"Oakland City of Stars II" Eric Murphy's exhibit @ AAMLO Oakland

Name: "Oakland City of Stars II" Eric Murphy's exhibit @ AAMLO Oakland
Start: 2026-06-18T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-08-31T17:00:00-07:00
Location: African American Museum and Library at Oakland

Schedule

Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Mon, 31 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

African American Museum and Library at Oakland | Oakland, CA

A Mixed Media solo exhibit by curated by Veda Silva ((AAMLO)
About this Event

"OAKLAND CITY of STAR"S II: FROM THE ARCHIVES"
Mixed Media by Eric Murphy
For Oakland City of Stars: Then and Now from 2024, visit:https://conta.cc/4adBzqT

June 18 (My actual birthday) - August 31, 2026

Opening Reception and Artist Tour:
Thursday, June 18th | 5-8pm (Time may change, check back in later)

For exhibition information, contact Veda Silva: 510.637.0200

Join Veda Silva and myself Eric Murphy, on my birthday, June 18th for a sequel to our 2024 exhibit "At-Tribute: Oakland City of Stars: Then and Now. In this exhibit, newer Oakland Icon portraits will be developed from AAMLO archives, including Morrie Turner and the historic 7th St. in West Oakland.
“At Tribute” is the titled exhibition by Oakland native and Oakland-based artist, Eric Murphy. The double entendre which means to be present at a tribute (this exhibition), highlights the attributes of people and things that are being commemorated or regarded as influential from Oakland, California.
Celebrating Oakland’s finest both past and present, Murphy continues his series of famous people you may or may not know that are from or affiliated with Oakland in one capacity or another in his “Oakland All-Stars” series. They are engulfed in a map of Oakland, decorated in its district lines as motifs that the artist has been using since 2016. Embedded in each map are images of their story of fame or their connection to Oakland. Its playing cards format includes the City of Oakland logo in place of the normal playing cards suit and pips (hearts, spades, etc.) below the celebrity’s initials with a language translation on the flip side. Each framed piece has a hand-painted black mat by the artist to center the viewer’s eye on the playing card presentation. Various found images are mixed with designs and photographs taken by the artist to complete the final work.

For Oakland City of Stars: Then and Now from 2023, visit:https://conta.cc/4adBzqT