• Catherine Opie, Dyke, 1993. Chromogenic print. Cooper Rosenwasser Collection. Photo: Chris Grunder

Conversation: Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser with Catherine Wagner and Margot Norton

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On the occasion of the exhibition Rhapsody: Works from the Cooper Rosenwasser Collection, Berkeley-based art enthusiasts Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser discuss the inspirations behind and formation of their collection with artist Catherine Wagner, in a conversation moderated by Margot Norton, BAMPFA Chief Curator. Cooper, a criminal defense attorney and advocate for social justice, and Rosenwasser, cofounder of the feminist publishing house Kelsey Street Press, address their experience in Berkeley during the feminist and political activist movements of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as their close relationships with artists such as Mary Heilmann, Kiki Smith, and Cecilia Vicuña.

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