One Day at a Time: Susan O’Malley and Leah Rosenberg

Exhibition
May 29, 2021–March 6, 2022
Floor 2

The enduringly relevant practices of Bay Area friends and sometime collaborators Susan O’Malley (1976–2015) and Leah Rosenberg (b. 1979) reflect a deep, almost radical optimism. Whether through text, color, or daily rituals, their work is characterized by a belief in art’s ability to affect people’s lives for the better.

This exhibition features O’Malley’s Advice from My 80-Year-Old Self (2015) and Rosenberg’s Where Once Was None (2015), alongside new gifts from O’Malley’s friends and family.

Exhibition Preview

Susan O’Malley, Advice from My 80-Year-Old Self, 2015 (installation view); collection SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; © Estate of Susan O’Malley; photo: Katherine Du Tiel
Susan O’Malley, Is It Possible from the series Advice from My 80-Year-Old Self, 2015; collection SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; © Estate of Susan O’Malley
Works by Susan O’Malley in One Day at a Time, 2021; photo: Katherine Du Tiel
Leah Rosenberg, Where Once Was None, 2015 (installation view, One Day at a Time); collection SFMOMA, gift of the artist; © Leah Rosenberg; photo: courtesy the artist
Leah Rosenberg, Where Once Was None, 2015 (installation view, One Day at a Time); collection SFMOMA, gift of the artist; © Leah Rosenberg; photo: courtesy the artist