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In Conversation with Gregory Wiley Edwards
Bakersfield Museum of Art's Podcast
English - February 12, 2022 04:15 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsArts Education bakersfieldmuseumofart bmoa Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Raised in Houston, TX, Gregory Wiley Edwards was a student at California Institute of the Arts and the Art Institute of San Francisco. He was mentored by second-wave Gutai artist, Matsumi Kanemitsu, and New York abstract expressionist Emerson Weolffer at CalArts, leading him to distinguish his art through performance, activism, and his investigations into African art and philosophy. The gestures made onto his all-over paintings are abstract and fluid like as if the brushstrokes were caught in motion on the verge of creating its final form. In his “Stroke Ism” work, Edwards point to the long tradition of iconography from cultures around the world, that is both unique and shared, coupled with his personal relationships and narratives.
After living in Los Angeles for three decades, Edwards moved to Oakland, CA, where he continues to make work.
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