In 2022 we added 42 artworks by working Bay Area artists to our collection through a gift of the SVANE Family Foundation. In this interview, we speak with two of those artists, Demetri Broxton and Ramekon O’Arwisters, about how Black culture and liberation are expressed through their mixed-media practices.
Shell-encrusted boxing gloves punch hard at the viscera, simultaneously eliciting speculations on the bloody bone of Black American, African, and Louisiana Creole cultural histories.
Amalia Galdona Broche and Demetri Broxton’s recent Los Angeles debuts at Patricia Sweetow Gallery are nothing less than startling …
Two powerful artists create immersive works that are rich in meaning, texture, and materials at Patricia Sweetow Gallery, now through June 24th.
MAY 12, 2023 by Maria Porges Ramekon O’Arwisters’ career as a sculptor has been characterized from the start by fearless and authentic experimentation with materials. These have included the textiles familiar from his childhood, followed by broken shards of glass and ceramic discovered during an artist’s residency at San Francisco’s Recology/Waste Management. He has since […]
Time to gear-up for an exciting journey with Linda Sormin in Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence at the MFA Boston.
Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life is a timely examination of the Bay Area arts ecosystem.
All That Glitters The Transformative Portraiture of Jamie Vasta by William Moreno | Mar 7, 2023 One of my favorite paintings is a portrait of myself at the age of five or so, composed by my father. Along with my siblings’ pictures and beyond the sentimentality, these portraits have become distinctive family emblems and historical markers, wrought at a […]
The Transformative Portraiture of Jamie Vasta by William Moreno | Mar 7, 2023 One of my favorite paintings is a portrait of myself at the age of five or so, composed by my father. Along with my siblings’ pictures and beyond the sentimentality, these portraits have become distinctive family emblems and historical markers, wrought at a time […]