Hours:
Tues-Sat 11am-5pm
Thurs 11am-7:30pm
Admission is free

Daniel Watson (b. 1949, Santa Monica, CA)
Don’t Fence Me In is the first solo exhibition for the artist and will feature sculpture and drawings that were created specifically for the show. Watson is well known for radiant and color-saturated portraits of American cultural icons, friends, and fellow inmates. Using an intricate cross-hatching technique with vibrant colors, Watson creates intense and arresting depictions of individuals that, he says, allow “the person, the real spirit, [to] come out in a meeting of equality with the viewer.”

Also on view will be the incredible body of sculptures Watson has created out of discarded citrus peels. Made from the skins of grapefruits, oranges, tangelos and tangerines that he retrieved from the garbage at the prison facility, the sculptures resemble imagery associated with Native American basket weaving.

Mary Donaldson, curator of the exhibition, will give a talk at Intuit on Saturday, January 20 at 11:00 am. An illustrated checklist with an essay by Donaldson will be available.

Donaldson writes: “The last thing Daniel Watson would want you to know about him is the first thing that most people find out – that he is incarcerated in the California penal system. What he has done since he got there is the subject of this exhibition.”