Past Exhibitions
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Clay in the BayJanuary 18 - March 17, 2013This exhibition brings together contemporary artists from around the Bay Area who consistently utilize clay as a form of self-expression. The show draws on a variety of techniques and styles to illustrate the diversity of practice in this area. MORE » |
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Beyond Function: Fiber, Fabric, and FineryAugust 17 - December 2, 2012Beyond Function explores the ways contemporary California artists incorporate fabric in their work using a variety of techniques, ranging from quilting and embroidery to hand-knitted lace. MORE » |
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Jeweled Prosthetics: Jewelry as Extension of SelfAugust 17 - December 2, 2012Jeweled Prosthetics features art jewelry by two contemporary jewelry artists who blur the boundaries between jewelry, sculpture, and performance. MORE » |
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Figure Forward: Works by Bay Area Figurative ArtistsAugust 17 - December 2, 2012Drawn from de Saisset Museum's permanent collection and composed of works by Joan Brown, Theophilus Brown, Richard Diebenkorn, Manual Neri, Nathan Oliveira, and Wayne Thiebaud, Figure Forward traces the evolution of figuration in these artists' works over the course of several decades. MORE » |
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Mission-Era Vestments from the Permanent CollectionAugust 17 - December 2, 2012This exhibitions presents groups of 17th and 18th century vestments from the de Saisset Museum's permanent collection. MORE » |
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Chain Reaction: Artists Consider the BicycleApril 13 - July 1, 2012Given the wide popularity of bicycles, it is not surprising to find that many artists are turning to the bike as compelling subject matter. Whether they are cycling enthusiasts, intrigued by the design of two-wheelers, or inspired by the image itself, artists continue to find creative ways to re-imagine the form and function of bicycles. MORE » |
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Clunkers to MTBs: The Evolution of the Mountain BikeApril 13 - July 1, 2012Though the bicycles was first introduced in the 1860s, it wasn't until the 1970s—more than a century later—that a group of cycling enthusiasts in Northern California began clunking down hills in Cupertino and Marin County, California. This exhibition explores the grwoth and development of mountain biking, placing special emphasis on the history of the sport in Northern California. MORE » |
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Indelibly Yours: Smith Andersen Editions and the Tattoo ProjectApril 13 - July 1, 2012Featuring work by ten artists—five known for tattoo and five known for printmaking—Indelibly Yours explores the kinship between marking on skin and the practice of drawing on a printing plate. MORE » |
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Andy Warhol: Polaroids and PortraitsApril 13 - July 1, 2012In 2008, the de Saisset Museum received a substantial gift of 157 photographs from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This exhibition includes more than 30 images of friends, colleagues, and acquaintances of Warhol. MORE » |
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Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the DisinheritedJanuary 13 - March 18, 2012We often see depictions of conventional religious practices, yet we rarely encounter the alternative forms of spiritual expression adopted by marginalized communities. This exhibition gives a voice to those who participate in the diverse religious landscape of California, but who have been pushed to the edges of society because of conditions, actions, or circumstances. MORE » |
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Between Struggle and Hope: Envisioning a Democratic Art in the 1930sJuly 29 - December 4, 2011 and
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This Camera Fights Fascism: The Photographs of David Bacon and Francisco DominguezJuly 29 - December 4, 2011 and
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Hobos to Street People: Artists' Responses to Homelessness from the New Deal to the PresentJuly 29 - December 4, 2011Over the years, artists have explored different aspects of poverty and homelessness. This exhibition compares artistic interpretations of homelessness from the Dust Bowl migrants of the 1930s to the stigmatized street people of today—with a focus on California. Produced in 2008 to mark the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, the exhibition harkens back to a time in which the United States government responded to the devastating impact of the Great Depression to assist those in poverty. MORE » |
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The Changing Face of Homelessness: A Collection of Portraits by Santa Clara University Photography StudentsJuly 29 - November 6, 2011
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Life Cycle: Photographs by Susan MiddletonApril 9 - June 12, 2011Art and science intersect in Susan Middleton's stunning portraits of creatures that are seldom, if ever, seen by the public. Through the juxtaposition of two photographic series, this exhibition calls attention to the remarkable diversity of our natural world. The series, Evidence of Evolution showcases the extinct species from the collections of the California Academy of Sciences; while Spineless celebrates the invertebrates living under the surface of the sea. MORE » |
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The Theater of Insects: Photographs by Jo WhaleyApril 9 - June 12, 2011Art and science blend seamlessly in Jo Whaley's recent photographic series, The Theater of Insects. Inspired by old dioramas found in natural history museums, Whaley creates theatrically staged images of exquisitely colored insects against imaginary—almost dreamlike—backgrounds. MORE » |
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Father Hubbard: Trekking through AlaskaFebruary 25 - June 12, 2011In conjunction with the NEA's program, The Big Read, and in connection with Jack London's The Call of the Wild, the de Saisset hosts Father Hubbard: Trekking through Alaska. A Jesuit priest from California, Father Hubbard led annual expeditions to Alaska by foot, boat, plane, and dogsled. This exhibition focuses on his dogsled adventures in the first half of the 20th century. MORE » |
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Paul Locatelli, S.J.: PhotographsFebruary 25 - June 12, 2011For two decades, Paul Locatelli, S.J. (1938-2010) served as President of Santa Clara University. Though his accomplishments during his tenure as President are numerous and important, Father Locatelli also nurtured a lesser-known creative side. Gathered from the collections of the Locatelli family and Santa Clara University, the images in this exhibition speak to his home here at SCU and to his travels around the world. MORE » |
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Selections from the Smith Andersen Editions ArchiveFebruary 11 - June 12, 2011The de Saisset is proud to hold the archive for Smith Andersen Editions, one of the pre-eminent fine art presses in the United States. For more than 40 years, Smith Andersen has worked with notable artists from around the world to create rich, luminous prints. Today, the de Saisset Museum houses nearly 170 prints from Smith Andersen in its collection. MORE » |
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The Veil: Visible and Invisible SpacesJanuary 15 - March 11, 2011
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Contemporary Native Works from the Permanent CollectionOctober 2, 2010 - February 25, 2011
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LandsCApes: Glimpses of Everyday CaliforniaOctober 2, 2010 - January 28, 2011
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Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry from Native CaliforniaOctober 2 - December 5, 2010Sing Me Your Story brings together contemporary California Native artists and poets in an extraordinary multimedia exhibition. Based on the publication by Heyday Books, The Dirt is Red Here: Art and Poetry from Native California, this exhibition shares the lives, stories, songs, and dances of the artists. Organized in four thematic sections, Sing Me Your Story illustrates how culture, history, ancestry, and story have shaped each of us, regardless of our heritage. MORE » |
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The Saints of Mission Santa Clara: Discovering the Meaning Behind the ArtOctober 2 - December 5, 2010
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Susan Felter: Working with DreamsMay 14 - June 4, 2010After 27 years in the Department of Art and Art History at Santa Clara University, Associate Professor Susan Felter is retiring from the University. In celebration of her many accomplishments as an artist and as a professor, the de Saisset showcases a selection of photographs taken by Felter over the course of her long career at SCU. MORE » |
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ArtsConnect: Unlock the PromiseMay 7 - June 4, 2010The de Saisset Museum, in partnership with ArtsConnect, a program of the Arts Council Silicon Valley, serves as the venue for this ongoing exhibition program. This year represents the twelfth of this important collaboration. MORE » |
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What Makes a Picture a Portrait?April 10 - June 4, 2010Composed of more than 50 works drawn from the de Saisset's permanent collection, this exhibition considers the variety of ways in which portraits are presented. Through the juxtapositions of traditional painted images and compelling, sometimes quirky, works on paper, portraiture becomes a dynamic, ever-changing art form in which conventional practices are called into question. MORE » |
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Just In: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent CollectionJanuary 16 - April 23, 2010The de Saisset Museum continually acquires objects for the permanent collection that enhance, strengthen, and expand the Museum's current holdings. Just In features approximately twenty works that have been added to the collection over the last two years. MORE » |
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On Site/ In Sight: Selections from the Permanent CollectionJanuary 16 - March 2, 2010Since its doors opened in 1955, the de Saisset Museum has built an impressive collection of more than 11,000 objects. On Site/ In Sight showcases highlights from the Museum's holdings in the areas of painting and sculpture, works on paper and photography by bringing an eclectic group of objects out of the private vault and into the sight of the viewers. MORE » |
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Ernest de Saisset: Selections from the Permanent CollectionSeptember 26, 2009 - June 4, 2010In 1955 the de Saisset Museum opened thanks to a bequest from Isabel de Saisset, sister of Ernest de Saisset, the Museum's namesake. In addition to securing the funds to build the Museum, Isabel gifted more than 100 works of art painted by her brother. This exhibition highlights a selection of portraits painted by de Saisset during his career as an artist. MORE » |
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Lou Albert-Lasard: A German Expressionist in Bohemian ParisSeptember 26 - December 4, 2009A German-born artist working in the early decades of the 20th century, Lou Albert-Lasard focused her attention on the street activities and vibrant social culture of turn-of-the-century Europe. This exhibition features a series of fourteen prints from The Monmartre Suite. MORE » |
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The Art of Richard Mayhew: Journey's EndSeptember 26 - December 4, 2009The de Saisset is pleased to participate in this three-museum retrospective of the work of Richard Mayhew. Mayhew has enjoyed a long and rewarding career, both as an artist and educator. This exhibition consists of painting and watercolors executed from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. MORE » |
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A Sense of Place: Location/InspirationSeptember 26 - December 4, 2009In contrast to the work of Richard Mayhew, which consists of composite impressions of various locations, the works in this exhibition represent a specific reference point. Executed in a variety of media, most of the pieces represent actual locales that one can find on a map. An enduring subject matter for artists and viewers, the term "landscape" has been expanded to include seascape, streetscape, cityscape, and even moonscape. MORE » |
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The Eclectic Eye: Works from a Private CollectionSeptember 26 - December 4, 2009The Eclectic Eye features highlights from a family collection that has evolved over two generations, for pleasure rather than acquisitions. The initial focus of the collection was the cadre of prominent artists who experimented with graphic arts at Gemini Graphics, Ltd., an innovative publishing workshop in Los Angeles. Over time, the collection grew to include Op Art, Native American art, and photography. MORE » |
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FreshBrain.org Contemporary New Media Art Contest Technology: Hope and PromiseSeptember 26 - December 4, 2009In Spring 2009, the de Saisset Museum held an exhibit entitled Tech Tools of the Trade: Contemporary New Media Art. The show featured works that not only employed new media technology (i.e., web-based, digital, or electronic media), but also in many cases commented on the role of technology in our lives today. In the line with our mission to exist as a center of lifelong learning, that facilitates discovery, experience, and inspiration, the de Saisset partnered with FreshBrain.org to host an art contest for local youth in the spirit of this exhibit. MORE »
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Tech Tools of the Trade: Contemporary New Media ArtApril 17 - June 28, 2009This survey exhibition features work produced by Bay Area-based or Bay Area-rooted artists using new media—defined in the context of this exhibition as electronic, digital, or web-based. Organized into accessible thematic sections, the work in this exhibition explores the ways that technology has shaped our sense of selves, our vision, our bodies, and our world. The exhibition examines our cultural fascination with technology (including our continued faith in its benefits), our myriad uses of the internet, as well as the potentially troubling applications of technology in simulation and surveillance. MORE » |
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ArtsConnect: Art EmpowersMay 8 - June 28, 2009ArtsConnect is an arts education program of Arts Council Silicon Valley that provides year-round arts instruction through comprehensive artist residencies for at-risk youth between the ages of 13 and 18. Now the largest provider of arts education for at-risk youth in the region, on average the program serves more than 1,300 individuals each year in 25 locations. MORE » |
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Natural BlundersJanuary 24-March 20, 2009Natural Blunders features the work of 17 artists who use nature as a departure point for compelling and resonant works of art. Pieces in the exhibition range from the living plants in Alastair Bolton's installation to Lauren Davies' dog-hair sculptures, to cicada exoskeletons in an installation by Cheryl Coon. MORE » |
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Flora and Fauna from the de Saisset Museum's Permanent Collection
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Acquisitions for Diversity: Works from the de Saisset Museum's Permanent CollectionJanuary 24 - March 20, 2009This exhibition showcases recent additions to the Museum’s permanent collection acquired through the successful and innovative Acquisitions for Diversity program. In this program, SCU students make the selection of objects for acquisition in the context of art history classes. MORE » |
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Evri Kwong: Just Pretend Everything is OKSeptember 27 – December 13, 2008In his boldly confrontational paintings and prints, San Francisco-based artist Evri Kwong explores a novel—and socially engaged—form of narrative painting. Featuring stories culled from current events and interpreted in all their vivid brutality, his works confront our culture’s deliberate ignorance. National issues such as hypocrisy, consumerism, racism, sexual abuse, religious intolerance, and violence, all provide fodder for his expressive vision. MORE » |
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Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi: Winter in AmericaSeptember 27 – December 13, 2008Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi’s collaborative Winter in America project consists of a stop-motion animation video and still photographs that function together to depict the 2000 robbery and murder of Thomas’ cousin Songha Thomas Willis. This tragic event is enacted by G.I. Joe action figures. Ironically, these toys were used by the artists when they were children to play out violent narratives. MORE » |
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The Hapa Project: Kip FulbeckSeptember 27 – December 13, 2008Once a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for “half,” Hapa has since been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed racial heritage includes Asian or Pacific Island descent. Kip Fulbeck began The Hapa Project as a forum for Hapas to answer the question “What are you?” in their own words and be pictured in simple head-on portraits. MORE » |
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Eye on the Sixties: Vision, Body, and Soul - Selections from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret AndersonFebruary 2-March 20, 2008 and March 29-June 15, 2008The 1960s represent an important period of social, historical, and cultural transformation in the United States. Artistically, the decade signaled many dramatic changes as well, as artists searched for new modes of expression in the post-Abstract Expressionist era. This exhibition will celebrate the artistic legacy of this decade in all of its dynamic diversity. MORE » |
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Flashing Back: 1960s Works in the Permanent Collection of the de Saisset MuseumFebruary 2 - March 20, 2008 and March 29 - April 13, 2008In conjunction with the Eye on the Sixties exhibition, the de Saisset Museum will present a companion permanent collection exhibition focused on work from the 1960s. This exhibition showcases the de Saisset Museum’s longstanding commitment to collecting and exhibiting the art of this important period. MORE » |
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ArtsConnectMay 1 - June 15, 2008ArtsConnect is an arts education program of Arts Council Silicon Valley that provides year-round arts instruction through comprehensive artist residencies for at-risk youth between the ages of 13 and 18. Now the largest provider of arts education for at-risk youth in the region, on average the program serves more than 1,300 individuals each year in 25 locations. MORE » |
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Experience Teaches: Santa Clara University Art Faculty ExhibitionOctober 5 - December 8, 2007This exhibition celebrates the artistic achievements of faculty in Santa Clara University’s Art and Art History Department. This inclusive exhibition will feature the work of both tenured and tenure-track faculty in addition to long-term lecturers in the studio area. Artists in the exhibition will include Katherine Aoki, Renee Billingslea, Kelly Detweiler, Susan Felter, Don Fritz, Sam Hernandez, Pancho Jimenez, Marco Marquez, David Pace, Trung Pham, S.J., R. Reynolds, and Gerald Sullivan, S.J. Featuring work in a wide variety of media—including painting, photography, mixed-media photography, digital photography, ceramic and mixed media sculpture, and printmaking—the exhibition will showcase the aesthetic vitality of SCU’s dynamic Art Department. MORE » |
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Variations of Grass, Light, and the Wind: The Plant Dye Art of Kim Jung HwaJuly 8 - August 19, 2007Korean artist Kim Jung Hwa creates astonishing textile works in luminous colors that reflect the landscapes of her native country. She strives to depict images “with the colors of the mind.” In order to master the art of natural dye processes, she traveled all over Korea to learn the art of traditional dye processes from community elders. MORE » |
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Miniature Worlds: Art from IndiaApril 10 - May 25, 2007Miniature Worlds features watercolors, drawings, and sculpture spanning 400 years of Indian history. Drawn from the permanent collection of The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA, the exhibition illuminates various forms of Indic media from the 15th to the 19th centuries as well as aspects of the country’s religion and history. Works from this period, many of which depict narratives, have had a significant influence on contemporary artists from India and the United States. MORE » |
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Sacred Images: Deities and Marriages in Mithila PaintingApril 10 - May 25, 2007Since at least the 14th century, women in the Mithila region of Bihar have painted gods, goddesses, and icons of fertility on the walls of their homes. In the late 1960s they began transferring their paintings to paper. Since then many women—and a few men—have elaborated several distinct styles of Mithila painting and have dramatically expanded the subjects of their paintings. MORE » |
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Unleash Imagination- ArtsConnect: Arts Council Silicon ValleyApril 10 - May 25, 2007The de Saisset Museum, in partnership with ArtsConnect, serves as the venue for this exhibition program on an annual basis. This year represents the ninth year of this important collaboration. Created in 1989 by Arts Council Silicon Valley, ArtsConnect promotes the idea that art is an effective tool for students to access not only their creative functions but also enhance intellectual, social, and emotional development. MORE » |
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Faith Placed: The Intersection of Spirituality and Location in Contemporary PhotographyJanuary 13 - March 4, 2007This exhibition explores recent photography focused on the subject of sacred spaces—places of worship, pilgrimage, and memorial. The exhibition includes work by several photographers—most from the Bay Area, and all Western States-based—and features a broad range of aesthetic and conceptual approaches. MORE » |
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TheThe Power of Portraiture: A Retrospective of Sixth Street Photography WorkshopJanuary 13 - March 4, 2007This exhibition will feature work produced over the past decade by photographers associated with the San Francisco-based Sixth Street Photography Workshop. The Power of Portraiture will provide an opportunity for Santa Clara University faculty, students, and the larger community to explore the issue of homelessness through the medium of photography. MORE » |
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Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?October 12 - December 9, 2006Game Face is the extraordinary exhibition of 139 color and black-and-white photographs that explores the role sports have played in the lives of girls and women. The engaging images in the exhibition feature a variety of genres—documentary, conceptual, vernacular, sports action—as well as subjects,time periods, locations, ethnicities, and ages. MORE » |
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Acquisitions for Diversity: Recent Additions to the Permanent CollectionOctober 12 - March 4, 2007This exhibition features works acquired for the permanent collection through an innovative project in which Santa Clara University students enrolled in two classes taught by Professor Bridget R. Cooks selected works for acquisition. Students enrolled in Cooks’ African American Women and the Visual Arts (Winter 2006) and African Americans and Photography (Spring 2006) courses selected the works by Carrie Mae Weems, Sheila Pree Bright, and Chester Higgins, Jr. featured in the exhibition. MORE » |
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The Innocents: Headshots- Photographs by Taryn SimonMay 2 - July 1, 2006Featuring 45 dramatic photographs by award-winning photographer Taryn Simon, The Innocents provides a unique glimpse of the wrongly condemned. In these dramatic portraits, Simon uses her camera to document the victims of mistaken identity and corrupted justice. The resulting images provide profound examples of the humanity and diversity of the victims of wrongful convictions. MORE » |
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A Life Reclaimed: The Journey of Recent Exonoree Alan Crotzer- Photographs by Vance JacobsMay 2 - July 1, 2006In this exhibition, San Francisco-based photographer Vance Jacobs provides us with an in-depth and up-close look at the story of one recent exoneree Alan Crotzer, a Florida man who spent almost 25 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Jacobs’ dramatic images showcase Crotzer’s struggles as he attempts to reclaim a normal life after more than two decades in prison. MORE » |
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Connecting with Creativity: ArtsConnect: Arts Council Silicon ValleyMay 2 - July 1, 2006The de Saisset Museum, in partnership with ArtsConnect, serves as the venue for this lively exhibition program on an annual basis. This year represents the eighth year of this important collaboration. MORE » |
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From the Seen to the Unseen: Brother Mark MahoneyMay 2 - July 1, 2006Brother Mark Mahoney’s dynamic paintings of the human figure explore the potential of body and spirit. These works reflect the artist’s lifelong commitment to spirituality. Mahoney is a brother at the New Camoldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, CA. MORE » |
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Michael C. McMillen: Red Trailer MotelJanuary 27 – March 18, 2006Michael C. McMillen’s Red Trailer Motel installation is an immersive experience that ignites the imagination. Featuring the artist’s characteristic interest in miniature, and sound and visual effects, the large-scale work of art transforms simple found objects into a profound viewing experience. According to the artist, “I have always been attracted to the cast-offs of our material society and continue to incorporate such materials in the ongoing search to find a visual/spiritual poetry.” MORE » |
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Dark Detour: Tracey SnellingJanuary 27 – March 18, 2006Oakland-based artist Tracey Snelling finds beauty in the overlooked. Incorporating mixed media sculpture, architecture, photography, collage, film, and audio, her artwork taps into a distinctively American nostalgia. MORE » |
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Impossible to Forget: The Nazi Camps Fifty Years After: Photographs by Michael KennaOctober 1 – November 20, 2005Impossible to Forget is a powerful and moving exhibition of 80 photographs by internationally recognized English-born photographer Michael Kenna. The photographs, selected from several thousand images produced over a twelve-year period, document the Nazi concentration and extermination camps in Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Italy, Holland, and Latvia, which Kenna began photographing in 1988. MORE » |
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Multiply by Six Million: A Personal Perspective on the Holocaust: Portraits of Survivors from the Legacy Project by Evvy EisenOctober 1 – November 20, 2005Multiply by Six Million is a powerful new photography exhibition that provides a local and personal perspective on the tragedy of the Holocaust. The exhibition showcases Inverness-based photographer Evvy Eisen’s decade-long project to create portraits of Holocaust survivors living in the Bay Area and Europe and to collect their personal histories. MORE » |
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Recovered Views: African American Portraits, 1912-1925May 15–July 31, 2005Recovered Views: African American Portraits, 1912-1925 presents 40 photographs from a truly extraordinary collection. The black-and-white portraits were made by an anonymous African-American who lived and worked in Lincoln, Nebraska in the early part of the twentieth century. Made between about 1912 and 1925, these portraits are more than just stunning images—they document life in a vibrant, middle-class black neighborhood in a small Midwestern city, a portion of society rarely depicted in any medium. Moreover, they provide an insider’s view of a small but thriving African American community during a period of transforming and increasingly charged race relations. MORE » |
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here and nowMay 15-July 31, 2005Here and Now features the work of six African American photographic artists living and working in the Bay Area: April Banks, Keba Konte, Emmanuel Pratt, Bayeté Ross Smith, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carla Williams. MORE » |
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Faculty Choice: SCU Art Department Faculty Select Ernest de Saisset Paintings from the de Saisset Museum Permanent CollectionMay 15–May 31, 2005This exhibition includes approximately ten paintings by Ernest de Saisset from the permanent collection. Paintings featured in the exhibition have been selected by faculty members in the Art and Art History Department. Each faculty member has contributed a statement about each work for the extended label. MORE » |
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ArtsConnect—Beyond BoundariesMay 15–July 31, 2005This exhibition presents artwork created by youth working with ArtsConnect artists in residence. The ArtsConnect program is a vehicle for inspiring creativity, exploration, and learning for youth in nontraditional settings throughout Santa Clara County. ArtsConnect brings together two of Santa Clara Valley’s greatest resources: youth (ages 12-18) and professional artists. MORE » |
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Translucent Transformations: Joseph Zirker Innovations in Printmaking—The Cast Acrylic PrintJanuary 22–March 11, 2005Through more than four decades of work and experimentation, Joseph Zirker has cultivated a reputation as one of the Bay Area’s most innovative printmakers. His entire career is marked by an irrepressible interest in exploring the possibilities of printmaking. Zirker’s most recent contribution to the field is a revolutionary new printmaking process. In this new process, Zirker has transcended the traditional elements of printmaking—paper and printed image—creating cast acrylic monotypes that fuse these individual elements into one unique whole. MORE » |
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The World is a Gift: Frank LaPenaJanuary 22–March 11, 2005This exhibition features a sampling of recent paintings and prints by internationally exhibited artist and poet Frank LaPena. LaPena’s vividly colored and dramatically composed paintings explore tradition and ceremony, nature and spirituality. This exhibition will include several works inspired by his longstanding dedication to Native American ceremonial dance, the subject of his recent Heyday Books publication Dream Songs and Ceremony: Reflections on Traditional California Indian Dance. MORE » |
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Peaceful Painter: Hisako HibiSeptember 18 – December 3, 2004 and January 22 – March 11, 2005This exhibition will feature approximately 30 paintings produced by Hisako Hibi (1907-1991), an Issei (first-generation Japanese American) artist. For more than 60 years, Hibi used her painting as a way to document and understand her world, resulting in a body of work that is both personal and universal. Hibi is perhaps best known for the paintings she completed while at the Tanforan, California relocation center and the Topaz, Utah internment camp. MORE » |
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Pressing Pleasures: Recent Prints by Matt PhillipsSeptember 18 – December 3, 2004The de Saisset is pleased to present a 15-year survey of prints by Emeryville-based painter and printmaker Matt Phillips. Featuring monoprints, monotypes, linocuts, drypoints, and artist sketchbooks, this exhibition showcases Matt Phillips’ ongoing interest in celebrating the pleasures of life (literature, love, food, and travel) in his art. Pressing Pleasures will focus on several of the subjects that have preoccupied Phillips throughout his career: travel scenes, landscapes, still lifes, figure studies. MORE » |
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Dark Matter: The Art of David HuffmanApril 17-Aug. 1, 2004Berkeley-based David Huffman's compelling paintings, works on paper, and ceramic sculptures offer us a unique glimpse into a powerful alternate world. Huffman's work combines references to Japanese animation and cartoon imagery with powerful social commentary. Huffman describes trauma as being at the core of his work: the pain of slavery and minstrelsy internalized by African Americans for centuries. MORE » |
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Reverse Anthropology Archives: Works on Paper by Enrique ChagoyaApril 17-Aug. 1, 2004Enrique Chagoya describes his work as representing a "conceptual fusion of opposite cultural realities." In his bold and dynamic works on paper, Chagoya combines images from diverse sources (such as Mexican Catholicism, popular culture, and advertising) and crafts them into works of art with powerful and resonant meanings. As this exhibition demonstrates, Chagoya is a masterful printmaker. Reverse Anthropology Archives will feature numerous examples of his work in the medium, including lithographs, monotypes, etchings, Iris prints, and codex books. MORE » |
Dare to Dream: ArtsConnect Arts Council Silicon ValleyApril 17-Aug. 1, 2004This exhibition presents artwork created by youth working with ArtsConnect artists in residence.The ArtsConnect program is a vehicle for inspiring creativity, exploration, and learning for youth in nontraditional settings throughout Santa Clara County. ArtsConnect brings together two of Santa Clara Valley's greatest resources: youth (ages 12-18) and professional artists.MORE » |
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Prints by Francisco GoyaApril 17-Aug. 1, 2004This exhibition will include prints by Francisco Goya drawn from the de Saisset Museum's permanent collection and varied private collections. Featuring prints from Goya's most important series - The Caprichos, The Disasters of the War, and The Tauromaquia. MORE» |
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