San José Museum of Art

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Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection

  • View of a gallery with 3 housing structures made of dark wood and cobalt glass bottles. The main structure is a one room building, large enough to stand in and a slanted roof. Fences extend from the sides of the building.

    Mildred Howard, Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r), 1994, Bottles, wood, sand, walking stones, yellow roses, lights; Promised gift of Drew and Katie Gibson.

  • Six large screen panels side by side showing black and white bricks - almost mosaic-like with straight patterns on the top and more square-ish patterns below. There is also a man, lit from the screens, viewing the artwork.

    Catherine Wagner, Pomegranate Wall, 2000 (facing detail and overleaf), ten light boxes with printed duratans, florescent lights, metal frame 96 x 480 inches; Acquired from the artist upon the completion of the San Jose Museum of Art Artist Residency Fellowship, awarded to the artist in 1997.

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    This exhibition continued the ongoing celebration of SJMA’s 35th anniversary. Coupled with a concurrent show featuring 50 major new gifts to the permanent collection, this exhibition by contrast drew from gifts accumulated over the years, contrasting familiar works by artists such as Hung Liu, Robert Colescott, and Roy DeForest with new gifts of works by artists like Clayton Bailey, Ellen Carey, and Sam Tchakalian. A wide variety of paintings, ceramic sculptures, and installations by diverse artists were included.

    The exhibition of works from SJMA’s permanent collection was supported in part by Doris and Alan Burgess.

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