TAMA TALKS with Sharon Barnes

TAMA TALKS are brought to you by the Torrance Art Museum Advocates. Hosted by Jeannine Madden, current TAMA President. This episode features a discussion about work currently on view in the Main Gallery at the Torrance Art Museum in a show called Risky Business - A Painter’s Forum curated by Marie Thibeault and Max Presneill.
As concerns and expectations of AI begin to dominate the narrative in our increasingly technologically dependent society, some artists reply with the personal mark, risk taking, chance, the unknown endpoint, the illogical, the mystery…to produce a reflection of a living, very human, experience.
The exhibition is on view through May 4, 2024. The museum is located at 3320 Civic Center Drive in Torrance, CA and is open Tuesday - Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free and donations are gratefully accepted.
We are joined today by artist Sharon Barnes. Sharon is a Los Angeles based artist who creates mixed media paintings, sculptural works, and installations. Her large-scale painting and sculptural installation is currently on view in the Tom Bradley International Terminal of the Los Angeles Airport. In addition to her piece in Risky Business at TAM she also has work in the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Sharon received her MFA in Fine Arts from Otis College of Art & Design and she had been an undergraduate student of renowned artist and historian, Samella Lewis.