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Exhibition

2017 SECA Art Award

Alicia McCarthy, Lindsey White, Liam Everett, K.R.M. Mooney, Sean McFarland
July 15–September 17, 2017
Floor 4

The 2017 SECA Art Award exhibition highlights five Bay Area artists, each with a dedicated gallery, in their first major museum presentations: Liam Everett, Alicia McCarthy, Sean McFarland, K.R.M. Mooney, and Lindsey White. Everett’s paintings reveal traces of their making, evidence of deliberate and repetitive actions focused on movement and materials. In her intricately patterned compositions, McCarthy transforms surfaces into bursts of line and vibrant color. Using made and found photographs, McFarland reckons with the challenges of representing the landscape. Mooney incorporates natural, industrial, and hand-crafted elements in sculptures that explore the relationships between bodies and objects. In her most recent work, White takes humor seriously, making photographs and sculptures inspired by stage performers such as comedians and magicians.

The SECA Art Award, established in 1967 by SFMOMA’s Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, has recognized and brought broader visibility to more than 70 Bay Area artists.

Lead support for 2017 SECA Art Award: Alicia McCarthy, Lindsey White, Liam Everett, K.R.M. Mooney, Sean McFarland is provided by Shawn and Brook Byers. Generous support is provided by SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art), an SFMOMA art interest group, and Carlie Wilmans.


Exhibition Preview

Artwork image, Liam Everett, Untitled (Bagnac), 2016
Liam Everett installation view
Artwork image, ​ Alicia McCarthy, Untitled, 2015
Alicia McCarthy installation
Artwork image, Sean McFarland, Untitled, 2016
Sean McFarland installation
Artwork image, K.r.m. Mooney, Accord, A Chord I, 2016
K.r.m. Mooney installation image
Artwork image, Lindsey White, Butterfly Mummy, 2016
Lindsey White installation

Liam Everett, Untitled (Bagnac), 2016; photo: courtesy the artist and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

2017 SECA Art Award (installation view); photo: Katherine Du Tiel

Alicia McCarthy, Untitled, 2015; photo: courtesy the artist and Jack Hanley Gallery

2017 SECA Art Award (installation view); photo: Katherine Du Tiel

Sean McFarland, Untitled, 2016; photo: courtesy the artist and Casemore Kirkeby

2017 SECA Art Award (installation view); photo: Katherine Du Tiel

K.r.m. Mooney, Accord, A Chord I, 2016; photo: courtesy the artist, Reserve Ames, and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

2017 SECA Art Award (installation view); photo: Katherine Du Tiel

Lindsey White, Studio 8, 2016; photo: courtesy the artist

2017 SECA Art Award (installation view); photo: Katherine Du Tiel


About SECA

Learn more about SECA (the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art), which has honored over seventy Bay Area artists with the SECA Art Award since 1967.
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