In May 2010, New York Times art critic Roberta Smith re-affirmed, “Few modern myths about art have been as persistent or as annoying as the so-called death of painting.” This fall, Santa Barbara embraces the medium of painting, featuring four prominent painters in exhibition venues around town. Join Dove, Rostovsky, Westergren, and Winstanley, with moderator Colin Gardner to discuss painting in the 21st century.

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CAF presents this discussion in collaboration with the Atkinson Gallery, SBCC, and the Departments of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo (SLO).

Exhibitions On View: October 24 – December 19

Peter Rostovsky and Paul Winstanley: Parallax
A groundbreaking exhibition featuring painters Peter Rostovsky and Paul Winstanley, which offers a visual conversation between an established and a mid-career artist. Winstanley explores how a photograph conciliates our experience of vision and how the painted world can transcend photography’s supposed neutrality, while Rostovsky photographs the world around him and collects images from the Internet as material for his exactingly rendered, atmospheric paintings.

Special thanks to: Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA; Carolyn Glasoe and Chris Bailey, Ojai, CA; Candyce Eoff, Santa Barbara, CA; Jacquelyn Klein-Brown, Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Barbara Independent; Santa Barbara News-Press; Sara Meltzer, New York, NY; Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA; Eileen and Alex Rasmussen, Santa Barbara, CA; Nancy and Tony Wall, Santa Barbara, CA; Tim Walsh and Mike Healey, Santa Barbara, CA; 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA; and all the generous lenders.

Details L to R: Peter Rostovsky, Curtain, 2010, Oil on linen, 72 x 48 in.; Paul Winstanley, Veil 15, 2005, Oil on linen, 59.8 x 65 in.