on view
Peaceable Kingdom: Animals Real and ImaginedMarch 3 - May 19, 2013
Brett Kern, T. rex, 2012, ceramic Peaceable Kingdom: Animals Real and Imagined is devoted to investigating our storied and rich relationship with the animal world. This national exhibition was juried by Stephanie Cannizzo, Associate Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Cathy Kimball, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. Peaceable Kingdom explores the presence of animals in the visual arts and how they appear as metaphors, totems, objects of fear, and sources of emotional attachment and affection.
The Bedford Gallery received over 400 artist submissions for this juried show. After much deliberation, our jurors have selected 58 artists from around the U.S. to participate. The artworks chosen by our jurors represent a range of media, from traditional sculptural and painting practices to conceptually oriented mixed media installations.
Peaceable Kingdom explores the role animals have played in our shared cultural and artistic imagination. The history of human and animal interaction is filled with tales of failed domestication, unusual friendships, and fearsome predators. From Kipling’s ferocious Shere Khan to early imperial menageries, human fascination with the animal kingdom has run the gamut from emotional connection, to economic exploitation, and even scientific curiosity. Throughout all of these interactions, however, the sense of wonder we feel when we encounter animal life has been an enduring theme that has informed their continued and abiding presence in the visual arts.
artists
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Ted Andersen, Petaluma, CA Barbara Banthien, Tiburon, CA Pamela Belknap, San Francisco, CA Timothy Berry, Pacifica, CA Joe Bologna, Alamo, CA Michael Brennan, San Francisco, CA Jessica Brusky, South San Francisco, CA Catherine Buchanan, Walnut Creek, CA Maryann Buchanan, Huntington Beach, CA Natalya Burd, San Jose, CA Michael Carey, Berkeley, CA Peter Carey, San Jose, CA Kristin Chapman, Livermore, CA Sas Colby, Berkeley, CA Peter Cordova, San Francisco, CA Adele Crawford, Oakland, CA John Denning, Sonoma, CA Alexander Diaz, St. Augustine, FL Natasha Dikareva, San Francisco, CA Alicia Escott, San Francisco, CA Alison Farrell, San Francisco, CA Eduardo Fausti, New York, NY Donna Fenstermaker, Berkeley, CA Linda Finch, Palm City, FL Christina Marie Fong, San Francisco, CA Sharon France, Malta, IL Terri Garland, Soquel, CA Amy Guidry, Lafayette, LA Amy Hibbs, San Jose, CA |
Kathalina Ho, San Mateo, CA Nathan Huff, Long Beach, CA Misako Inaoka, Ventura, CA Ian Ingram, Los Angeles, CA Diane Jacobs, Portland, OR Jeremiah Jenkins, Oakland, CA Brett Kern, Elkins, WV Brian King, Oakland, CA Ayse Kozaci, Walnut Creek, CA Bryan Kring, Oakland, CA Marcos LaFarga, Concord, CA Jeffrey Long, San Rafael, CA Nancy Loughlin, Redmond, WA Michael McConnell, San Francisco, CA Jessica McCoy, Claremont, CA Masako Miki, Berkeley, CA Justin Miller, Brookfield, IL Crystal Morey, Oakland, CA Gary Nakamoto, Oakland, CA Jeannie O'Connor, Berkeley, CA Lisa Reinertson, Benicia, CA Walter Robinson, San Francisco, CA Areca Roe, Minneapolis, MN Sally Ruddy, Waterford, CA Carol Selter, Santa Cruz, CA Sharon Tama, Orinda, CA Jenna Trost, Oakland, CA Jake Watling, Oakland, CA |
exhibition sponsors
Bedford Gallery would like to recognize Diablo Regional Arts Association, the Bedford Gallery Guild, and the Bedford Gallery Docent Council for their donation of cash awards.
Thank you also to Gamblin Artist Colors Co., Golden Artist Colors, Inc., Trader Joe's, Oakland Museum of CA, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Walnut Creek Yacht Club for their generous contributions of artist's prizes.
Christina Marie Fong, Hawaiian Tigercat,
2012, mixed media on cardboard
Top: Amy Guidry, The Pack (detail), 2011,
acrylic on canvas
Home page: Michael McConnell, Let Sleeping
Foxes Lie (detail), 2012, watercolor on paper
Jeannie O'Connor, Bad Bird,
2012, painted film over chalk pastel
Curriculum Connection: Explore our relationship with animals and their iconography in the arts as objects of affection, fear, and identity.