Here And Now: The Bay Area Figurative Movement Grows

The “Here And Now: The Bay Area Figurative Movement Grows,” at the Sausalito Center for Arts was hosted for the second year. I participated in this group exhibit about today’s narrative, expressive phase of the Bay Area figurative movement is about reflecting on the world we live in. 

We are telling stories that reach beyond academic achievement and accuracy. We are truth seeking. Sometimes we embrace the unbeautiful. Or create beauty for its own sake. 

Our work might reflect on our personal struggles or reflect the tensions that surround our lives. We are presenting a range of select artists who focus on the figure and are living and working in The Bay Area. Each is grounded in the figurative movement yet continues to explore and express their humanity through portrayals of the form in context. 

CURATORS: Susan R. Kirshenbaum and Catherine Merrill

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Joseph Abbati, Doug Andelin, Isidoro Angeles, Adam Caldwell, Sandy Frank, Tebby George, Mary Graham, Susan R. Kirshenbaum, Calvin Lai, Kim Larson, 

Catherine Merrill, Stephen Namara, Diane Olivier, May Shei, Sandra Speidel

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THE DRAWING GROUP: Dwight Been, Henry Bridges, Daisy Eneix, John Goodman, Susan R. Kirshenbaum, Pamela Mooney, Alex Rosmarin, Peter Steinhart, Barbara Tonnesen, Dieter Tremp