KQED Arts & Culture: Visual Arts

May 12, 2008
Art Review : Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Nostalgia is the prevailing sentiment in Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon, an exhibition of sculpture, video, paintings, and works on paper by 20 artists at the San Jose Museum of Art. For senior curator JoAnne Northrup, the word robot conjures the walking tin men of science fiction's golden age, whose physical similarity to us (arms, legs, eyes, etc.) was essential to our embrace, and fear, of these in-our-image fantasies.

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May 11, 2008
Spark : Yoshi's, Hijos del Sol, Diamano Coura

Meet a local legend, young muralists, and West African dancers.

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May 10, 2008
Art Review : MATRIX/REDUX at Berkeley Art Museum

Not to be outdone by last year's CCA centennial survey at the Oakland Museum, the Berkeley Art Museum is currently offering a vanity exhibition of its own. Assembled by BAM's Elizabeth Thomas, MATRIX/REDUX is a self-curated look at the Museum's acclaimed program of a similar name.

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NPR Topics: Visual Arts
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Rauschenberg Shifted Path of American Art
Robert Rauschenberg, one of the most influential artists of his generation, has died at 82. A man of seemingly limitless imagination, Rauschenberg created works of great beauty out of objects that most people would overlook.

Pop Artist Robert Rauschenberg Dies
The artist, famous for using found objects in his work, was 82. His most famous work, "Bed," was painted on a quilt using paint, toothpaste and fingernail polish.

Marking the French Social Revolution of '68
Forty years ago, millions of French workers joined protesting students in a general strike that paralyzed the country and nearly brought down the government. A few weeks later, the May 1968 protests fizzled out, but French society was radically changed.

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