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RBG at 50
Feb 08 - Mar 22, 2025
Tues – Sat // 11am – 5pm
415-982-3292
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In honor of our 50th anniversary, Rena Bransten Gallery is pleased to present the first in a series of exhibitions which celebrate the gallery’s history and early roots. In homage to our inception as a ceramics gallery which showed predominantly California artists, we present RBG at 50: Focus on Ceramics, with work by Robert Arneson, Viola Frey, Ron Nagle, Richard Shaw, Dennis Gallagher, Ann Agee, Akio Takamori, Jun Kaneko, & Derek Weisberg, among others.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Rena Bransten marks 50 years in the Bay Area art biz with a series of shows celebrating her various incarnations and storied history. The first exhibition focuses on the gallerist's early roots in clay, beginning in 1975 with the opening of Quay Ceramics Gallery in partnership with Ruth Braunstein (sigh). The pair took on mostly locals at the start, developing a roster that included soon-to-be heavy hitters Arneson, Frey, Nagle, et al. You get the picture - or rather - the sculpture.
Mark Taylor
SF/Arts Curator
Rena Bransten Gallery
Since its inception, Rena Bransten Gallery, founded by Rena Bransten in 1974, has sought to define its artistic program by including both established and emerging artists whose work engages with contemporary social and cultural climates.
Since its inception, Rena Bransten Gallery, founded by Rena Bransten in 1974, has sought to define its artistic program by including both established and emerging artists whose work engages with contemporary social and cultural climates.