Exhibition

Art of Northern California

Three Views
May 14, 2016–January 8, 2017
Floor 2

Underscoring SFMOMA’s commitment to the art of California and the Bay Area specifically, the inaugural installation of the museum’s new California galleries features local artists in three groupings: artists associated with the University of California, Davis, including Robert Arneson, Wayne Thiebaud, and William T. Wiley; art by Joan Brown, Jess, and Lee Mullican, emphasizing the personal, often spiritual, underpinnings of art produced in the region; and the Bay Area’s vibrant Conceptual art scene of the late 1960s and 1970s, explored through works by David Ireland, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Tom Marioni, among others.

Exhibition Preview

Artwork image, Wayne Thiebaud's Display Cakes
Artwork image, Jess, Fig. 4
Artwork image, David Ireland's Broom Collection with Boom

Wayne Thiebaud, Display Cakes, 1963; oil on canvas; 28 x 38 in. (71.12 x 96.52 cm); collection SFMOMA, Mrs. Manfred Bransten Special Fund purchase; © Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA, New York; photo: Don Ross and Katherine Du Tiel

Jess, Fig. 4 — Far And Few…: Translation #15, 1965; collection SFMOMA, Mrs. Manfred Bransten Special Fund purchase; © JESS -The Jess Collins Trust

David Ireland, Broom Collection with Boom, 1978/1988; collection SFMOMA, Ruth Nash Fund purchase; © 500 Capp Street Foundation; photo: Ben Blackwell

Art of Northern California: Three Views is supported by Jean and James E. Douglas, Jr., Mary J. Elmore, and Sheri and Paul Siegel. Additional support is provided by Concepción and Irwin Federman.

Header image: © Henrik Kam