New Exhibition looks back at the role of the Xerox copier in emerging art movements in the Bay Area

San Francisco Center for the Book and the San Francisco Main Library join forces to present a retrospective look at the role the color copier played in avant-garde art movements in the Bay Area. Positively Charged: Copier Art in the Bay Area Since the 1960s comprises a single exhibition across two venues that explores the histories of several significant arts organizations and artists in San Francisco and the Bay Area through the lens of the copier art they produced.

San Francisco Center for the Book

375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA. 94103 www.sfcb.org

Skylight Gallery, San Francisco Main Library

100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA. 94102 www.sfpl.org

OPENING RECEPTION

Saturday, January 28, 2023, 11:00 am

Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library

Artists in the exhibition include Enrique Chagoya, Sas Colby, Bruce Connor, Jay DeFeo, Ginny Lloyd, Mary V. Marsh, Fred Martin, Scott MacLeod, Sally Wassink, Barbara Wyeth, and René Yañez (among others).