American Graphic: New Figuration in the West 1970s-90s
About
American Graphic: New Figuration in the West 1970s-90s explores the emergence, in the last decades of the twentieth century, of a radical, new narrative art that embraces play, politics, comedy, and crafts.
In the late 60s, when high-minded abstraction and media-obsessed Pop art from New York reigned supreme, a quorum of artists, emerging in California, Oregon and Washington State, found inspiration in places sidelined by artistic convention: comics, political cartoons, and visionary and folk art. American Graphic: New Figuration in the West 1970s-90s offers a new understanding of the region's role in legitimizing narrative art of a new order, one that gives license to humor and play, diverse voices from the Indigenous and the feminist to the rural, and vernacular sensibilities and craft. The exhibition, a collection of works by over two dozen artists, many underknown, including Robert Arneson, Ken Cory, Richard Glazer-Danay, and Judith Linhares, features painting, ceramics, metalsmithing, and other mediums, conveying each artist’s idiosyncratic vision of the American experience in the last quarter of the twentieth century.
Lender
The Schneider Museum of Art
Space Requirements
3,500-4,000 square feet; 400-500 linear feet
Loan Duration
6 months
Support
Art Bridges is dedicated to partnering with and supporting institutions that focus on developing engaging, accessible, and dynamic exhibitions. Art Bridges provides 20% to 70% of total eligible costs while it's at your museum and significant funding for Learning & Engagement programming for outreach and engagement to bring new audiences.
