Julian Opie


Julian Opie has evolved his own artistic language by observing the world around him and distilling his impressions to their essence. He draws from a variety of sources, including ancient art, electronic signage, Japanese woodblock prints, computer...

Fred Tomaselli


Fred Tomaselli’s highly detailed artwork Expecting to Fly (for the Zeros), in honor of the late great Chula Vista based Chicano Punk band, The Zeros, combines cutout images of insects, animals, plants, butterflies, birds, and body parts to create...

Richard Allen Morris


“The work of Richard Allen Morris is disrespectful, bold, downright fresh and always full of painterly bravura; he transforms his own, sometimes bizarre, world theater into painting. Playfully, humorously, and in his very own way, he reflects...

Kim MacConnel


  MacConnel describes his artwork as an updated Morris Louis “paint fall.” “The building called for a sinuous undulating pattern to offset the structure and the color helps to offset its location in an alley”. MacConnel is a seminal...

Roy McMakin


  “The idea was very simple. I have always, since a child, been intrigued at both my own emotions around color preference, and also others. It has been important, and part of my identity to know what my favorite color is. I often recall...

Anya Gallaccio


  “’Surf’s up’ is a photographic image produced using a scanning electron microscope to look closely at a single grain of sand from the California coast. Looking at the dirt under our feet reveals another world, a landscape that we can never...

John Baldessari


  Palm trees and clouds are recurring motifs in Baldessari's work. In this work by Baldessari, he has combined a palm tree with a brain/cloud, calling attention to the way we often see images when we look at clouds. The artwork’s location,...

Ryan McGinness


  “This new body of work is a continuation of my established and disciplined image-making that strives to employ the aesthetic of the anonymously created universal sign symbol. Two parallel desires drive these new Women drawings: my desire...

Ann Hamilton


    Ann Hamilton is a contemporary artist best known for her installations, textile art and sculpture, who is also active in the fields of photography, printmaking, video and video installation. She wrote about her artwork, entitled,...

Robert Ginder


The artwork HOUSE by Robert Ginder features not just an iconic image of a Mediterranean/Spanish-style house, but literally a house made into an icon. While possessing many unique details, this house also reveals the distinctive character of the neighborhood...