Michael Baxandall, whose analysis of the social forces shaping works of art and the way they were seen helped pave the way for the influential movement known as the new art history, died on August 12 in London. He was 74.
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The latest issue of CRAFT magazine features several artists from the Wignall Museum's 2007-2008 season – The Institute for Figuring’s Margaret and Christine Wertheim from Inlandia and Elana Mann who was featured in the Girly Show.
Chaffey's own Rebecca Trawick, Director of the Wignall Museum, is also featured in Old School.
The “Old School” theme celebrates the aesthetics of twentieth century education through an art exhibition and companion book, as well as curated objects. It is inspired by vintage flash cards, old desks, biology class, science fairs, crayons, card catalogs, textbooks, class photos, teachers, yearbooks, lunchboxes, gym class, maps, lockers, report cards, film strips, recess, spelling, chalk… and the list goes on! The exhibition is documented in a commemorative book.
Mammygraphs: Mark Steven Greenfield
Trick Baby: Ernest Arthur Bryant III
August 25 – September 27, 2008
Artists’ Talk and Reception:
Tuesday, September 2, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Chaffey College and the Wignall Museum are pleased to present Mammygraphs: Mark Steven Greenfield and Trick Baby: Ernest Arthur Bryant III from August 25– September 27, 2008. Both concurrent exhibitions are free and open to the public.
Mammygraphs features photographs and sculptural works by LA-based artist Mark Steven Greenfield. Greenfield’s work appropriates historic images from the heyday of blackface minstrelsy. With this provocative selection of images and objects, Greenfield prompts the viewer to consider the effect this history has on our culture today. Mammygraphs surveys the work created over the last ten years of Greenfield’s illustrious career as a visual artist and includes work from Greenfield’s Blackatcha, Post Minstrel, Incognegro series, as well as new, never-before exhibited work from Mammygraphs.
In Trick Baby, Minneapolis-based artist Ernest Arthur Bryant III weaves race, politics, pop culture and art history into his mixed-media assemblages. Utilizing found clothing remnants, hand painted portraits, graffiti and sewn elements, Bryant’s loaded works challenge the cultural constructions and coding that we take for granted every day and that shape our social interactions. Borrowing the title from Iceberg Slim’s book Trick Baby, the exhibition includes five of Bryant’s works. This is Bryant’s first California exhibition.
Bryant and Greenfield will speak about their work prior to the artists’ reception on Tuesday, September 2 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Wignall Museum. Immediately following will be an artists’ reception with light refreshments and entertainment featuring dj Trickmilla.
Want to exhibit your artistic talents supporting Barack Obama in November? Just click here to learn more about the Manifest Hope Gallery contest, and sign up for updates.
Remember the "Yes We Can" video by will.i.am and the iconic "HOPE" poster created by artist Shepard Fairey? Now, in partnership with Shepard Fairey and his Obey Giant collective, there is a new way for artists to share their talents and help Barack Obama at the same time.
It's called Manifest Hope, and it's a new Obama art contest for 2D and 3D art, from painting to photography to sculpture. The winners will be shown at the Manifest Hope Gallery online and in Denver during the Democratic convention alongside works from dozens of established and influential artists.
Anyone can enter. You don't have to be Picasso, you just need to be inspired by Barack Obama and willing to donate your creativity and time to the cause.
But you need to get started soon. The final submissions deadline is August 18th at 11:59 a.m. ET. That's not much time to conceive and create a piece of art, so get started today.
All submissions will be judged by a distinguished panel of judges—artists from Obey Giant, contemporary art curators, and multi-talented musicians. Finalists will be asked to auction off their pieces, and donate the proceeds to progressive organizations.
Denver will be buzzing during the convention, but this gallery is going to be one of the coolest places to visit there. Plus, the gallery's going to have an amazing party with live performances by Death Cab For Cutie, Moby, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
It's also okay to enter a piece of art you've already created, as long as you're willing to offer it up for auction if it becomes a finalist.
Click here when you are ready to submit your artwork.
Good luck!
