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CCA Wattis Institute Presents: Huckleberry Finn
September 28–December 11, 2010
Wattis Institute, San Francisco campus
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Reception: Tues., Sept. 28, 6–8 p.m.
Hours: Tues. and Thur., 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; Wed., Fri., and Sat., 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Info: 415.551.9210 or www.wattis.org
Huckleberry Finn is the final installment in a trilogy of CCA Wattis Institute exhibitions that examine America's canonical novels through modern and contemporary art. Many of the artworks will be new, specially commissioned for this presentation. The show will also include ephemera documenting author Mark Twain, and artifacts and artworks that paint a portrait of African American life in the time of slavery.
The featured artists are Edgar Arceneaux, Ruth-Marion Baruch, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Claude Clark, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Jamal Cyrus, Emory Douglas, Thomas Edison, Geoffrey Farmer, Simon Fujiwara, Ellen Gallagher, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rodney Graham, David Hammons, Clementine Hunter, Edward W. Kemble, Dorothea Lange, Tim Lee, Henry Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Pare Lorentz, Jason Meadows, Kristen Morgin, Thomas Nast, Kirsten Pieroth, Horace Pippin, Betye Saar, Ben Shahn, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Allison Smith, Alec Soth, William Desmond Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol.
Generous support for Huckleberry Finn provided by Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation; Robin Wright and Ian Reeves; Laura and Joe Sweeney; the British Council; and Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam.
Founding support for CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts programs has been provided by Phyllis C. Wattis and Judy and Bill Timken. General support for the Wattis Institute provided by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Grants for the Arts / San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Ann Hatch and Paul Discoe, and the CCA Curator's Forum.
Generous support for CCA public programs in San Francisco has been provided by Grants for the Arts / San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund.
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