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Image	Title	Release Date	Artist(s)
Listen	Michael Kimmelman on Wayne Thiebaud Critic Michael Kimmelman considers painter Wayne Thiebaud's range of subjects and his relationship to the Impressionists. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld…	June 2010	Wayne Thiebaud
Listen	Wayne Thiebaud's cityscapes Artist Wayne Thiebaud and critic Michael Kimmelman discuss Thiebaud's seemingly impossible San Francisco cityscapes. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld…	June 2010	Wayne Thiebaud
Listen	Gary Garrels on Cy Twombly Curator Gary Garrels gives an introduction to the work of Cy Twombly and discusses the artist's interest in antiques. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld…	June 2010	Cy Twombly
Listen	Gary Garrels on the evolution of Twombly's paintings Curator Gary Garrels discusses artist Cy Twombly's growth as a painter and the ways his work changed over time. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld…	June 2010	Cy Twombly
Listen	Jeff Wall on creating Tattoos and Shadows Artist Jeff Wall describes the making of Tattoos and Shadows. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Jeff Wall
Listen	Jeff Wall on creating "staged" photographs Artist Jeff Wall explains the parallels between filmmaking and his own artistic process. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Jeff Wall
Listen	About Andy Warhol A brief introduction to the infamous Pop artist Andy Warhol. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Andy Warhol
Listen	Marc Huestis on Andy Warhol and celebrity Cultural impresario Marc Huesis discusses artist Andy Warhol's obsession with celebrity and branding. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Andy Warhol
Listen	Gary Garrels on Sigmar Polke Curator Gary Garrels discusses the experimental qualities of artist Sigmar Polke's work. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Sigmar Polke
Listen	Joel Shapiro's materials Curator John Zarobell discusses sculptor Joel Shapiro's surprising use of materials. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Joel Shapiro
Listen	John Baldessari in his own words Curator John Zarobell and artist John Baldessari discuss the artist's use of appropriated imagery. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	John Baldessari
Listen	Gary Garrels on Georg Baselitz Curator Gary Garrels considers the ways Germany's post-World War II identity crisis influenced the work of Georg Baselitz. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's…	June 2010	Georg Baselitz
Listen	Gary Garrels on Georg Baselitz's upside-down subjects Curator Gary Garrels on the upside-down figures in Georg Baselitz's later works. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Georg Baselitz
Listen	Alison Gass on Louise Bourgeois's Spiders Curator Alison Gass considers spider imagery in the work of Louise Bourgeois. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Louise Bourgeois
Listen	Gary Garrels on Alexander Calder's mobiles Curator Gary Garrels discusses the invention of mobiles by Alexander Calder. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Jean-Paul Sartre on Alexander Calder's mobiles Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre on the qualities of Alexander Calder's mobiles. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Gary Garrels on Alexander Calder's stabiles Curator Gary Garrels introduces another facet of Alexander Calder's work — large, organic sculptures he called stabiles. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's…	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Alexander Calder's static stabiles Curator Gary Garrels discusss the physical presence of Alexander Calder's stabiles. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Alexander Calder on his series Constellations Hear an excerpt of artist Alexander Calder's writings on his celestial series, Constellations. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Chuck Close on his artistic process Artist Chuck Close talks about using the grid as a tool for image making. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Chuck Close
Listen	Chuck Close on experimentation Artist Chuck Close discusses how and why he experiments with such a wide range of techniques. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Chuck Close
Listen	About Mark di Suvero Curator John Zarobell in conversation with sculptor Mark di Suvero. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Mark di Suvero
Listen	John Zarobell on Mark di Suvero's Mahout Vishnu Curator John Zarobell explains the formal qualities and symbolism of Mark di Suvero's sculpture Mahout Vishnu. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia…	June 2010	Mark di Suvero
Listen	Gary Garrels on Richard Diebenkorn Curator Gary Garrels considers the way geography has shaped the work of painter Richard Diebenkorn, from his San Francisco cityscapes to his works inspired by the Southern…	June 2010	Richard Diebenkorn
Listen	Michael Auping on Philip Guston's varied career Curator Michael Auping discusses the ways Philip Guston's work has changed over time. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Philip Guston
Listen	On Philip Guston's late figurative work Artist Philip Guston explains his radical break from the "purity" of abstraction. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Philip Guston
Listen	Gary Garrels on Jenny Holzer's The Survival Series Curator Gary Garrels on artist Jenny Holzer's body of work, The Survival Series, and her use of the truism "Men don't protect you anymore." Part of Making Sense of Modern…	June 2010	Jenny Holzer
Listen	Gary Garrels discusses the truisms that inspire Jenny Holzer's work Curator Gary Garrels considers the truisms explored by artist Jenny Holzer. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Jenny Holzer
Listen	Bob Fisher and Neal Benezra introduce the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection SFMOMA Trustee Bob Fisher and Director Neal Benezra discuss the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection and its summer 2010 debut at SFMOMA, Calder to Warhol. Part of Making Sense of…	June 2010
Listen	Gary Garrels on Ellsworth Kelly's early work Curator Gary Garrels discusses line, form, and color in the work of artist Ellsworth Kelly. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Ellsworth Kelly

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