Reconstructed World
Reconstructed World focuses on the work of artists who draw viewers into complex narrative tableaux through recreating and restaging sites, objects, and stories. Rather than striving for perfect realism or objective documentation, these projects side-step traditional representation for a more uncanny and ultimately affective experience. The projects in the exhibition utilize a range of media […]
Enrique Chagoya: Surviving Paradise/Sobreviviendo el Paraíso
Enrique Chagoya: Surviving Paradise/Sobreviviendo el Paraíso featured new and significant recent work by the artist highlighting cross-border themes that he has explored throughout his artistic career: immigration, colonization, political struggle, economics and cultural imposition. Through masterful drawings, prints, books and editioned objects, Chagoya brings an analytical and often darkly humorous eye to bear on the […]
Zombie-Proof House
Zombie-Proof House is a meditation on anxiety and hope in a troubled time. This major group exhibition, organized by di Rosa curator Robert Wuilfe, explores recent history and potential futures as they relate to collapse, political upheaval and shared responsibility. Taking its tongue-in-cheek title from the recent predominance of zombies in language and pop culture, […]
Know the Rules-Then Break Them
Know the Rules–Then Break Them featured a selection of photographic works from the di Rosa collection, curated by Doreen Schmid. The works in this exhibition reflected how photography has evolved from traditional documentary device to embodying and shaping various postmodern movements. Artists included: Ruth Bernhard, Bruce Conner, Imogen Cunningham, Bill Dane, Judy Dater, Lynn Hershman, […]
Artivore Antics: Auction Preview
Visitors got a sneak peek at works in the live and silent auctions, including renowned Bay Area artists such as: James Barsness, Chester Arnold, John Casey, Enrique Chagoya, Jason Jagel, Deborah Oropallo, Maria Porges, Rex Ray, Walter Robinson, Travis Somerville, Catherine Wagner, William Wiley and many more. Bidding began October 1 at the Preview Party […]
POMP: New Work by Deborah Oropallo
POMP featured a range of new work by Deborah Oropallo, including pieces from her Guise and Wild Wild West series where she addresses the issue of adornment, pageantry, and costume. The Guise series is focused on 17th century portraits of aristocrats, emperors, and kings mingled with erotic costumes found on the web, while her Wild […]
MFA Selections : A Salute to Bay Area Master Emerging Artists
di Rosa’s Biennial MFA exhibition presented a juried selection of artists who recently completed their Master’s of Fine Art degrees at Bay Area art schools and colleges, featuring Carina Baumann, Joanne Hashitani, Aaron Maietta, Leigh Merrill, Sandra Ono, S. Patricia Patterson, Josh Short, Gina Tuzzi, Jina Valentine, Andrew Witrak. (image: Andrew Witrak, Everything Passing Over […]
Altered States: The Collection in Context
An exhibition of artworks related to the mystical, the transcendent and the transformative. Among the many themes embedded in the di Rosa’s extensive collection, featuring artists Lynne-Rachel Altman, Jim Campbell – Bruce Conner, Linda Connor, Lewis deSoto, Robilee Frederick, David Ireland, Keira Kotler, Thérèse Lahaie, Richard Misrach, Robert Moon, David Simpson, Travis Somerville, Elisabeth Sunday, […]
Mike Henderson: New Work
Mike Henderson shares new expressive, gestural abstract paintings that, like the blues and jazz music he also creates, fully engage viewers both physically and intellectually. Working both with and beyond the tradition of Abstract Expressionism, Henderson improvises with oil paint in a visual equivalent to the musical improvisations he crafts with his guitar…read more
(un)Natural
An exhibition of works of art interpreting nature and created by Bay Area artists responding to the natural environment, whether in detailed studies of plants and animals or lush paintings of the land or sea. Featuring Jessica Cadkin, Ross Campbell, Misako Inaoka, Carrie Lederer, Kathryn Spence, Lucrecia Troncoso, Tara Tucker.