RAFFMA Opening Reception
The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA) at California State University, San Bernardino will kick-off 2020 with two new exhibitions, “Golden West? Jan Sawka’s California Dream” and “Endomorphism” by David B. Jang. The exhibitions, which open on Saturday, February 1, 6-8 p.m., (with a preview at 5:30 p.m.) will run until Saturday, May 9.
In the Dutton Family Gallery will be a student group exhibition called "Visual Frequency". This exhibition will run from February 3-19.
Golden West? exhibition presents Jan Sawka’s paintings and works on paper focusing on the theme of California/America as a land of problematic promise. While growing up in communist Poland, Jan Sawka dreamed of the United States. He sought information and inspiration for those dreams from every source available. The vivid colors of the sumptuously printed magazine AMERYKA made a huge impression on his imagination. This contrasted with the dark visions of the American New Wave films, which were among the only films the communists allowed in cinemas, with the intention of portraying the West as a corrupt and dysfunctional world.
David Jang’s exhibition, Endomorphism, presents a dynamic, captivating, and highly engaging combination of installation and two-dimensional works. His three installations will immerse visitors from the moment they enter the museum. Together with his two-dimensional works, made from colorful metal strips of re-purposed soda cans, the artist creates playful, interactive, and thought-provoking environments that engage the viewer with mass-produced objects in ingenious, inventive, and craftily subversive ways.
The artworks in Visual Frequency are the culmination of the 2019 Artist in Residence Program; a partnership between the CSUSB Department of Art and Design and the Riverside Art Museum. This inaugural program began in Fall 2019 with Coachella-based artist Armando Lerma, whose work is currently shown along with student works. This program is made possible by a grant from the New California Art Fund and the James Irvine Foundation along with support from the College of Arts and Letters, CSUSB.