Art Reception for "Contextual: Visualizing Language"

The public is invited to a free artists’ reception at the Cabrillo Gallery on Saturday, October 5, 4:00-6:00 pm. There will be an artists’ talk during the reception at 5:00 pm.

This exhibition features the work of seven artists who synthesize art and language: Joe Amrhein, Squeak Carnwath, Kevin B. Chen, Lalla Essaydi, Ward Schumaker, Sarah Swett, and Annie Vought. The medium and the message vary from one artist to the next, each of them combining the transcription of text with the visual vocabularies of their chosen art forms. Fictional fabrications, political and cultural commentary, philosophical musings, the “sign language” of advertising, and deeply personal familial tributes are expressed through painting, printmaking, drawing, tapestry, photography, collage, mixed media, and cut paper.