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Image	Title	Release Date	Artist(s)
Launch	Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective Explore Bechtle's life and work through lively videos of the artist in his studio as well as photographs, letters, and newspaper clippings from his personal archive. A gallery of…	February 2005	Robert Bechtle
Launch	Ana Mendieta's Tallus Mater (Madre Tallo / Stem Mother) Explore Ana Mendieta's sculpture Tallus Mater (Madre Tallo / Stem Mother) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary…	September 2004	Ana Mendieta
Launch	Ed Ruscha: Painting Words Ed Ruscha, a leader of the West Coast Pop art movement, discusses his influences, the relationship of his paintings to books and photography, and the use of language in his work. …	July 2004	Ed Ruscha
Launch	Chris Johanson: An Artist at Work This special multimedia feature documents the creation of Johanson's monumental commission for SFMOMA, The Sunlight of the Spirit Is the Warmth of Love (2004). Includes video of the…	April 2004	Chris Johanson
Launch	Stir Heart, Rinse Heart: Pipilotti Rist Explore Rist's unique process through interviews with the artist and an in-depth look at her multichannel video installations, known for their lush and saturated colors, hypnotic…	March 2004	Pipilotti Rist
Launch	The Art of Romare Bearden Explore Bearden's unique fusion of artistic traditions through archival footage of the artist at work, commentaries on his relationship to jazz musicians Wynton and Branford…	February 2004	Romare Bearden
Launch	Rene Magritte's Les Valeurs personnelles Explore René Magritte's painting Les Valeurs personnelles (Personal Values) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and…	August 2003	René Magritte
Launch	Making Sense of Modern Art: The Early 20th Century Making Sense of Modern Art offers an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary works in SFMOMA's permanent collection. This section of the program explores the art…	August 2003
Launch	Henri Matisse's Femme au chapeau Explore Henri Matisse's painting Femme au chapeau (Woman with a Hat) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary works…	August 2003	Henri Matisse
Launch	Magritte and Surrealism Inspired by Freud's recently published insights into the hidden reaches of the unconscious, the Surrealists sought to subordinate the rational mind in favor of the liberation of…	August 2003
Launch	Claude Cahun's Untitled (I am training, don't kiss me) Explore Claude Cahun's photograph Untitled (I am training, don't kiss me) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary…	August 2003	Claude Cahun (Lucy Renée Mathilde Schwob)
Launch	Jackson Pollock's Lucifer Explore Jackson Pollock's painting Lucifer in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art. The program's rich-media format enables you to "zoom in" on full-screen details…	July 2003	Jackson Pollock
Launch	Jackson Pollock's Guardians of the Secret Explore Jackson Pollock's painting Guardians of the Secret in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary works in…	July 2003	Jackson Pollock
Launch	Philip Guston Retrospective Take an in-depth look at five decades of Guston's exciting career by considering some of his most important paintings, with a particular focus on Back View (1975). Each work is…	June 2003	Philip Guston
Launch	Pollock and His Time This feature introduces Jackson Pollock's work and considers his contribution to Abstract Expressionism. As the artist Frank Stella observed, "All the physical making of art…	June 2003
Launch	ROY / design series 1 Take an in-depth look at the work of Lindy Roy through interviews with the architect, images of her eclectic and innovative projects, and video of her proposal for the Wind River…	April 2003	Lindy Roy
Launch	Mondrian's Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue Explore Piet Mondrian's painting Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary…	March 2003	Piet Mondrian
Launch	Piet Mondrian's New York City 2 Explore Piet Mondrian's unfinished painting New York City 2 in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary works in…	March 2003	Piet Mondrian
Launch	Paul Klee's Versunkenheit (Absorption) Explore Paul Klee's print Versunkenheit (Absorption) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary works in the museum's…	March 2003	Paul Klee
Launch	Paul Klee's Rotes Haus Explore Paul Klee's painting Rotes Haus (Red House) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary works in SFMOMA's…	March 2003	Paul Klee
Launch	Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting Investigate Gerhard Richter's views on art and art making, his innovative use of photography, and his interest in abstraction. Curators Robert Storr and Madeleine Grynsztejn…	October 2002	Gerhard Richter
Launch	Eva Hesse Investigate Hesse's working process through this presentation of archival images, excerpts from her notebooks, and insightful commentaries by the artist, her contemporaries, and…	February 2002	Eva Hesse
Launch	Eva Hesse's Sans II Explore Eva Hesse's sculpture Sans II in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary works in SFMOMA's permanent…	February 2002	Eva Hesse
Launch	Eva Hesse's Untitled or Not Yet Explore Hesse's sculpture Untitled or Not Yet in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary works in SFMOMA's permanent…	February 2002	Eva Hesse
Launch	Ansel Adams at 100 Explore the world of ideas behind Ansel Adams's photography through archival footage of the artist at work, audio commentaries by art historians, and words from Adams himself. This…	August 2001	Ansel Adams
Launch	Manuel Alvarez Bravo's Dos pares de piernas Explore Manuel Álvarez Bravo's photograph Dos pares de piernas (Two Pairs of Legs) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern…	May 2001	Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Launch	Frida Kahlo's Frieda y Diego Rivera Explore Frida Kahlo's painting Frieda y Diego Rivera (Frieda and Diego Rivera) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and…	May 2001	Frida (Frieda) Kahlo
Launch	Tina Modotti's Convent of Tepotzotlán, Mexico Explore Tina Modotti's photograph Convent of Tepotzotlán, Mexico in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary…	May 2001	Tina Modotti
Launch	Diego Rivera's Cargador de flores Explore Diego Rivera's painting Cargador de flores (The Flower Carrier ) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and contemporary…	May 2001	Diego Rivera
Launch	David Alfaro Siqueiros's Penitenciaría Explore David Alfaro Siqueiros's painting Penitenciaría (Penitentiary) in this segment from Making Sense of Modern Art, an extensive and engaging guide to modern and…	May 2001	David Alfaro Siqueiros

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