| Sacramento artist Gale Hart is commonly referred to as the “Godmother of Contemporary Art.” (Photo by Joan Cusick) |
Art Exposed: Gale Hart
By Eva Roethler
The Sacramento artist who has embraced her nickname as the “Godmother of Contemporary Art” likes to roll around town on her skateboard.
Many Sacramentans may know Gale Hart for skateboarding around town, and for her “Missing the Mark” public art installation outside the Golden 1 Center, which scatters an aimless oversized game of darts throughout Downtown Commons. In 2016, she was one of four artists, including internationally-known sculptor Jeff Koons, commissioned to create a piece for the new arena. But Hart has been a staple in the local arts community for a lot longer than that, ever since throwing down her roots here in the late 1970s after spending her early years living in a van while traveling West Coast art festival circuits.