JOESAM, guest curated by Erin Jenoa Gilbert, well-known for her careful scholarship and dedication to bringing forth unsung Black artists, is the first Bay Area museum exhibition of the work of beloved, self taught, 84-year-old San Francisco artist JoeSam. It includes 20 mixed media paintings from key series produced between 1985 and 2020 to draw attention to JoeSam.'s experiments in text and abstraction, his activism, and his enduring love for the Bay Area in his work and life. JoeSam.'s colorful compositions contain found materials from the streets of California. Juxtaposing discarded elements such as bicycle wheels, cigarettes, plastic pipes, and wooden blocks with archival images and news clippings, discordant colors in large capital letters strewn across the canvas provide context clues to the message he wishes to convey. His works are political commentary on the continuous state of affairs in the Black community. He is a member of the Hunters Point Shipyard Artists community.
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JOESAM, guest curated by Erin Jenoa Gilbert, well-known for her careful scholarship and dedication to bringing forth unsung Black artists, is the first Bay Area museum exhibition of the work of beloved, self taught, 84-year-old San Francisco artist JoeSam. It includes 20 mixed media paintings from key series produced between 1985 and 2020 to draw attention to JoeSam.'s experiments in text and abstraction, his activism, and his enduring love for the Bay Area in his work and life. JoeSam.'s colorful compositions contain found materials from the streets of California. Juxtaposing discarded elements such as bicycle wheels, cigarettes, plastic pipes, and wooden blocks with archival images and news clippings, discordant colors in large capital letters strewn across the canvas provide context clues to the message he wishes to convey. His works are political commentary on the continuous state of affairs in the Black community. He is a member of the Hunters Point Shipyard Artists community.
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