Nayland Blake is a noted New York artist who spent a decade living in San Francisco in the late 80s into the 90s. Known primarily as a sculptor, a large part of his current practice is blogging. He has kept up a near-daily diary of texts, photographs and most recently, cartoons on www.naylandblake.net for several years. This is the first-ever off-line exhibition of his autobiographical drawings cum cartoons, in which a philosophical character appears who greatly resembles a cross-fertilization among Blake, L'il Abner and Smoky the Bear. Original black and white drawings will be on view as well as digital images, in color, from cd. Blake is represented by Mathew Marks Gallery in New York and is the chair of the graduate program in photography at the ICP in New York.

Image: Nayland Blake
Self 30

Owen Smith is a nationally-respected Bay Area illustrator and artist. He is on the faculty in the design department of the California College of the Arts, in San Francisco. On view will be a range of recent drawings and paintings in his signature pulp fiction, 1930's style of realism. Owen Smith's illustration clients include Sports Illustrated, Time, Rolling Stone, and the New Yorker, for which he has created 15 cover illustrations. He has recently completed work on a new children's book for Simon and Schuster.

Image: Owen Smith
Krays

Available are works by Hung Liu, Don Ed Hardy, and more as well as posters by Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, and William T. Willey!

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Paintings and Drawings: Charles Campbell Gallery
1980
17.5" x 11.5"
poster

The excellence of the UC Davis Fine Arts Collection has been made possible through generous donations by artists, alumni and other supporters in the community over the past 35 years. The past two years have seen unusually large and excellent gifts arrive, in particular the 2008 gift of twenty hand-embellished prints by Wayne Thiebaud, which will be on view for the first time. Also seen for the first time will be works by Diebenkorn, Oliviera and others in honor of the late Gurdon Woods, a gift in honor of his retirement by emeritus faculty member Malaquias Montoya, a gift of Arneson drawings from the estate in honor of Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, an Arneson portrait of the late Roy de Forest given by the estate, and much more.

Image:
Wayne Thiebaud
Cupcakes & Donuts
Hand worked aquatint with watercolor
2007/2008
Gift of Wayne and Betty Jean Thiebaud

This small show of three treasures from the collection is offered to share with visitors the ongoing “behind-the-scenes” work of a museum. These works by Edward Weston, Roy De Forest, and Wayne Thiebaud were identified as being particularly worthy and particularly in need of rehabilitation. On view are the finished products.

Image:
Edward Weston
Shell on Rocks at Point Lobos, 1931
Gelatin silver print
Gift of John Williams

This exhibition is of work that was made at the art workshop at the California Medical Facility, Vacaville, part of the state’s prison system. Jeff Hesemeyer, who was the founder and teacher of that program for many years, facilitated this donation.

Image:

John Thomas
Yard Days, 2002
Acrylic on canvas board
Gift of California Medical Facility

MERCH ART COMES TO THE NELSON GALLERY AT UC DAVIS FROM SEPTEMBER 24TH TO DECEMBER 13TH, 2009

OPENING RECEPTION WILL BE OCTOBER 1, 5:30-7:30 PM

From the collection of Lawrence Banka & Judith Gordon of San Francisco.

Image:
Pablo Picasso
Dove of Peace
Jigsaw Puzzle
1966, ink on cardboard
14.5 " x 14.5 "
(Photograph by Lloyd Hryciw)

Guest curated by Felicenne Ramey with Renny Pritikin. From the collections of Avis C. Robinson of Washington DC and Sandra McPherson of Davis. In association with a concurrent exhibition at 40 Acres Art Gallery in Sacramento. This exhibition is supported by a gift from the Nehemiah Corporation.

Image: Sharecropper's Masterpiece