Boise Art Museum "Comics at the Crossroads" Opening

If you are in the Boise, Idaho area, go check out the "Comics at the Crossroads" opening, Friday, August 19, 5:30 to 8 PM at the Boise Art Museum. 10 bucks for nonmembers. Boise is a little far for me to just drop in on a weeknight, but if you want a preview, see my post about this show when it originally was exhibited at the Maryhill Museum.

Comics at the Crossroads Coming to Boise

The "Comics at the Crossroads" exhibit which was presented at the Maryhill Museum last fall is heading for the Boise Art Museum August 20-November 22, 2011, according to BAM's website.

Here's the blurb:

For decades comics have largely been viewed as light-hearted action comics and amusing stories told through simple line art. But in recent years, comics have moved from the cultural fringes into the artistic and literary mainstream. Comics at the Crossroads: Art of the Graphic Novel, showcases the work of 40 Pacific Northwest artists who represent established as well as emerging talents. Contemporary comic art addresses a wide array of serious literary, social, cultural and political issues. This exhibition will feature a variety of comic styles in previously published and unpublished original drawings, including sample page spreads and book covers.

A special feature of the exhibition will be a site-specific large-scale drawing installation by Daniel Duford, an artist and writer who teaches at Portland’s Pacific Northwest College of Art. Daniel’s wall drawings, comics and sculpture are meditations on mythic heroes of American culture