Zombie-Proof House
Zombie-Proof House is a meditation on anxiety and hope in a troubled time. This major group exhibition, organized by di Rosa curator Robert Wuilfe, explores recent history and potential futures as they relate to collapse, political upheaval and shared responsibility. Taking its tongue-in-cheek title from the recent predominance of zombies in language and pop culture, […]
Reconstructed World
Reconstructed World focuses on the work of artists who draw viewers into complex narrative tableaux through recreating and restaging sites, objects, and stories. Rather than striving for perfect realism or objective documentation, these projects side-step traditional representation for a more uncanny and ultimately affective experience. The projects in the exhibition utilize a range of media […]
Enrique Chagoya: Surviving Paradise/Sobreviviendo el Paraíso
Surviving Paradise/Sobreviviendo el Paraíso features new and significant recent work by Enrique Chagoya highlighting cross-border themes that he has explored throughout his artistic career: immigration, colonization, political struggle, economics, and cultural imposition. Through masterful drawings, prints, books, and editioned objects, Chagoya brings an analytical and often darkly humorous eye to bear on the world around us.
Know the Rules–Then Break Them
Know the Rules–Then Break Them featured a selection of photographic works from the di Rosa collection, curated by Doreen Schmid. The works in this exhibition reflected how photography has evolved from traditional documentary device to embodying and shaping various postmodern movements. Artists included: Ruth Bernhard, Bruce Conner, Imogen Cunningham, Bill Dane, Judy Dater, Lynn Hershman, […]
Stags’ Leap Winery Artist in Residence
Initiated in 2014, this collaboration marks the launch of a newly revitalized Artist in Residence program at Stags’ Leap Winery through a multi-year partnership with di Rosa. Stags’ Leap Winery has been a gathering place and creative retreat for artists from all over the country since its inception in 1893. With the revival of their […]
Artivore Antics: Auction Preview
Visitors get a sneak peek at works in the live and silent auctions, including renowned Bay Area artists such as James Barsness, Chester Arnold, John Casey, Enrique Chagoya, Jason Jagel, Deborah Oropallo, Maria Porges, Rex Ray, Walter Robinson, Travis Somerville, Catherine Wagner, William Wiley, and many more. Bidding begins October 1, 2010 at the Preview […]
POMP: New Work by Deborah Oropallo
Deborah Oropallo uses a computer rather than the brush, and has always preferred a systematic approach to her digitally constructed paintings. POMP features a varied range of her work, including pieces from her Guise and Wild Wild West series where she addresses the issue of adornment, pageantry, and costume. The Guise series is focused on […]
MFA Selections : A Salute to Bay Area Master Emerging Artists
di Rosa’s Biennial MFA exhibition presents a juried selection of artists who recently completed their Master of Fine Art degrees at Bay Area art schools and colleges. Artists include Joanne Hashitani, Leigh Merrill, Sandra Ono, Gina Tuzzi, and Andrew Witrak from Mills College; Carina Baumann and S. Patricia Patterson from San Francisco Art Institute; Jina […]
Altered States: The Collection in Context
Among the many themes embedded in di Rosa’s extensive collection, the notion of spirituality—or at least an altered state of consciousness—is discernible in the work of a number of artists. The Bay Area has long been an accommodating home to people searching for different views of reality, and its artists have often made visible those […]
Mike Henderson: New Work
Mike Henderson shares new expressive, gestural abstract paintings that, like the blues and jazz music he also creates, fully engage viewers both physically and intellectually. Working both with and beyond the tradition of abstract expressionism, Henderson improvises with oil paint in a visual equivalent to the musical improvisations he crafts with his guitar. Henderson has […]