An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area

Read more about the show in this SF Arts Monthly article, and in this San Francisco Magazine feature.

The Future Lasts Forever utilizes the notion of autobiography as a way to explore the work of contemporary artists who are using archival material, exploring persistent subject matter, and examining their own personal histories and the practical ways and means that surround art practice and preserve works for the future beyond the ephemeral exhibition model. To emphasize the exhibition’s autobiographical focus in egalitarian terms, accompanying text panels feature an articulation by each artist of their work. The cumulative effect of these projects serves to exemplify the evolution of a multifaceted and multicultural major American metropolitan region.

Featuring work by: Michael Light, Linda Connor, Chris McCaw, Lukas Felzmann, Richard Gordon, Apollonia Morrill, Robert Dawson, Youngsuk Suh, Louis Hock, Anne Collier, Victor Arimondi, Kevin Killian, Janet Delaney, Tammy Rae Carland, Binh Danh, Peter Tonningsen, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Jessamyn Lovell, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Anne Walsh & Chris Kubick, Abner Nolan, Todd Hido, Paul Schiek, Charles Gatewood, Jack Fritscher, Arthur Tress, David Hurles, Jim Stewart, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Maisel, Richard Barnes, Mark Richards, Tom Marioni, and many more.

January 7—April 17, 2010
First Thursday Opening Reception: Thursday, January 7, 5 - 8 pm