Squeak Carnwath: Was Am

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John Berggruen Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by California-based artist Squeak Carnwath. Was Am marks Carnwath’s eighth solo exhibition at the gallery and comes on the outset of her retrospective at the Oakland Museum of California. John Berggruen Gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Thursday, March 5th between 5:30 – 7:30pm in conjunction with First Thursday.

Aptly titled, Was Am “refers to paintings I WAS doing and paintings I AM doing. ” There is an undeniable continuity in the vocabulary of her work throughout her career that is obvious in the 9 paintings and 2 works on paper on display here – an endurance of symbolism and diaristic expression that allows her work to be easily identifiable, regardless of the year of creation, as a Squeak Carnwath. Many of the same characters and symbols from her previous series have returned in new iterations; urns and one-sided records suggesting the finite nature of life...

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John Berggruen Gallery
228 Grant Street, 2nd/3rd Floors
San Francisco, CA
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  1. John Berggruen Gallery
    228 Grant Street, 2nd/3rd Floors, San Francisco, CA