Grace & tension Apr 15, 2008
Gallagher's influences include Stephen De Staebler, Manuel Neri, Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) and David Smith (1906-1965). Kizziar, who has watched his friend's work grow in stature, says he believes that "Dennis has definitely found his own voice."In 2003, the Oakland Museum of California described his show for its Sculpture Court this way: "Dennis Gallagher expands the limits of clay to produce sculpture that embodies both timelessness and modernity."His art is included in the collections of the... (Fresno Bee)
Gone to the dogs: Colleagues, students reunite to remember UCD's De Forest Nov 15, 2007
De Forest, alongside renowned colleagues Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, William T. Wiley and the late Robert Arneson, trumpeted the name of the university to the art world in the 1960s. A crowd in the UC Davis Art Building lobby celebrated De Forest with a song, stories and laughter. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
California College of the Arts at 100: Its writing program sizzles Aug 20, 2007
Alumni Nathan Oliveira and Manuel Neri were leaders in the Bay Area figurative art movement. The photorealist movement of the 1970s has been invigorated by alumnus Robert Bechtle and faculty member Jack Mendenhall. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Art lecture Thursday at di Rosa Preserve Jun 12, 2007
Featured artists at the preserve who are alumni of CCA are Robert Arneson, Robert Bechtle, Robert Brady, Karen Breschi, Jamie Brunson, Squeak Carnwath, Viola Frey, Daniel Galvez, Gerald Gooch, Todd Hido, David Ireland, Richard McLean, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliveira, Dennis Oppenheim, Sono Osato, Raymond Saunders, Peter Voulkos and Paul Wonner. There will also be a panel discussion Thursday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m. titled "Artists, Art Schools and Museums: A Conversation." Lawrence Rinder, dean of... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Quietly Puzzling Jan 18, 2007
REVIEW / An artist who finds comfort (and discomfort) in his own shoes. OK, OK, OK" (1990), as if he wanted to expose the sinew of effort itself, the better to know its value. Even the early pieces, watched through, induce in the viewer a corrosive skepticism toward the most routine acts of will. "A Rose Has No Teeth," the brainchild of Constance Lewallen at BAM, contains a few discoveries, such as the very brief, oddly disorienting film, "Uncovering a Sculpture" (1965). It also revisits much of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Carole Horowitz: An unexpected treasure in New York Nov 23, 2006
The Gerdin Building benefited from the program, acquiring the artwork of John Henry, Manuel Neri, Priscilla Sage and Julia Schmidt. "This building has the most wonderful concentration of Expressionist contemporary art on campus," a prideful Lynette said. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
