David Park, "Interior," 1957, oil on canvas, 54 x 48 inches
About this Conference
In September of 1957 the exhibition "Contemporary Bay Area Figurative Painting," a traveling show developed by Paul Mills of the Oakland Museum, gave a name to the new school of figurative painting that had emerged in the Postwar San Francisco Bay Area. Featuring 36 works by 12 artists, including Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn and David Park, the exhibition proved historic and influential. Now, nearly seven decades later the time has come to revisit and reconsider the impact of this moment.
Helen Park Bigelow, with John Seed, speaking at the 2017 Park Legacy panel discussion
Bay Area Figurative Art and its Legacy is a planned conference being organized by John Seed, who was a co-organizer of the 2017 exhibition Honoring the Legacy of David Park at Santa Clara University, with support from the Sam Francis Foundation and Hunk and Moo Anderson. The 2027 conference, which Seed hopes will be held at a Bay Area university or museum, will offer a new generation of scholars, students and artists the opportunity to gather and reflect on both the past and future of Bay Area figuration. As planning for the conference progresses news about the date, location and programs will be posted.
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