I use strategies I learned there in my classes now. Studying with the likes of Peter Voulkos and Elmer Bischoff, Radley received his MFA in sculpture here in 1981, then went to work for biochemistry to support his art work, sharing the job with an architecture student. And he taught sculpture at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He's been there ever since. Hard to describe, they can involve anything from sound, video, digital technology, slides and photos, to songs and body language.
Some people call it conceptual art.
It can involve theater, rock and roll, examining cultural and generational differences. There's no object to defer to. Forms are merging. Art is really hard to define-it encompasses all forms of communication. Opening Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Worth Ryder is the annual faculty exhibit, featuring work by both resident and visiting faculty.