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Capp Street Project: Mario Ybarra Jr.
Wattis Institute exhibition
September 5, 2007–September 6, 2008
Logan Galleries, San Francisco campus
Gallery hours: Tues. and Thurs., 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; Wed., Fri., and Sat., 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Info: 415.551.9210 or www.wattis.org
Ybarra has created a large-scale mural that examines the history, anecdotes, and mythology that surround mural making in the Bay Area. The artist takes an almost anthropological approach toward the local neighborhood, the greater Bay Area, and his own identity as a Mexican American artist making a mural today. He investigates an exhaustive amount of material from a disparate array of sources, including the iconography and language of urban murals, the defining characteristics of Bay Area street culture, and the complex socioeconomic situations in the neighborhoods adjacent to the Wattis Institute.
Lead sponsorship for Capp Street Project: Mario Ybarra Jr. is provided by the Nimoy Foundation.
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