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David Park: Personal Perspectives and The Human SpiritPost an Event »
Richmond Art Center
March 19 - May 22, 2016Info
2540 Barrett Ave Richmond, CA 94804 Google Map »Reception
March 19, 2016 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Untitled (Seated Man) Ink on paper, n.d. 17 x 13 3/4 in. © Courtesy of Hackett | Mill representative of the Estate of David Park
Celebrating its 80th Anniversary, the Art Center will present companion exhibitions that trace the human figure as vehicle in Bay Area art. David Park: Personal Perspectives and The Human Spirit with accompanying programming and catalog will focus on the historical and aesthetic development of Bay Area figurative art over the past 60 years. Bridging the Art Center’s historical role in presenting formative exhibitions of the in the 1950s, The Human Spirit will extend our consideration of legacy to the work of over 20 contemporary Bay Area artists who have expanded the figurative art tradition through paintings, sculpture, photography, video, and performance. This survey will include the work of Elmer Bischoff, Joan Brown, Terry St. John, Christopher Brown, Charles Garabedian, and Enrique Chagoya. Following a highly personal path with exuberant use of materials and iconography, these artists have forged visual language built on vocabularies including folk, medieval, aboriginal, and outsider art.
