Art Opening: The Last Charge by Bean Gilsdorf | Mission

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The Mission Comics & Arts Gallery is hosting an opening with free refreshments for local artist Bean Gilsdorf.

The show, in Bean Gilsdorf’s own words:
“Recently, I’ve been using imagery from the Civil War as a way to approach the glut of information that complicates a clear view of the past. The Civil War was the first conflict to be documented by traditional forms such as printing and painting, and also by the emerging technology of the photograph. As such, it represents a blend of fact and fiction—tall tales, first-person stories, and propaganda all manufactured and presented as the true account—that correlates to the construction of history from its inception right up to our present age.”

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Originally from Philadelphia, and currently completing her MFA at California College of the Arts, artist and writer Bean Gilsdorf’s work focuses on history as process and narrative creation.

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