Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2017 “Buffalo Bill” by James Bama James Bama’s portrait of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody is a… Read More
Points West Online: From Photograph to Painting
Originally published in Points West in Fall 2007 From Photograph to Painting: The Art of James Bama By Thomas B. Smith The realist portraits of… Read More
NOTICE: The Whitney Western Art Museum has reopened with a refreshed look
Thank you to all of our visitors for your patience. Our Whitney Western Art Museum has reopened! Our Whitney Western Art Museum has reopened after… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Bama’s “A Contemporary Sioux Indian”
Treasures from Our West A Contemporary Sioux Indian by James Bama James Bama’s A Contemporary Sioux Indian is laden with narrative complexities. The painting’s subject, a young… Read More
Past Exhibition: Developing Stories: the Photography of James Bama
Past Exhibition The Buffalo Bill Center of the West knows that western art enthusiasts are sure to recognize the work of James Bama. After all,… Read More
Installing Jim Bama
The great deinstallation reinstallation of winter 2014 has come and gone. Nevertheless, in its absence, we are excited to share the news that our newest… Read More
The Photography of James Bama
If you are familiar with the art of James Bama, you will immediately think of his beautiful photo-realistic paintings, paintings filled with the people of the… Read More
