Visual Art

RNC Diary Coda: The Food Desert Minutes — & A Universe — Away

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Mythology Made Natural

Even without knowing the name of the piece, the figure represented there looks like a mythological personage, a character freighted with symbols. It’s there in the decorations on her

RNC Diary Day 4: Signs Of The Times

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A Mesmerizing Immersion Into Light And Darkness

“12 Symbols” directed by Christoper Robin Duncan “Where You Need to Be: Teleportation Studies” by Solée Darrell “The Space Between Years” by Christopher Robin Duncan Pt.2 Gallery 1523b Webster

RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party

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Theory Becomes Practice Becomes Abstract Art

When you enter City Gallery, located at 994 State St., the first thing you notice is the vibrant painting in the window. Joyce Greenfield’s Boeing resembles an abstract plane,

RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff

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At Gallery’s Estate Book Sale, Patrons Refuse To Pay For Their Own Art (Why Should They?)

ALLAN SEKULA/SALLY STEIN GARAGE SALE The Brick Los Angeles June 23 – 29, 2024 Pedants will tell you that there really is a Melrose Hill somewhere, with an actual hill.

Photographer Sees America, Unfiltered

It’s a road in the Southwest, and the photograph’s exposure emphasizes the blasting sun and shadows it makes. The weathered face of the subject, the cast of his

RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip

All Eyes On The Wall

Narrative 580 2nd St Oakland Many eyes twinkled at me, refracting their rich gemmed hues onto the wall beneath. They looked heavy together, but light individually, their frames a lustrous

Youth Artists Make The Case For Peace

In international traveling exhibit.

Rockin’ Chairs Steal The Show

Take A Seat: Understanding The Modern Chair Philadelphia Museum Of Art 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. Philadelphia July 7, 2024 A good chair is hard to find. I spend my days

Artists Become Curators

Jennifer Knaus’s portrait pulls in the viewer in five different ways. There’s the vivid color choices, the exquisitely rendered, phantasmagorically fecund hair. But perhaps more than anything, there’

Occupying the Ocular

“Friends of Mine“ The Fourth Wall Gallery 473 25th St. Oakland Through July 13 Pablo Picasso once remarked, “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime

Religious Artists Make The World A Gallery

“Life could be black and white like the old TVs. Instead, God made it like an art gallery.” These are the words of Msgr. Paul Steimel on Aug. 27, 2020,

Memories of Home in a Far Away Land

Journey of Memories Carriage House Theater Hartford July 2, 2024 The exhibit Journey of Memories showcases creative works of immigrant women from Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of

Open Studio: Favianna Rodriguez

East Bay Open Studios Favianna Rodriguez West Oakland, Oakland June 15, 2024