Artists Featured in The Human Spirit
Bridging the Art Center’s historical role in presenting formative exhibitions of the Bay Area Figurative artists in the 1950s, The Human Spirit: Contemporary Figuration as an Expression of Humanism will extend our consideration of this legacy to the work of over 20 contemporary Bay Area artists who have continued and expanded the figurative art tradition through paintings, sculpture, photography, video, and performance.
The artists featured in this exhibition are: John Abduljaami, Elmer Bischoff, Christopher Brown, Joan Brown, Mark Bulwinkle, Enrique Chagoya, Roberto Chavez, Judy Dater, Allan deSouza, Kota Ezawa, Viola Frey, Charles Garabedian, Katy Grannan, Farley Gwazda, Taraneh Hemami, Kara Maria, Richard Misrach, Jim Morphesis, Jennie Ottinger, Juan Carlos Quintana, Terry St. John, Livia Stein, Lava Thomas
Below is a sampling of some of the artists’ work in The Human Spirit, which will be on view in the Main Gallery through May 22.
- Joan Brown
- Mark Bulwinkle
- Enrique Chagoya
- Roberto Chavez
- Judy Dater
- Viola Frey
- Charles Garabedian
- Katy Grannan
- Kara Maria
- Richard Misrach
- Jim Morphesis
- Livia Stein
- Juan Carlos Quintana
- Lava Thomas