SAN JOSÉ, California (October 23, 2017) — World-renowned artist and muralist, El Mac (Miles MacGregor), will be discussing his work, his collaborations with The Propeller Group, and upcoming mural project on Wednesday, November 1, noon, at the San José Museum of Art. El Mac’s large-scale wall murals blur the lines between fine art and graffiti. His murals are found across the United States and internationally. The lecture is part of the Museum’s ongoing Lunchtime Lecture series. Tickets to Lunchtime Lectures are free with Museum admission.
The mural is a collaborative undertaking by the San José Museum of Art, The Propeller Group, El Mac, award-winning children’s author and artist Christopher Myers, Empire 7 Studios, and the Children’s Discovery Museum. The mural will bring a larger-than-life face of a refugee youth to a highly-visible wall of the Children’s Discovery Museum in downtown San José. In September, SJMA launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the mural project.
El Mac began painting with acrylic paint and painting graffiti in the mid-1990s and focused primarily on life-like renderings of human faces and figures. He developed a unique style of rendering, utilizing repetition of contour lines, reminiscent of ripples, Turing patterns, and indigenous North American art. He has painted murals in the United States, Mexico, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, South Korea, Belgium, Italy, The Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain, France, Singapore, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, and Cuba. El Mac had solo exhibitions at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Galerie Wolfsen, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Joshua Liner Gallery, Robert Berman Gallery, and Fifty24SF.
SAN JOSÉ MUSEUM OF ART
The San José Museum of Art celebrates new ideas, stimulates creativity, and inspires connection with every visit. Welcoming and thought-provoking, the Museum rejects stuffiness and delights visitors with its surprising and playful perspective on the art and artists of our time. SJMA is located at 110 South Market Street in downtown San José, California. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 AM to 5 PM and until 8 PM or later on the third Thursday of each month. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for students, and $5 for youth ages 7 – 18. Members and children ages 6 and under are admitted free. For more information, call 408-271-6840 or visit www.SanJoseMuseumofArt.org.
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Programs at the San Jose Museum of Art are made possible by generous operating support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Yvonne and Mike Nevens, a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose, and the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation.