A champion of pioneering Bay Area conceptualists.
Reviews
Vik Muniz @ Rena Bransten
Photographic sleight-of-hand reframes modernist mannerisms. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Andrew Schoultz @ Hosfelt
A master painter’s works chart the tumult of overheated times. Glen Helfand reports.
Theda’s Island Chapter 9: Konrad’s Village Wood
Our final excerpt of Mark Van Proyen’s novel-in-progress. Theda takes to the dance floor. Nerves fray.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 6: Chris Eckert
The artist put fear and worry to work. At first making masks. Then, a machine that simulated breathing.
Mark Van Proyen’s Theda’s Island: The Road Home
A shared ride home takes some very strange turns.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 5: Artists Speak
Sculptor Gyöngy Laky offers an optimistic forecast based on what science says about art.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 3: Artists Speak
Amy Ellingson and Brad Brown take us inside their studios.
Mark Van Proyen’s ‘Theda’s Island’: Chapter 4
Theda, in full reptilian mode, shows her colors.
Renny Pritikin Remembers: Part 4
George Lucas and Star Wars at YBCA.
Mark Van Proyen’s ‘Theda’s Island’: Chapter 3
Drinking, gawking and gossiping at The Broken Frame.
Renny Pritikin Remembers: Part 3
Barry McGee and the beginning of Bay Area Now at YBCA.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 2: Artists Speak
Five Bay Area artists on life and art in the Covid-19 era.
Mark Van Proyen’s ‘Theda’s Island’: Chapter 2
Loathe faculty meetings? Read on!
Robert Atkins on Netflix’s Pandemic Docu-Series
Mediations: A Covid-19 Journal: Part 1
Glen Helfand on Ron Nagle @ BAMPFA
A knockout 20-year survey of one of the world’s most esteemed clay sculptors.