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Elliott Sky Case on October 20, 2021
In the center of the triptych a family poses alongside a Polaroid and a huge, dark bust of a man’s head. A little boy stands proudly between his sitting relatives, two handprints floating above his head—his father’s larger hand encircling the boy’s own.
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Amani Hamed on September 29, 2021
This Friday, after a brief closure, a memorial gallery dedicated to the late photographer David Pace will reopen at San Jose’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Truly a man who contained artistic multitudes, Pace worked across decades, beginning from the moment he was gifted a Brownie Hawkeye camera for his eighth birthday in…
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Mike Huguenor on September 1, 2021
Though it is only roughly the size of Connecticut, Jamaica’s influence on world culture is impossible to overstate. This week, Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson’s stunning mixed-media exhibit wraps up at San Jose’s Institute of Contemporary Art, and to celebrate the run, San Jose Jazz hosts “Reggae Warrior” Winstrong out front in…
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Kyle Martin on August 18, 2021
Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson’s stunning solo mixed-media exhibition has been on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art since March, but its run ends soon. This Saturday, as the exhibit enters its final weeks, ICA holds a curator-led tour of the exhibit, inviting people to indulge their imagination in Patterson’s florid…
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Kyle Martin on August 4, 2021
This week, South First Fridays art walk and street market are back with artists showing their paintings, ceramics, photographs, music and more all along the SoFA District. Exhibitions include young musicians slangin’ tunes for San Jose Jazz on the corner of First and San Carlos, and a film/art show with live musical…
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
What do you think of when you hear the word ‘portrait?’ Someone’s face? A head-and-shoulders shot, like the Mona Lisa? Or is it something more personal: a depiction of someone’s skin and body? LA-based artist Amir H. Fallah thinks it is exactly none of these things. In his portraits, Fallah depicts obscured…
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