JOY Gallery

& JOY Shop 4921 3rd Street SF, Ca 94124   HOURS: Saturdays 12 - 6pm LEWD 2 Saturday, November 11th, 2017 6-11pm

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Lewd 2: Erotic Art of the Masters

“Lewd” originated in Old English as a term to describe the laity [1]. Its pairing with the current usage as “offensive in a sexual way” leads back to the particular animosity ascribed to commoners, decrying them as “vulgar, worthless and vile.” The link is in the feeling of offense, in many instances a misdirection of shame and embarrassment. At some point, shame and embarrassment became bound…

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More Moon Time by Merrilee Challiss • Call of the Void's opening reception is Saturday, Sept 30th.

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Winning the Lotto with the Marbled Mistress of LA’s Chinatown                 Studio Visit & Interview with Danielle Garza By John Vochatzer

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Sunday August 13th, 2017   2-6pm 

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HAPPY PRIDE 🌈 SAN FRANCISCO!

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Save the date • SATURDAY, SEPT 30th • Merrilee Challiss is coming all the way from Birmingham, Alabama to be part of an intimate group show! • Stay tuned for updates • Sneaky screenshot from @merilka latest video •

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Cultivated Frequencies 

Saturday, April 22nd 7-10pm 

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THE BLACK POWER TAROT Closing is 2NIGHT 7-10pm!!! • TRUTH IS CHANGE TAROT @truthischangetarot will be doing readings from 8:30 -10pm!!! • Brayden @ti_kouka will be BBQing CHICKEN drums out front 7-9pm!!! And it will be a FINE TIME, cuz good times happen here! • These tapestries are gorgeous, a work of ART, & they’re heading out to Colorado next week so it’s almost your last chance to see them before they come down. • There’s one more chance, a very special & intimate event happening Sunday… post coming soon!

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I Put a Spell on You

Everybody dreads getting the Death card. When Casey Zabala of Wanderers Tarot reads my fortune at JOY Gallery in the Bayview, she lays out five cards in a compass spread, with one in the center and four representing the cardinal directions. The odds of Death appearing out of the 22 Major Arcana a

OPEN TODAY 2 - 7PM!!! Come bask in the glory of the beautiful Black Power Tarot! 

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JOY Will be OPEN this WED, NOV 23RD 2-7PM!!!

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OPENING RECEPTION: SAT NOV 19TH • 7pm-12am •

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The Invaders International Present THE BLACK POWER TAROT by King Khan & Michael Eaton, under the supervision of Alejandro Jodorowsky. 

Opening Reception: Sat, Nov 19th 7pm - 12am

Photo by Orestes Rovakis

Nov 19th - Dec 16th THE BLACK POWER TAROT exhibit will run from November 19th - December 16th, with a film screening of the Invaders Documentary, date to be announced. Arish Ahmad Khan, known by his stage name of King Khan is a Canadian-born, Berlin-based multi-faceted musician, writer and artist. Khan divined the idea to create his own tarot deck through a series of dreams while working on the film score for the Invaders documentary and through his personal interest in reading and interpreting tarot. In collaboration with filmmaker and spiritual guru Alejandro Jodorowsky and designer Michael James Eaton, the deck was created by Khan and includes likenesses of 19 African American musicians, two African American magicians, and one African American comedian - Richard Pryor as the Fool. Eaton is a Belfast-based artist and is currently a designer and artist for Game of Thrones. Eaton used a version of the Tarot de Marseille by filmmaker and spiritual guru Alejandro Jodorowsky, who had spent years working with Philippe Camoin, the direct heir of the last of Tarot de Marseille printers in Marseille, France, to reconstruct a version of the Tarot de Marseille from the 1760s.

Each card will be displayed in maximal scale (195cm x 100cm), amplifying the visual and metaphysical impact of the deck. Live tarot readings, a film screening, and possibly more are planned during the run of the exhibit. The exhibit will also feature The Black Power Tarot cards and King Khan merch for sale (Including a Black Power Tarot coloring book free for the young ones! Accessible by Muni: 23-Monterey, 44-O'Shaughnessy, 24-Divisadero, 54-Felton, T-Third 4921 3rd St. between Palou & Quesada

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                                             Radioactive Swamp

Legend has it somewhere deep in the south there is a swamp that glows neon green. Back in WW2 a paratrooper found a small box (no bigger than an orange) on his plane and became obsessed with its contents. Upon his discharge, he smuggled the box from the plane and stowed it away in his sack. When he finally was able to open the box and saw what was inside, he got nervous and ditched it in a local swamp. After years of weathering, the box eventually cracked and the contents, which we now know was a glowing heap of radium, slowly seeped out and infected everything the swamp touched. Alligators became 2 headed, fish with 3 eyes appeared, and the swamp birds’ massive wingspans glowed neon in the mossy trees. People who lived along the swamp refused to move, they fished and ate the creatures in the swamp. They kept amongst themselves and lived in isolation. Radioactive Swamp is an homage to the legend which may or may not have been started right here.

Andrew Darling Andrew Goldfarb Brad Douglas Caren Anderson Chris D.O.G.T. Chris Farris Cindy Parra Craig Gleason Dang Wayne Olsen Giovanni Forlino John Vochatzer Josh Brizuela Katie Benn Shea Bartel Thomas Fernandez Victoria Heifner Zac Amendolia

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Birthday Suit An art show celebrating the beautiful & ordinary state of being nude

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Ready 2 Fuck by @calamityfair $45. this is a steal & I don't want to post it because I want it... Last 4 days to see Imaginary Fiends! @calamityfair @justinangelos OPEN Today- Fri. 2-7 • Sat. 12-5 #imaginaryfiendsartshow #analogcollage #resin #art (at JOY Gallery)