As a longstanding entrepreneurial presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, Glenn Bucksbaum has led The Baum Foundation as its president for more than 15 years. With a commitment to efforts that foster artistic creativity and help protect the environment, Glenn Bucksbaum’s early vision supported the Baum Award for An Emerging American Photographer.
In 2017, the 2005 Baum Award winner Lisa Kereszi had her exhibit, “Joe’s Junk Yard,” show at Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead within the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD). The show reflected the artist’s longstanding fascination with junkyards, one of which her grandfather ran during her youth.
Through portraying used vehicle parts and crushed cars, the MOCAD exhibit explored changing American societal values and economic norms, as well as the challenges a family of first-generation immigrants faces in achieving the American Dream. It also touches on resiliency in the face of tragic events that have befallen the family, some due to overarching trends and others within their control.
The work of Lisa Kereszi, an alumna of the Yale School of Art with an MFA in photography, is housed in a number of prominent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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