Skip to Main Content
Our Kind of People

"All in all, painting outdoors was a joyful experience for both artists in this exhibit. The preview was held at the State Savings and Loan Company office." Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

1969–75
(American, b. 1938)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 16.2 x 21.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.1 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2019.274
Location: not on view
This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Download, Print and Share

Did You Know?

Visiting the United States in the 1830s, French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville observed that Americans “were forever forming associations.”

Description

Owens’s project Our Kind of People, shot mostly in the 1970s, explored American groups and rituals ranging from the Girl Scouts to Halloween parties in his native Northern California. With club membership declining today in America, the kind of formal and informal associations documented by Owens are now an endangered species.
"All in all, painting outdoors was a joyful experience for both artists in this exhibit. The preview was held at the State Savings and Loan Company office." Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

"All in all, painting outdoors was a joyful experience for both artists in this exhibit. The preview was held at the State Savings and Loan Company office." Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

1969–75

Bill Owens

(American, b. 1938)
America

See Also

Visually Similar Artworks

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.