The Diego Rivera Gallery is building, formerly a student-directed art gallery and exhibition space for work by
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately ...
students.
History
The gallery provided an opportunity for BFA, MFA and Post-Baccalaureate students to present their work in a gallery setting, to use the space for large-scale installations, or to experiment with artistic concepts and concerns in a public venue. Exhibitions changed weekly and were open on Tuesdays. About 40 shows per year were scheduled, and close to 200 students were exhibit each year.
In ex-faculty member
Charles Boone's time at SFAI, he attended nearly every opening reception.
Mural
''The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City'' (1931) is one of four
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
murals in the San Francisco Bay Area painted by Mexican artist
Diego Rivera
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...
. Rivera's mural seems to be painted for and about a
working class
The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colou ...
audience.
[Lee, Anthony W. "The Making of a Fresco". ''Oxford Art Journal'', Vol. 19, No. 2 (1996), pp. 72-82]
References
External links
Official websiteFull Story of the Mural at SFAI Website2009 MFA Exhibition, ''San Francisco Chronicle''2006 MFA Exhibition, ''San Francisco Chronicle''
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Contemporary art galleries in the United States
Arts organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Organizations based in San Francisco
Art museums and galleries in San Francisco
Russian Hill, San Francisco