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College Exhibits Large Paintings By Japanese Artist
Hayward, Calif., February 9, 2004

Seven huge paintings by artist Sachio Yamashita are now on display at Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, California. The colorful abstract works, the smallest of which is over 9 feet square, now enliven the walls of the professional school’s library. The paintings are part of the “Ravine Series.” A reception for the artist is scheduled for Wednesday, February 25, 2004, from 6 – 8 p.m. R.S.V.P. to 510-780-4500, ext. 2350 or mhurschm@lifewest.edu.

The paintings, hung in early January, are on permanent loan through a special arrangement with the artist. “We were very pleased that Mr. Yamashita made these very exciting pieces available to Life West,” said Dr. Gerard Clum, president of the college.

Yamashita, originally from Japan, has lived in the U.S. for 35 years. During the 1970s he became especially known for his large murals that he created in many Midwestern cities and towns from Chicago, Ill. to Salina, Kans., and Neligh, Neb., funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

A San Francisco resident since 1982, Yamashita’s work is in many private collections as well as in the Oakland Museum of California, the Sacramento Convention Center, and Willamette University. He has had solo exhibitions at the Roberta English Gallery in San Francisco, the Sheldon Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska, the Kirkpatrick Center Museum in Oklahoma City, and Stanford University, among others. He is currently represented by the Takata Gallery in San Francisco.

Dr. Clum noted that Yamashita’s paintings provide balance and contrast to other artwork exhibited at Life Chiropractic College West. The college has four large anatomy-related oil paintings by Manuel Sanchez Almendros, a Spanish artist who paints in a classical figurative style, which were commissioned in 2000. The college also has a suite of prints by the late Illinois artist Gerald Nees done in the “primitive” style popularized by Grandma Moses. Nees, a quadriplegic, whose condition was improved by chiropractic care, did the images of chiropractic-office scenes using a brush that he held in his teeth.

With the addition of Yamashita’s acrylic paintings, “the college’s artwork reflects the diversity and international nature of our campus and student body. In subject matter, we have classical realism, abstract, and folk art, and geographically the work represents Europe, the Far East, and North America,” said Dr. Clum.

Yamashita’s work can be viewed at any time during the Life West library’s hours: Monday through Thursday from 7:00am to 9:00pm, Friday from 7:00am to 6:00pm, and weekends from noon to 6:00pm. The campus is located at 25001 Industrial Boulevard in Hayward, just off Highway 92 near the San Mateo Bridge.

The February 25 reception will also welcome delegates from 15 nations attending a special meeting of the World Federation of Chiropractic, which the college is hosting.

JPEG photos available on request. jlance@lifewest.edu.

Life Chiropractic College West, established in 1976, is an accredited non-profit institution of higher learning offering the doctor of chiropractic degree through a four-academic-year program of academic study and clinical internship. The college currently enrolls close to 600 men and women from across the U.S. and abroad. More than 3,300 graduates of Life West are now practicing throughout the world. The college’s Public Health Center, operated by approximately 200 senior interns who are guided by licensed doctors of chiropractic, provides health care for more than 1,700 patient visits a week. Life West maintains a Web site at www.lifewest.edu.

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