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The collection showcases the complex ways Oakland — as both the birthplace of the Black Panthers and the site of an incredibly active network of Ku Klux Klan members — is situated within Black Power.
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Miki draws inspiration from Japanese folklore, and her mixed media pieces are also known for reflecting Shinto beliefs. Miki is not afraid to be experimental, and her art successfully pushes past the boundaries and limitations of a static frame.
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In its latest exhibit, “Self-Portraits in the Age of Selfies,” Oakland’s Mercury 20 Gallery seeks to complicate the definition of a selfie. The exhibit is not a critique of the practice by any means but rather an expansion of what a selfie can be — beyond both the cell phone screen and traditional forms of self-portraiture.
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Situated in BAMPFA’s Matrix 272 room, filmmaker Arthur Jafa’s latest exhibition, “The White Album,” turns his lens to whiteness. Following acclaim for his seven-and-a-half minute video “Love is The Message, The Message is Death” (2016), Jafa has taken Black aesthetics to task on white identity. “The White Album,” commissioned for
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On Sunday at Berkeley’s Persian Center, UC Berkeley graduate Negeen Nawim met artist and Syrian refugee Hussain. The two did not exchange words, shake hands or maintain eye contact. In fact, Hussain wasn’t there at all — he was in Greece at a refugee camp. Only through his artwork did he
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Through both art and journalistic reporting, writers and photographers alike forge forward to establish the sense of place that the Mission undoubtedly deserves. According to Delaney, through art, “we name where we are.”
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Who was Harvey Quaytman? His art isn’t as well-known as that of his contemporaries, such as Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt. But according to BAMPFA Director and Chief Curator Lawrence Rinder, Quaytman deserves more recognition than he has thus far received. Quaytman’s “exceptional integrity and artistic grace produced a body of
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Yañez and Quintanilla both discussed their hopes for the show’s impact on visiting audiences: “Ultimately, for the people that come see the show, I really want them to take away how accessible it is to really honor the dead and to create altars,” said Yañez.
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On Oct. 12, the SOMArts Cultural Center, a nonprofit art enclave in the heart of San Francisco, opened its 19th annual exhibition in celebration of Día de los Muertos. The exhibit, brought to life the theme “Honoring our Ancestors by Fighting for the Future.”
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In its most recent exhibition, the San Francisco Art Institute, or SFAI, pays tribute to this quirky publication as literature, visual art and a magazine. “Whole Earth Catalog 50th Anniversary” offers a bird’s-eye view of the publication’s life via 142 original copies marking the years.
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