Chris Sollars installation Hairy for Bay Area Now 6, features video and sculpture made from his long
hair and beard on view at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts July 9 - September 25, 2011.

   
 
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Whiskey Waxing Competition
@Comstock Saloon
Monday August 15, 2011

Welcome to the 2011 Whiskey Waxing Beard & Mustache Competition. Whiskey Waxing is a San Francisco Bay Area competition celebrating local hairy talent on the old Barbary Coast. Contestants judged on their form & ability to sip whiskey or tea. All sizes, shapes, and styles considered. It’s not the size of your sweep, but the shape of your broom!
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Comstock Saloon is a historic saloon space dating back to 1907 in San Francisco and offers turn-of-the-century saloon fare and classic cocktails.
 
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Whiskey Waxing
@YBCA
Saturday July 30, 2011 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Get your Beard Mustache waxed into Sculpture while sipping whiskey drinks served by Comstock Saloon with Rag Time by Will Billy. Watch the video
   
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The Art of Hair:
Chris Sollars & Jennifer Gonzalez in conversation
@YBCA
Thursday August 11, 2011 6:00 pm

Join Sollars in conversation with Jennifer A. González, associate professor of History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, as they discuss the hair as it's investigated in contemporary art.Jennifer A. González publications include: Subject to Display: Reframing Race in Contemporary Installation Art by M.I.T. Press and Christian Marclay by Phaidon Press.

 

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Beardo: a Beard Conspiracy
@YBCA
Saturday August 20, 2011 5:00-7:00 pm

A tribute to Hairy SF Giants pitchers with pitchers of SF beer. A selection of hairy videos and music featuring songs by Brian Wilson will be played as a dedication to Brian Wilson. Other Long Haired SF Giants pitchers to be featured also.

   
   
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Hairy Installation
July 9 - September 25, 2011

Chris Sollars installation Hairy for Bay Area Now 6, features video and sculpture made from his long hair and beard that will be on view through July 9 - September 25, 2011.

   
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Chris Sollars

For Hairy San Francisco based artist Chris Sollars shaved with an axe and made a wig from his beard. This former Beardo Awards include 2007 Eureka Fellowship Award, a 2007 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Grant, and 2009 Headlands Center for the Arts residency.
   
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Erin Hennessy

The Hand-knotted wigs made with Sollars' head and beard hair were crafted by professional wigmaker Erin Hennessy.

   
   
 
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Hairy Men and Hard Alcohol
Whiskey Waxing at the YBCA
by Walter Green - The Bay Citizen - August 1 2011

Drawing Crowds bravely waded into a gathering of hirsute men (and the people who love them) having their facial hair massaged into wacky shapes as part of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Whiskey Waxing event, designed to accompany the ongoing exhibit, Bay Area Now 6.
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Wax On
by Jennifer Maerz - The Bold Italic - July 28, 2011

There are a lot of great artists showing at YBCA's BAN6 showcase, but I found it really hard to pull myself away from Chris Sollars' Hairy exhibit. This Saturday Chris celebrates the art of "unruly facial hair" with a live event that features something that goes well with beards in this town — drinking whiskey! Between 5 and 7 p.m., you can get the growth on your mug sculpted, trimmed, and otherwise perfected while sipping brown booze cocktails crafted by Comstock Saloon.
   
 
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YBCA BAN 6

Featuring Hairy is the sixth edition of YBCA’s signature triennial exhibition, Bay Area Now, a roundup of exemplary talent across an array of disciplines, continues with a visual arts exhibition showcasing 18 artists and artist collectives.

   
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Renowned bartenders Jeff Hollinger and Jonny Raglin of Absinthe Brasserie & Bar, partnering with Bill Russell-Shapiro and The Absinthe Group, pour classic drinks in a setting that preserves the saloon’s historic design elements and pays tribute to San Francisco’s Barbary Coast.
   
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Bernal Cutlery

Bernal Cutlery specializes in creating razor sharp edges using wet grinding techniques and finishing by hand, using Japanese whetstones and a modified version of the old fashioned barber’s strop. Josh Donald of Bernal Cutlery hand sharpened Sollar's long handled axe with a razor edge for his Shaving performance in Hairy

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