Winter/Spring 2018 Exhibitions
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January 22 to June, 10, 2018
Curator: Michele Ellis Pracy, FAM Executive Director & Chief Curator
The work of Bay Area artist David Tomb reflects his lifelong interest in birds and also his significant commitment to the conservation of species and habitats.
The images he creates are huge in scale. They are collage and mixed-media works on paper installations. Tomb says of his work, "Making artwork of birds is a way to connect and personalize my experience of seeing birds. The ultimate goal is to have people think: That animal is incredible... we need to save them!"
Exhibition support: Daniel R. Martin Family Foundation
Images: David Tomb, Aplomado Falcon Bat Hunting detail, Watercolor and gouache on paper, 29.5" x 83" and Great Philippine Eagle, 2012, Mixed media and collage, 128" x 210"
January 22 to June, 10, 2018
Curator: Michele Ellis Pracy, FAM Executive Director & Chief Curator
This exhibition features Fresno-based artist Marcos Dorado and will include 20 to 25 recent portraits of immigrants with short biographies for each. The artist's objective: "My goal is to convey their struggle, which is my own. I want to put the spotlight on the positive contributions of immigrants that are here."
Marcos studied drawing at The Art Students League of New York and The Grand Central Academy of Art, both in New York City. Now, Marcos is part of the movement that is bringing the figure back into the forefront of art.
The realism and superb craftsmanship in his drawing express the beauty of the people around him. His work explores social issues that matter to him.
Images: Marcos Dorado, Extranjero (Portrait of Fabio Pertile), 2017, Charcoal, pastel, and ink on canvas, 36" x 24" and Angélica Diaz Livesay, 2017, Conté and graphite on paper, 24" x 24"
ideo from The Munro Review, 2.1.18 (interview with Marcos Dorado starts at approximately 4:22.) Click here to watch full-screen version.
January 22 to June, 10, 2018
Curator: Jay Belloli (1944-2021)
In recognition of the legacy of local photographer Hanna S. Barsam, the Fresno Art Museum is proud to host a biennial photography exhibition with the generous support of the Hanna S. Barsam Estate Funds of the Central Valley Community Foundation.
Guest curated by Jay Belloli, former director of the gallery programs at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, the theme of the 2018 Hanna S. Barsam Photography Invitational is California Nature. Each photographer selected by Mr. Belloli explores the natural California environment as captured through a lens. Just as Mr. Barsam was known for his innovative and often avant-garde approach to photography, this invitational showcases photographers that push the envelope with regards to technique and subject matter.
Statement by Guest Curator, Jay Belloli:
Since California photographer Carlton Watkins began photographing Yosemite in the 1860s, the natural environment of California has been an important theme for photographers living in our state. The California Nature exhibition presents the work of ten living California photographers who have been exploring the natural areas of the Golden State during this new century. The photographers represented in the exhibition are Mitch Dobrowner, Rose-Lynn Fisher, Thom Halls, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Sant Khalsa, David Maisel, the Optics Division of the Metabolic Studio, Brendan Pattengale, Ian Ruhter, and Robert Weingarten. Using both black and white and color photography they have captured very different elements of the beautiful nature of California—mountains, deserts, lakes, rivers, agricultural lands and the Pacific Shoreline. Two of the photographers, Fisher and Maisel, have examined California beauty from above.
Many of the photographers used digital cameras and printing techniques; several—especially Ketchum and Pattengale—utilized computer imaging to create their color images. Only one photographer used a traditional camera and film. Ruhter used the 19th-century collodion wet plate process to create full-size images. The Metabolic Studio created its own photographic medium with natural materials found on site.
The California Nature photography exhibition celebrates the natural beauty of California, and the creativity of the photographers of our state as they explore the Golden State’s unique and awe-inspiring landscapes.
Exhibition sponsor: Hanna S. Barsam Estate Funds of the Central Valley Community Foundation
Images: Robert Weingarten, 6:30, #104, October 26, 2003 and Thom Halls, Kings River Series: Reedley—Still waters near the Reedley Narrows make for wonderful recreation areas, 2010, Archival digital print, 20" x 24"
January 22 to June, 10, 2018
Moradian Gallery
Curator: FAM Curator Sarah Vargas
Bay Area artist, Holly Lane, is a painter and sculptor who creates works that the New York Times has labeled “inspirational parables.” The exhibition showcases 16 of the artist’s unique works. Lane is most well-known for her elaborately framed paintings, inspired by architecture and often tied to Greek mythology and philosophy. Rather than mere housings for her paintings, Lane’s frames are elaborate, hand-carved pieces of art themselves that provide allegorical context for the two-dimensional paintings they surround. Also included are some of her purely sculptural works, gilded creations that range in size from monumental to pocket-sized. The sculptures, with their intricate relationship between form and shape, are physical manifestations of philosophical musings. Lane’s work explores themes of nature, mysticism, interspecies compassion, and feminism. The exhibition’s title, Indwelling Nature, speaks to the idea that humanity and nature inhabit the same space, each providing the framework for how the other is perceived.
Images: Holly Lane, Four Consolations, 2015, Acrylic paint, carved wood, and paper quilling, 27¼" x 22½" x 6", and Unfoldment, 2015, Acrylic on panel, graphite on Mylar, carved wood, 28" x 33 1/8" x 6", both Courtesy of the Artist and Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
January 22 to June, 10, 2018
Curator: Sarah Vargas, FAM Associate Curator
What is in a name? One of the first things that museum visitors do is look for the title of an artwork they like in order to provide context. What happens when the artist deliberately chooses not to give their art a title? UNTITLED presents a selection of works from the permanent collection that ask the viewer to create their own story. From the figural to the abstract, each untitled work is open to interpretation. What does the image mean? That is for you to decide.
Images: Robert Natkin, Untitled, 1974, Lithograph, 36" x 26", Collection of the Fresno Art Museum, Gift of Adam Mekler, FAM85.3.2 and Johnny Friedlaender, Untitled, n.d., Lithograph, 10" x 8", Collection of the Fresno Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lippert, FAM92.20
Winter/Spring 2018 Season Exhibition Sponsors: Anonymous, CCIS Insurance Services, Eaton and Gibson Family Fund of the Central Valley Community Foundation, Elaine Lynn, and Women's Auxiliary of the Fresno Art Museum
General Exhibition Support: David & MaryAnne Esajian
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