Currently on display at the Oakland Museum of CA is a selection of paintings by Squeak Carnwath, curated by Karen Tsujimoto.

Let’s talk about the show, overall. This retrospective of Squeak Carnwath’s paintings covers the last 20 plus years of her career, grouping a few works from memorable series into individual rooms of the main visual art gallery at the Oakland Museum of California. Titled Painting is No Ordinary Object, the exhibition presents Carnwath’s work as (in Carnwath’s own words) “a philosophical enterprise.” Translated, the viewer is given an opportunity to witness Carnwath working through a combination of personal anecdotes, literary interests and thoughts on culture via grids, through surface/flat compositions of symbols and motifs Continue reading...