San Francisco - February 20, 2006

Good Citizen

Citizen Gallery Opens

You don’t know art. You don’t even really know what you like.

The fact is, in these postmodern times, it’s hard to know if you’re looking at a work of genius or a pile of doody. Or both.

Here-by-way-of-Brooklyn gallery Citizen can help you figure things out. The appointment-only showroom features highly conceptual design pieces by of-the-moment artists that are as appealing as they are thought-provoking.

Big spenders will thrill to PVC-coated Ming vases, Jimmy St. James’s aluminum-sprayed desk, and Alexander Taylor’s elegant Fly Sofa. FredriksonStallard’s candle-1 (which melts to the ground, holder and all) and display-worthy coat hooks are easier on the wallet.

And you’ll get a chuckle out of the gold-dipped Indulgences  series, which includes capsules filled with 24-karat gold flakes that will make your poop sparkle (for reals).

So you can create a masterpiece or two of your own.

Citizen, 3435 Cesar Chavez, at Valencia Street, suite 226 (415-695-7748 or citizen-citizen.com).

  Artsy