Tag: deYoung Museum

To Do List: March

Feb 23, 2024 In: To Do List Tags: Adrienne Pao, Ahree Lee, Altman Siegel Gallery, Anina Major, Barbara Kruger, Bruce Yonemoto, Cantor Arts Center, Catherine Clark Gallery, Christine Wong Yap, Christy Chan, deYoung Museum, Eliza O. Barrios, Howardena Pindell, ICA San José, Jay Lynn Gomez, Jenifer K. Wofford, Jim Campbell, Julia Scher, Larry Bell, Lee Mingwei, M. Scott Johnson, Mail Order Brides, Margaret Kilgallen, Mark Bradford, Michele Carlson, MoAD, Morel Doucet, Myrlande Constant, Nadine Natalie Hall, Nafis M. White, Namita Paul, Narsiso Martinez, Nate Watson, Oluseye, Phung Huynh, Ranu Mukherjee, Reanne Estrada, Related Tactics, Robin Lasser, Ruth Laskey, Sandy Rodriguez, SFMOMA, Stephanie Syjuco, Tishan Hsu, Valerie Soe, Vanessa German, Wanxin Zhang, Weston Teruya, Winfred Rembert, Zanele Muholi By: Kerri Hurtado, Curator

Zanele Muholi, “Faniswa, Seapoint, Cape Town”, from the series “Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness)”, 2016, black and white photograph. Image courtesy of SFMOMA.

Ongoing to August 11 — Zanele Muholi: Eye Me at SFMOMA: A self-described visual activist, Zanele Muholi uses the camera to explore issues of gender identity, representation, and race within their own body and members of their LGBTQ+ community in South Africa. This first major exhibition of Muholi’s work on the West Coast provides the opportunity for Bay Area audiences to delve into the artist’s expansive activism project highlighting Blackness, gender expression, and resilience. SFMOMA is located at 151 3rd St in San Francisco.

Lee Mingwei, “Guernica in Sand”, 2006-present, mixed media interactive installation, sand, wooden island, and lighting. Image courtesy of deYoung Museum.

Ongoing to July 7 — Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care at deYoung Museum: Considering how art can encourage social connection and healing in a time of extensive trauma and loss, Lee Mingwei’s Rituals of Care features projects made between 1995 and 2024 that place the visitor at the center of radical acts of generosity and care. Interactive installations and performances include The Letter Writing Project (1998–present), The Mending Project (2009–present), Sonic Blossom (2013–present), Guernica in Sand (2006–present), Peaceable Kingdom (2020–present), and Chaque souffle une danse (Each Breath a Dance, 2024). deYoung Museum is located at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr in San Francisco.

Mark Bradford, “20 minutes from any bus stop”, 2002, acrylic, end papers, and Xerox collage on canvas. Julia Scher, “Security by Julia uniform (detail)”, 1998, pink shirt with “Security by Julia” embroidery. Images courtesy of Cantor Arts Center.

March 6 to July 21 — Day Jobs at Cantor Arts Center: Success for artists is often measured by their ability to quit a day job and focus full time on their practice. Yet, these jobs can often spur creative growth by providing artists with new materials and methods, hands-on knowledge, or structure that enables unpredictable ideas. Day Jobs features works by California-based artists such as Margaret Kilgallen, Jay Lynn Gomez, Barbara Kruger, Ahree Lee, Jim Campbell, Narsiso Martinez, and Sandy Rodriguez, and is comprised of more than 90 works by 36 artists based in the United States. This exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with commissioned essays and interviews from 24 pioneering artists such as Larry Bell, Mark Bradford, Tishan Hsu, Howardena Pindell, and Julia Scher. Cantor Arts Center is located at 328 Lomita Dr in Stanford.

Ruth Laskey, “Twill Series (Loops 5)”, 2023, hand-woven and hand-dyed linen. Image courtesy of Altman Siegel Gallery.

March 7 to April 20 — Loops & Circles at Altman Siegel Gallery: Evocative of gesture and movement, Ruth Laskey’s minimalist, abstract weavings are characterized by precise geometry and the colorful flow of curving lines within gridded patterns. In this debut exhibition, Laskey reveals the process of creating tactile, intentional work with quiet elegance. Altman Siegel Gallery is located at 1150 25th St in San Francisco.

Stephanie Syjuco, “RAIDERS”, 2011, digital archival photo prints mounted onto lasercut wood, hardware, and crates. Image courtesy of Catherine Clark Gallery.

March 9 to May 4 — Stephanie Syjuco: Dodge + Burn at Catherine Clark Gallery: This dynamic survey exhibition reveals over 20 years of work by the acclaimed cross-disciplinary artist. Working in photography, sculpture, and installation, Stephanie Syjuco moves from handmade and craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive excavations to investigate issues of economies and empire. For the first time, projects such as Dodge and Burn (Visible Storage) (2019) and Double Vision (2021) are being presented on the West Coast. Catherine Clark Gallery is located at 248 Utah St in San Francisco.

Ranu Mukherjee, “Passage”, 2020, pigment, cristalina, UV inkjet, silk, and cotton sari fabric on linen. Image courtesy of ICA San José.

March 23 to August 11 — P L A C E: Reckonings by Asian American Artists at ICA San José: The ICA San José and Montalvo Arts Center jointly present this exhibition intending to honor and uplift the diverse voices of contemporary artists of East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander ancestries. In three thematic parts, artists consider their complex relationship and their own agency and belonging in association with the spaces that they have inhabited, embedded with histories of exclusion or violence. Showcased artists include Adrienne Pao, Robin Lasser, Phung Huynh, Ranu Mukherjee, Wanxin Zhang, Mail Order Brides/M.O.B. (Eliza O. Barrios, Reanne Estrada, and Jenifer K. Wofford), Namita Paul, Related Tactics (Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nate Watson), Bruce Yonemoto, Stephanie Syjuco, Valerie Soe, Christy Chan, and Christine Wong Yap. ICA San José is located at 560 S 1st St in San José.

Morel Doucet, “Black Maiden in Veil of Midnight”, 2022, slip-casted white earthenware. Image courtesy of MoAD.

March 27 to September 1 — Unruly Navigations at MoAD: Unruly Navigations testifies to the urgent, disorderly, rebellious, and nonlinear movements of people, cultures, ideas, religions, and aesthetics that define diaspora. This exhibition’s more than 40 artworks and 4 site-specific installations capture multidimensional trajectories through time, across geographies, and through complex spiritual landscapes to reevaluate conventional accounts of diasporic experience. These artworks rewrite the historically misrepresented, mischaracterized, and misplaced stories from the perspective of the enslaved, the forcibly displaced, or otherwise disenfranchised. Showcased artists include Nafis M. White, Nadine Natalie Hall, M. Scott Johnson, Winfred Rembert, Myrlande Constant, Vanessa German, Morel Doucet, Oluseye, and Anina Major. MoAD is located at 685 Mission St in San Francisco.

To Do List: November

Nov 1, 2016 In: To Do List Tags: Altman Siegel, Ana Mendieta, BAMPFA, deYoung Museum, Frank Stella, SFAI, Southern Exposure By: Kerri Hurtado, Curator

Frank Stella “Harran II” 1967, polymer and flourescent polymer paint on canvas. Image courtesy the de Young Museum.

November 5th to February 26th – Frank Stella: A Retrospective at the de Young Museum: Frank Stella: A Retrospective surveys the career of this towering figure in post-WWII American art. Fifty works, including paintings, reliefs, sculptures and maquettes, will be displayed at the de Young, representing Frank Stella’s prolific output from the late 1950s to the present day. This will be the first comprehensive U.S. presentation devoted to the artist since 1970. For almost six decades Frank Stella has been one of the most important and influential figures in the evolution of modern art, expanding the definitions of art and challenging its conventions. Exploring pictorial space—how paintings can seem to expand or contract, lie completely flat or envelop the viewer, suggest movement or foster stillness—has led to some of Stella’s most significant innovations. In its examination of his work, this exhibition considers Stella’s long-standing interest in the picture plane, presenting early paintings that reference the spaces where he lived and worked; his groundbreaking use of color, shape, and volume to map new possibilities for abstraction; and finally his use of advanced technology to evoke new conceptions of space.

Ana Mendieta still from "Creek" 1974, super 8 film, color, silent. Courtesy BAMPFA.

Ana Mendieta still from “Creek” 1974, super 8 film, color, silent. Image courtesy BAMPFA.

November 9th to February 12th – Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta at BAMPFA: During her brief career, from 1971 to 1985, Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) produced a stunning body of work that included performances, drawings, sculptures, installations, and photographs. Less known, however, is her remarkable and prolific production of more than one hundred films. Covered in Time and History brings together twenty-one recently preserved films—many of which have had little previous exposure—in addition to a selection of related photographs; it is the largest grouping of the artist’s films ever presented in an exhibition in the United States. Download the exhibition brochure and list of films here.

Installation shot from the 2015 juried exhibition. Image courtesy of Southern Exposure.

Friday, November 11th 7:00 – 9:00 pm – Me and You and This Other Thing at Southern Exposure: Opening reception for Me and You and This Other Thing, Southern Exposure’s 25th Annual Entry-Fee-Free Juried Exhibition of new works by Northern California artists. This annual event is the premier showcase of contemporary artwork by promising local talent. With a different theme each year, artists are encouraged to pursue a broad range of artistic expression across media. This year, the title of the juried show is an imperative! Southern Exposure supports artists working together. The presented works will be made in collaboration by at least two people. Guest juror Francisco Cordero-Oceguera selected the works by blind process, choosing pieces across media that responded to this year’s focus on collaborative visual art practices. The exhibit runs from November 5th – 23rd, Southern Exposure is located at 3030 20th Street in San Francisco.

Shannon Ebner “Will and Be Going To” 2016, archival pigment prints, two parts. Image courtesy Altman Siegel Gallery.

November 11th to December 17th – Will and Be Going To at Altman Siegel’s new space: This will be the inaugural exhibition of the gallery’s new space at 1150 25th Street. Will and Be Going To includes new works by each of the gallery artists, drawing together painting, sculpture, photography and video in a multidimensional celebration of Altman Siegel’s gallery program. Since 2009, the gallery has offered a platform for international artists to exhibit in San Francisco, often for the first time, while fostering the growth of local artists through participation in international art fairs and museum exhibitions. In early November, the gallery will relocate from 49 Geary Street, to the third industrial warehouse of the innovative new Minnesota Street Project. Designed by Katkin Architecture, the new location will occupy one third of a warehouse currently under renovation by Jensen Architects. The expansive building features natural light, original I-beam bracing and 40-foot ceilings. With 5,000 square feet of exhibition and viewing rooms, the new space will more than double the gallery’s current size. The opening reception is Friday, November 11th from 6 – 8 pm.

SFAI artists from last year’s event. Image courtesy of SFAI.

November 12th and November 13th – Concentrate: An Uncommon Art Sale + Festival at SFAI: In this once a year event, SFAI is transformed into an all-campus art sale by current undergraduate and graduate student artists. Come for diverse offerings in art, enlivening conversation, local food and drink, and celebrating emerging artists. Saturday night opens with a first-look at the expansive, salon-style student art sale, plus the juried alumni exhibition in the Diego Rivera Gallery. Sunday, the sale continues with activities for SFAI alumni to reconnect. The opening reception and sale kickoff is Saturday, November 12th from 5 – 8 pm. SFAI is located at 800 Chestnut Street in San Francisco.