City Brights: JD Beltran : State of the Artists

At the first two shows I visited -- Mills College in Oakland, and San Francisco State University -- I was particularly impressed by not only the ideas being explored, but by the high level of execution of much of the work. I had just visited the Whitney Biennial in New York City a few weekends ago, and found myself wishing that the work in that New York survey was nearly as inventive, smart, and relevant as what I saw at Mills and SFSU.