This new invitational program at the Davis is designed to engage artists in transforming the dramatic expanse of floor-to-ceiling, ground-level windows that articulate the lobby of our signature Rafael Moneo building and its courtyard plaza.
Christiane Baumgartner works at the intersection of old and new media to expand the traditions of printmaking. Her prints are about speed and transmission, human sight and its elusive capture, cultural memory and modes of representation.
In a portfolio of 22 screen prints based on gouache paintings from 1941, Jacob Lawrence portrays the complexity of abolitionist John Brown’s life, from his fierce Christian piety to his militant devotion to the abolition of slavery.
Sky Hopinka’s short film Dislocation Blues presents an alternative to mainstream media representations of Standing Rock during the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
This exhibition draws from the Davis Museum’s collection of James Gillray prints, examining both the complexity of Gillray’s printmaking technique and the range and depth of his historical and cultural references.
