Elaine Badgley Arnoux: Once Upon a Time

New Work by Elaine Badgley Arnoux.

Exhibited from July 12 – September 7, 2008

Elaine Badgley Arnoux has been an active artist for over 60 years. An honored SF artist, she has had exhibitions in the US, France, Spain, Germany. Considered by critic Kenneth Baker to be possess extraordinary drawing and painting skills, EBA is in the collections of many museums, including the SF Fine Arts Museums, the National Women’s Museum in Washington, DC, the Triton Museum of Art, the de Saisset Museum and the Berkeley Art Museum. This exhibition will feature her new work: Once Upon a Time, which uses the Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes as a departure point to illustrate her current social and political concerns.


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Elaine Badgley Arnoux

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In the News

Not even in an exhibition based on Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes can we escape the controversies and partisan politics that smoldered and flared during the primary campaigns, and now promise to reach a flashpoint during the presidential elections.

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Like many fairy tales, this exhibition may be a bit too disturbing for children unless the family is prepared for a hearty discussion afterward. Elaine Badgley Arnoux weaves surface whimsy with nightmarish dark in these energetically drawn, brightly illustrative paintings and playful sculptures.

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