Sanford Biggers: Moon Medicine
Bloom Projects: Melanie Schiff, Stones

Opening Reception: SAT. MAR. 6, 7-9 PM
On View: MAR. 6 – MAY 2, 2010

SAT. MAR. 6, 6-7 PM
Art à La Carte: Meet the Curator and Artists
Join us before the opening of Sanford Biggers: Moon Medicine and Bloom Projects: Melanie Schiff, Stones for a private tour of these groundbreaking exhibitions. FREE for CAF Contemporaries and Above Level Members/$5 General Admission, includes one complimentary beverage.

Sanford Biggers: Moon Medicine
The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum presents a major West Coast exhibition of new work by internationally acclaimed artist, Sanford Biggers. The 2009 recipient of the prestigious William H. Johnson Prize, Biggers’ affecting and thought provoking work will debut at CAF with a self-titled exhibition Sanford Biggers: Moon Medicine. About the exhibition in Santa Barbara, the artist states, “Moon Medicine encompasses the breadth of my practice, showcasing photography, video, installation and performance. It is a thematic, multi-disciplinary exploration of past themes and new themes meant to broaden and complicate our read on American history.”

Informed by living in the United States, Europe, and Japan, Biggers’ work references Buddhism, Indo-European Vodoun, African American history, Jazz, hip hop culture and a range of other influences to underscore notions of interconnectedness and hybridity. Accompanying this tour-de-force exhibition is a scholarly exhibition catalog written by CAF Executive Director, Miki Garcia. Garcia states, “We are proud to produce the artist’s first publication entirely dedicated to his practice despite showing internationally and being the recipient of numerous awards, fellowships, and residencies. With this exhibition and catalog, CAF succeeds in its mission to support the most compelling artists of our time and to bring world-class programming to the Tri-Counties.”

This exhibition has been made possible in part by the generous support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Susan E. Bower, Barry and Jill Kitnick, Jon and Lillian Lovelace, Mike Healy and Tim Walsh, and Kimberly Hahn and James Van Arsdale of Myopia Design. Special thanks to Wayne McCall and Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.

Related Events and Limited Editions

THUR. APR. 1, 7 PM
Forum Lounge: Sanford Biggers, with special guests Gamelan Sinar Surya and DJ Jahi Sundance


Limited Edition Print: Sanford Biggers, Cheshire
In support of the exhibition Sanford Biggers: Moon Medicine taking place at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum March 6 - May 2, 2010, we are now offering a rare opportunity to purchase a limited edition work by the artist.

Limited Edition of 10 + 3 AP
Retail price exclusively for CAF $2,200.00

To purchase, call 805.966.5373.

Sanford Biggers, Seen, 2009, Video still, Digital C-print, 30 x 40 in. Courtesy the Artist and Michael Klein Arts, New York, NY.




Sanford Biggers, Constellation, 2009.
Steel, Plexiglas, LED’s, Zoopoxy, cotton quilt, original printed cotton tile. Dimensions variable,
Installation at Harvard University.
Courtesy the Artist and Michael Klein Arts, New York, NY.


Sanford Biggers: Moon Medicine Exhibition Catalogue
On Sale Now!



Sanford Biggers, Cheshire, 2009
Digital C-print, 20 x 30 in.

Bloom Projects: Melanie Schiff, Stones
CAF is proud to present never-before-shown photographs by contemporary artist Melanie Schiff. A relative newcomer to Los Angeles, Schiff explores the cityscape, employing formal elements of the medium’s most ubiquitous type: the still life. Her stark photographs expose how empty a city can feel and how the remnants of humans, though cast off and overlooked, can become sentimental, quiet moments wavering on the edge of a constructed poetic narrative.

This exhibition has been made possible in part by the generous support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thanks to Brush & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA; Glenn Miller and Marjorie Gies, Santa Barbara, CA; and Wayne McCall and Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.