Critic’s picks: Best of Second Saturday
b. sakata garo
San Francisco artist Mel Prest is a non-objective painter whose work is focused on color and perceptual visual relationships. Her 9-foot square canvas “SOM” was done with a double-zero brush and no straight edge as a kind of devotional practice. It’s up in her solo show at b. sakata garo, 923 20th St., Sacramento. 916-447-4276.
Elliott Fouts Gallery
Ed Goldman, a Sacramento painter, journalist, raconteur and author, has been collecting the work of California artists for more than 35 years. Featuring work by local legends David Gilhooly, Gary Pruner, Roland Petersen, Roy Tellefson and others, “The Ed Goldman Collection” is up at Elliott Fouts Gallery, 1831 P St., Sacramento. 916-736-1429.
ARTHOUSEonR Gallery
Donald Satterlee’s “Capitol in Rain” is one of the ethereal images in “Atmospheric,” his solo exhibition of photographs at ARTHOUSEonR Gallery in the historic Fuller Paint Building at 1021 R St., Sacramento (upstairs). 916-212-4988.
Artspace1616
Diana Jahns’ elegant, Matisse-like collage is up with sculptures by Phillip Alstatt, enamels by Alan Osborne and paintings by Tomas Nakada at Artspace1616, 1616 Del Paso Blvd., Sacamento. 916-849-1127.
Shimo Center for the Arts
“Self Portrait with rock, train, and cemetery” is one of photographer Richard Breedon’s compelling urban landscapes in his solo show, “1979,” at Shimo Center for the Arts, 2117 28th St., Sacramento. 916-706-1162.
This story was originally published February 11, 2016 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Critic’s picks: Best of Second Saturday."