Offering the potential for ongoing research and reconsideration, the Belkin’s collections emphasize artists’ practices that challenge the status quo. Guest curators Weiyi Chang and Jon Davies offer responses to the collection with their respective exhibitions, An Opulence of Squander and That Directionless Light of the Future: Rediscovering Russell FitzGerald, which will be shown concurrently in the gallery this fall. Taking its title from an essay by artist Kelly Wood, An Opulence of Squander brings together works that reflect on concepts of surplus and excess to question the dual ascription of artistic work as a form of both luxury and waste. That Directionless Light of the Future features rarely seen works by American artist and writer Russell FitzGerald (1932-78) and his contemporaries, largely from the Bay Area, to explore how secret and subcultural knowledge complicates archiving and transmission.

Join us on Thursday, 5 September 2024 at 5 pm for curatorial tours with Weiyi Chang and Jon Davies, followed by the opening reception from 6 to 8 pm.