One of the first things visitors notice as they enter the Oakland Museum of California from 10th Street is a clear polygon rising from the open-air koi pond. This is Tragamon, a cast-acrylic sculpture by Oakland abstract artist Bruce Beasley, created and installed in 1972. On sunny mornings the sculpture acts as a prism, refracting the light up the museum steps in bright bands of color.
The exhibition covers more than four decades of Beasley’s sculpture, and includes approximately 75 works in aluminum and acrylic, cast and fabricated bronze, stainless steel, iron, granite, and wood. A tableau of the artist’s studio, with his tools and examples of his collection of animal skulls and other source material, will also be on display.
“ The museum decided to offer a retrospective of Bruce’s work now to mark this milestone year in his career and to pay tribute to the completion of Vitality, his 37-foot bronze commissioned by the city of Oakland for the Frank Ogawa Plaza,” said Philip Linhares, chief curator of art at the museum. “We’ve long admired Bruce’s thoughtful, analytical work, and its unexpected emotional content.”
The Oakland Museum of California organized the Beasley retrospective and will produce the exhibition catalog. Published by Wilsted & Taylor, Oakland, the catalog includes a foreword by Linhares; essays by Albert Elsen, noted professor of art history at Stanford University, and Los Angeles critic Peter Frank; a personal statement by the artist; an illustrated chronology; and photography by M. Lee Fatherree.
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The exhibition covers more than four decades of Beasley’s sculpture, and includes approximately 75 works in aluminum and acrylic, cast and fabricated bronze, stainless steel, iron, granite, and wood. A tableau of the artist’s studio, with his tools and examples of his collection of animal skulls and other source material, will also be on display.
“ The museum decided to offer a retrospective of Bruce’s work now to mark this milestone year in his career and to pay tribute to the completion of Vitality, his 37-foot bronze commissioned by the city of Oakland for the Frank Ogawa Plaza,” said Philip Linhares, chief curator of art at the museum. “We’ve long admired Bruce’s thoughtful, analytical work, and its unexpected emotional content.”
The Oakland Museum of California organized the Beasley retrospective and will produce the exhibition catalog. Published by Wilsted & Taylor, Oakland, the catalog includes a foreword by Linhares; essays by Albert Elsen, noted professor of art history at Stanford University, and Los Angeles critic Peter Frank; a personal statement by the artist; an illustrated chronology; and photography by M. Lee Fatherree.
One of the first things visitors notice as they enter the Oakland Museum of California from 10th Street is a clear polygon rising from the open-air koi pond. This is Tragamon, a cast-acrylic sculpture by Oakland abstract artist Bruce Beasley, created and installed in 1972. On sunny mornings the sculpture acts as a prism, refracting the light up the museum steps in bright bands of color.
The exhibition covers more than four decades of Beasley’s sculpture, and includes approximately 75 works in aluminum and acrylic, cast and fabricated bronze, stainless steel, iron, granite, and wood. A tableau of the artist’s studio, with his tools and examples of his collection of animal skulls and other source material, will also be on display.
“ The museum decided to offer a retrospective of Bruce’s work now to mark this milestone year in his career and to pay tribute to the completion of Vitality, his 37-foot bronze commissioned by the city of Oakland for the Frank Ogawa Plaza,” said Philip Linhares, chief curator of art at the museum. “We’ve long admired Bruce’s thoughtful, analytical work, and its unexpected emotional content.”
The Oakland Museum of California organized the Beasley retrospective and will produce the exhibition catalog. Published by Wilsted & Taylor, Oakland, the catalog includes a foreword by Linhares; essays by Albert Elsen, noted professor of art history at Stanford University, and Los Angeles critic Peter Frank; a personal statement by the artist; an illustrated chronology; and photography by M. Lee Fatherree.
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The exhibition covers more than four decades of Beasley’s sculpture, and includes approximately 75 works in aluminum and acrylic, cast and fabricated bronze, stainless steel, iron, granite, and wood. A tableau of the artist’s studio, with his tools and examples of his collection of animal skulls and other source material, will also be on display.
“ The museum decided to offer a retrospective of Bruce’s work now to mark this milestone year in his career and to pay tribute to the completion of Vitality, his 37-foot bronze commissioned by the city of Oakland for the Frank Ogawa Plaza,” said Philip Linhares, chief curator of art at the museum. “We’ve long admired Bruce’s thoughtful, analytical work, and its unexpected emotional content.”
The Oakland Museum of California organized the Beasley retrospective and will produce the exhibition catalog. Published by Wilsted & Taylor, Oakland, the catalog includes a foreword by Linhares; essays by Albert Elsen, noted professor of art history at Stanford University, and Los Angeles critic Peter Frank; a personal statement by the artist; an illustrated chronology; and photography by M. Lee Fatherree.
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