Carmen Lomas Garza, Tito’s Gig on the Moon, 36x 48 inches, 2002 Carmen Lomas Garza’s narrative folk style draws from diverse Mexican visual traditions, while elevated viewpoints, mesmerizing detail, and a dynamic use of pattern and color enliven her seemingly straightforward compositions. Trained as an arts educator as well as a painter, her works offer […]
These poster artists scream out against creeping totalitarianism, political hypocrisy and deceit, fear, hate, terrorism, traitors, world domination, the wages of war, corporate malfeasance, and the loss of common space and resources. Although using traditional poster media, like silkscreen and hand-set type, these artists infuse their work with the up-to-the-minute sensibilities of the digital age. […]
Roxanne Swentzell, Remote Woman “I’m Getting That Far Away Feeling Again”, Ceramic, 199 Roxanne Swentzell was born in 1962, the daughter of Rina Swentzell, a potter, writer and scholar from Santa Clara Pueblo, and Ralph Swentzell, a New Jersey-born teacher at St. John’s college in Santa Fe. From her father’s side she was exposed to […]
Seizing the Myths: Arts of Rebellion features the work of Alice Beasley, Virginia Harris, Kathleen Jesse, Shirin Neshat, Angel Ramirez, Betye Saar, Joyce Scott, Shahzia Sikander, Tabitha Vevers, Juan Videla, and Carrie Mae Weems. The exhibition was on display June 15, 2004 – August 30, 2004
The Empty City, featuring the work of Yun-Fei Ji, was organized by the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and curated by Shannon Fitzgerald. The exhibition was on display June 4, 2004 – August 15, 2004. Support for the exhibition was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Regional Arts Commission St. Louis and the […]
Titus Kaphar’s “Visual Quotations” series is comprised of meticulously crafted paintings deriving from the portrayal of black people in 18th and 19th century Western painting. The original paintings, by artists such as Copley, Delacroix, Blake, and Eakins, were selected for their relevance within the “canon” of Western art history, and for the compositional theme of […]
The portraits by Brett Cook featured in Hall of Mirrors, made with gold paint pen on black paper, depict artists and writers who inspired and enacted social change both through their artistic practice and their lives. Cesar Chavez, Mahatma Ghandi, Alice Walker, and His Holiness The Dalai Lama are just a few of the many […]
For the project Where We Come From, Emily Jacir posed a seemingly simple question to Palestinians around the world. “If I could do something for you, anywhere in Palestine, what would it be?” Jacir then used the relative freedom of movement allowed by her American passport to fulfill and document the requests. The tasks are […]
Illegal Art features the work of Kembrew McLeod and Eric Doeringer. The exhibition was on display April 26, 2003 – June 7, 2003. In 1998, McLeod trademarked the phrase “Freedom of Expression” and created a zine with that title. He enlisted a friend, Brendan Love, to pose as the publisher of an imaginary punk […]
Roots and Uproots: Chronicles of Sustenance and Defiance features the work of Hollis Chatelain, Carmen Lomas Garza, Virginia Harris, Deborah F. Lawrence, Judith Lowry, Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Roger Shimomura, Inez Storer, and Renee Stout. The exhibition was on display March 15, 2003 – April 19, 2003.