THE MANIFESTATION OF FORM

Emeritus Gallery is thrilled to announce an exhibition by master sculptor Charles Dickson, a living legend of the California Black Arts Movement. The solo exhibition, Charles Dickson: The Manifestation of Form, will open simultaneously online AND as a can’t-miss installation in our brick-and-mortar on-campus location.

The gallery installation will close May 5, but the online portion of the exhibition will remain posted indefinitely. The installation is free to enter during gallery hours and the online component and Zoom event are free and available to anyone with web access.

Please join us online Thursday, February 23 for the incredible opportunity to celebrate Charles and his exhibition with a Zoom reception event 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Zoom event will feature the artist speaking about his work and will be hosted by Dean of Noncredit and External Programs Dr. Scott Silverman and Emeritus Gallery Curator Jesse Benson.

The exhibition is being designed by the artist with site-specific attention to Emeritus Gallery’s window-front architecture. The artist’s incredible large-scale assemblage — Bongo Congo: Mobilization of the Spirit — will be placed just inside the gallery’s windows, with the sculpture’s visual suggestion of movement (a marching-like forward momentum) echoing the pace of drivers and pedestrians moving past. For Dickson, the work “represents a culture in transition.”