This week Brian and Patricia head over to Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts to check out Bay Area Now 5, a
triennial of local contemporary art. Joining the round table
discussion are curators
Berin Golonu, Valerie Imus, and Taraneh Hemami, as well as
participating artists Ian McDonalnd, Edmundo de Marcheno, and Jonn
Herschend.
YBCA's fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores
questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst
of globalization. What continues to draw artists here and makes the
Bay Area a unique place to live and work when more and more of us
are traversing the globe and becoming international citizens? How
does the physical geography of the Bay, both natural and
constructed, influence the Bay Area as a site of artistic
production? How does the history of this region, including its
legacy of social activism, shape Bay Area residents' understanding
of themselves and the rest of the world's notion of this place?
What are the contrasts between the myths, ideals and realities of
the Bay Area and the aspirations of its residents? The Bay Area Now
5 survey exhibition asks these questions to explore the many ways
artists are influenced by their experiences both inside and outside
of the Bay Area.
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Bad At Sports is a weekly podcast about contemporary art. Founded in 2005, badatsports.com focuses on presenting the practices of artists, curators, critics, dealers, various other arts professionals through an online audio format.