Haines Gallery exhibits a series of cut paper collages by Oakland-based multimedia artist Kota Ezawa

Kota Ezawa, Who's Afraid of Black White Grey #2, Lennon, Brawl #2, all 2011 Explore a series of cut paper collages by Oakland-based multimedia artist Kota Ezawa in a new viewing room from Haines. Revisiting scenes depicted in some of Ezawa's most important works, these handcut works draw from films, television footage, and well-known photographs—including the 1966 film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, the broadcast footage of the 2004 Pistons-Pacers fight, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-in for Peace—to explore how the mediated image shapes public perception and our memory of actual events.  Explore the OVR Kota Ezawa, stills from Brawl, 2008 Hoop Dreams: Basketball and Contemporary Art Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Through May 21, 2023 Ezawa's 2008 animated video Brawl, which recreates the infamous Malice at the Palace, is included in Hoop Dreams: Basketball and Contemporary Art, a group exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art. Hoop Dreams explores how the sport, its personalities, and the widespread culture of basketball have served as creative inspiration for artists for decades. More than just a game, the exhibition posits basketball as a vast cultural universe—encompassing fashion, music, film and electronic media, dance, art, and design—where pressing social issues of the times are played out on a world stage. Visit the Exhibition Ezawa's work has additionally been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions internationally, at institutions including the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C; Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany; Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, CA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN; Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montrál, Quebec, Canada; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain; Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Seoul Museum of Art, Korea; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C; Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, Canada; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. HAINES 2 Marina Boulevard, Building C, First Floor, San Francisco, CA 94123 GALLERY HOURS Tuesday - Saturday: 10:30am - 5:30pm  ‌  ‌  ‌

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