By Tim Foster
Thank Robert Arneson.
It was Arneson who invited an obscure Midwestern ceramicist to cover a few of his classes at UC Davis, thus introducing Clayton Bailey to northern California – just in time to take his place in art history. Read more »
January 8th, 2012 | Posted in Art, Reviews | No Comments
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January 6th, 2011 | Posted in Art | No Comments
by Tim Foster
Robert Arneson, Bruce Nauman and the whole TB9 crew posed for this 1965 Belmonte show poster
Gone for four decades, and now nearly forgotten, Oak Park’s Belmonte Gallery was once the headquarters of the art vanguard in Sacramento. The brainchild of Sal Yniguez, an artist and woodworker, the Belmonte consistently showed the most groundbreaking work in the region from such seminal artists as Robert Arneson, Willam Wiley and Bruce Nauman. Though never as famous as Folsom’s Candy Store Gallery, the Belmonte Gallery probably played an even more crucial role in developing Sacramento’s artistic identity.
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February 1st, 2010 | Posted in Art | 4 Comments
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