Artists Gallery Exhibitions

Overview

In keeping with its mission to promote Northern California art, the SFMOMA Artists Gallery presents eight exhibitions each year in its main gallery. Focusing on both new and established artists, the exhibition program consists of solo, group, and thematic shows, and represents a diverse range of art practices, including painting, sculpture, photography, and new media works.

Located on the top floor of the Artists Gallery, the loft gallery is a new exhibition space devoted to artworks not typically found in our rental inventory, such as installations, unframed works on paper, and wall and floor sculptures. Similar to a "project room," this space welcomes exploration and experimentation.

As an extension of the gallery's exhibition program at Fort Mason, solo shows featuring selected gallery artists are on view year-round at SFMOMA's Caffè Museo.

All exhibited works are available for rent or purchase. Please contact the Artists Gallery at 415.441.4777 or artistsgallery@sfmoma.org for more information.

Currently at Fort Mason

Robert Ogata, Pauletta Chanco, Tomas Nakada

October 15 - November 20, 2009
Main Gallery

Opening reception:
Thursday, October 15, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Three California painters explore the spectrum of visual possibilities using pure pigments, oil, wax, precious metal leaf, and ink. Some works in this beautiful and resonant show are purposefully restrained while others are dynamic and expressive.

New World Order: Habitation
Robert Larson, Nadim Sabella, Patricia Neal, Seza Bali

October 15 - November 20, 2009
Loft gallery

Opening reception:
Thursday, October 15, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

New World Order is a series of five exhibitions held in the Loft Gallery. In each presentation, the artists explore the rapidly changing world through artworks with social, political, and ecological contexts.

In this segment, four artists envision the places we inhabit. Patricia Neal's paintings depict familiar places and the natural environment while Seza Bali's photos reveal interior spaces with surprise and humor. Robert Larson ventures on foot off the beaten path in search of traces and clues left behind by society, communities and the individual. What he finds in the detritus left behind by temporary habitation is revealing and reflective of current and past methods of living. Nadim Sabella's work imagines a future world transformed by climate change, where boats are run aground in waterless basins and the famous Bay Area fog is perpetual.

Robert Ogata, Hana 2, 2008; oil and polymer on canvas; 72 x 66 in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Robert Ogata, Hana 4, 2008; oil and gold leaf on canvas; 56 x 132 in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Pauletta Chanco, Paramita Development on the Wheel, 2008; oil on linen; 46 ½ x 42 in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Pauletta Chanco, Clearing the Forest Path for Practice, 2008; oil on linen; 72 x 64 in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Tomas Nakada, Arrangement 11, 2008; sumi ink on paper; 11 x 7 in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Tomas Nakada, Arrangement 13, 2008; sumi ink on paper; 11 x 7 in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Robert Larson, Bronze Chief, 1995–2002; found object used as part of the artist's process (wheat flour bag); 28 x 16 x 10 in.; photo: Ron Jones

Nadim Sabella, In a Fog III, 2009; chromogenic print; 6 ½ x 6 ½ in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Patricia Neal, Gold Hills, 2007; oil on linen; 46 x 34 in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Seza Bali, Conny, Ashley and Gwen's Knives, 2008; ink-jet print; 20 x 24 in.; photo: courtesy the artist

Currently at Caffe Museo

Alan George

October 29 - December 8, 2009

Alan George's photographs carry a unique and seductive appeal. Depicting vast landscapes bearing odd and often ironic traces of humankind's presence, his images manage to convey solitude and emptiness while maintaining an idiosyncratic sense of humor. Though the places in his pictures seem haunted with the ghosts of past inhabitants, it's clear that nature "moved in" once man moved on — which leaves us with an optimistic reminder: Life goes on.

Alan George, Hurricane Damage, Orange Beach, AL, 2008; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, Fire Plug, Fort Morgan, AL, 2007; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, Ground Fog, Fort Morgan, AL, 2008; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, Oyster Shells, Bayou La Batre, AL, 2008; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, Full Court, Gulf Shores, AL, 2007; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, Instinct, Alabama Port, AL, 2008; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, 37 Palms, Perdido Bay, AL, 2008; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, Sprite, Fort Morgan, AL, 2008; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, Empty Pool, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 2009; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Alan George, Shrimp Boat, Bayou La Batre, AL, 2008; ink-jet print; photo: courtesy the artist

Upcoming at Fort Mason

Holidays at the Artists Gallery: Celebrating Bay Area Arts and Crafts

December 3 - December 19, 2009
Main and Loft Galleries

Opening reception:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

This holiday season the Artists Gallery will feature affordable art by more than a dozen artists as well as a fair each Saturday showcasing high-quality crafts from a variety of local producers.

Mary Alison Lucas, Stubble Bubble, 2009; clay, nails, glaze; 5 in. diameter; photo: courtesy the artist

Jessica Dacher, Allons-y, 2009; acrylic, collage, graphite on panel; 9¼ x 5¼ in.; photo: courtesy of the artist

Jewelry crafted from LEGO® by emiko-o. Available at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery craft fair on Saturdays, December 5 through 19, 2009.

Good on Paper's line of stationery. Available at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery craft fair on Saturdays, December 5 through 19, 2009.