Anno Domini (gallery)
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Anno Domini is a contemporary art
gallery
in San Jose, California
. It was started by graphic design
ers Cherri Lakey and Brian Eder. Its strapline is "The second coming of Art and Design".
The gallery has featured the collaborative work "FriendMakers" by the artists Don Pendleton
, Craig Metzger, and Michael Sieben.
The name of the gallery is inspired by the term for denoting years of the current era, "Anno Domini
", which is Latin
for "in the year of our Lord".
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
gallery
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
. It was started by graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
ers Cherri Lakey and Brian Eder. Its strapline is "The second coming of Art and Design".
The gallery has featured the collaborative work "FriendMakers" by the artists Don Pendleton
Don Pendleton
Don Pendleton was an author of fiction and nonfiction books, best known for his creation of American hero The Executioner: Mack Bolan.-Biography:...
, Craig Metzger, and Michael Sieben.
The name of the gallery is inspired by the term for denoting years of the current era, "Anno Domini
Anno Domini
and Before Christ are designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars....
", which is Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for "in the year of our Lord".