Exhibitions
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
D.Y. Cameron, Ben Ledi (detail), 1911, etching and drypoint
D.Y. Cameron: Mystic Beauty and Sacred Space
28 September – 7 December 2018
Hoehn Family Galleries, Founders Hall
This exhibition represents the first time that the career of the legendary Scottish artist, Sir. David Young Cameron (1865-1945), has been surveyed in depth in California.
Jane Blackmen, Pala Band of Mission Indians © Matika Wilbur 2018
Matika Wilbur: Project 562
9 November 2018 – 3 May 2019
David W. May American Indian Gallery, Serra Hall
Matika Wilbur has been photographing contemporary Native Americans as part of an epic documentary undertaking that she has named Project 562. The May Gallery presentation includes more than a dozen of Wilbur’s recent works from this project, concentrating on portraits she has been making of individuals in the Southwest.
Davi Det Hompson, Untitled (TH IS NT),n.d., screenprint ©2018 Estate of David E. Thompson
The Printed Word: Textual Play in Contemporary Art
29 October – 14 December 2018
Humanities Center Gallery, Serra Hall
In our contemporary moment, artists frequently incorporate statements that exclude imagery altogether. This exhibition draws on the strength of USD’s growing print collection to examine recent tendencies that explore text in printmaking practices.
Dorothy Day (detail), c. 1955, © 2018 Vivian Cherry
Love is the Measure: Photos of Dorothy Day by Vivian Cherry
12 October – 14 December 2018
Fine Art Galleries, KIPJ
Vivian Cherry, a street photographer known for her interest in social issues, chronicled Day’s work starting in 1955. Almost 50 of Cherry’s images from these extended photo-essays are brought together in this exhibition.
Contact Information
University Galleries
Founders Hall 102
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Phone: (619) 260-7516
galleries@sandiego.edu
