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Exhibition

German Art After 1960

Ongoing
Floor 6
Tickets
Entry to this exhibition is included with general admission.

Embracing a breadth of artistic approaches, this presentation reflects the distinct methods through which artists in postwar Germany have responded both to personal history and a national history marked by destruction, division, and reconstruction. Spanning from the 1960s to the present day, these galleries look deeply into the careers of particular figures within German art, as well as themes that resonate across the production of entire generations. Within an increasingly globalized art world, the definition of German art is constantly expanding, but in the face of ever-shifting sociopolitical conditions, the artists on view find common ground in their tireless pursuit of new methods to address the conditions of their times.

This exhibition, along with presentations on Floors 4 and 5, is the result of an innovative partnership established in 2009 between the Fisher Art Foundation and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Bringing together works from the Fisher Collection and the museum’s permanent collection, these installations offer expansive ways of looking at the strengths of each.


Exhibition Preview

Gerhard Richter, Stadtbild Madrid (Cityscape Madrid), 1968; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Gerhard Richter; photo: Ian Reeves
Charlene von Heyl, Happy End, 2005; Accessions Committee Fund purchase, 2006; © Charline von Heyl; photo: Don Ross
Georg Baselitz, Der Falke (The Falcon), 1971; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Georg Baselitz; photo: J. Littkemann
Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 2003 (installation view); the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Estate of Sigmar Polke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany
Anselm Kiefer, Melancholia, 1990-1991; the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Anselm Kiefer; photo: Katherine Du Tiel

Related Publication

Published in conjunction with the museum’s reopening, this book highlights key works from the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection, and includes texts by Neal Benezra and Gary Garrels.
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Header image: Don Ross