeniable. That long hair and flawless complexion just invite creative misuse. Our particular "Partytime Barbie" eventually fou... More >>

• S.F. VS. N.Y.

  published September 19, 2012

  New York already has one so it’s high time San Francisco started one too, an opportunity for participants to trot out their finest and show... More >>

• Dis-Ease

  published August 22, 2012

  You don't have to be a polar bear trapped on a melting ice floe to feel the affects of climate change going on right now. Even here in our foggy... More >>

• Video of the Day: Central Market Gets an Art Makeover

  published Sep 28, 2012

  Slowly, the Central Market area grows more inviting. Stretching roughly from Mint Plaza on one end to United Nations Plaza on the other, the neighborhood has seen a healthy spate of revitalization in ... More >>

• Read Between the Lines

  published August 29, 2012

  It takes a brave artist to relinquish control over the creative act. John Cage did it when he used the I Ching to compose both his music and his... More >>

• Embedded Histories

  published September 12, 2012

  We all have them, those pieces of clothing we can't bear to part with. A thrift shop suit from your City Hall wedding. That unspeakable dress... More >>

• New Life For Old Garbage

  published September 12, 2012

  In tough times, artists might find themselves digging through the trash for supplies. The participants in Recology's Artist in Residence program,... More >>

• Sensual Bodies

  published September 5, 2012

  Long before Fifty Shades of Grey made it kosher to read BDSM lit on BART, Anne Rice wrote her own best-selling erotica trilogy. Based on... More >>