Renegade Humor, February 3, 2012 - July 8, 2012, New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight and South Metro A Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement, November 20, 2005 - March 5, 2006, New Wing, First Floor, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, San José Museum of Art. Circulated to: Katzen Art Center at American University, Washington, DC, April 9-July 29, 2006.

Renegade Humor (2012)

While exhibits William T. Wiley’s characteristic humor, it also gravely refers to the terrorist attacks that occurred in New York on September 11, 2001. An inscription at the top of the painting reads: “September 11, the day the earth stood still and went faster. America under attack.” Below the writing, Wiley painted the smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center. Like most of Wiley’s work, overflows with a bustling energy that comes from layers of obsessive scrawls and scribbles saturating the raw areas of the canvas. Planetary symbols and cosmic signs abound, as well as the yin-yang, which represents idealized balance in the universe. At the center of the painting is the outline of a large mountain goat, a symbol of practical wisdom and the emblem of a man who wins victories through diplomatic means rather than by force.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement , 11/20/2005 - 7/29/2006

• Image Dimensions: 96 x 60 in. (243.84 x 152.4 cm)

This object is a member of the following portfolios: