Pardon our dust; we're working on a new installation that affects the Atrium and Floors 3, 4, and 5.
Sarah Sze’s Forever is Composed of Nows transforms SFMOMA’s Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Atrium into a shifting landscape where light, sound, and movement intertwine. Inspired by the ephemerality of images, the fragility of nature, and the passage of time, this site-specific, multisensory commission features three new monumental paintings and a dynamic flow of video projections and rhythmic, pulsating soundscapes that create a fully immersive experience spanning several spaces and multiple floors. The title references a 19th-century poem by Emily Dickinson, whose written work resonates with Sze’s own meditation on time as a continuum of present moments, each adding to the memory of forever.
Learn more about Sarah Sze’s new installation in An Architecture of Belonging: Sarah Sze Transforms the Atrium.
Lead support for Sarah Sze: Forever is Composed of Nows is provided by Randi and Bob Fisher.
Presenting support is provided by Dana and Bob Emery.
Major support is provided by Roberta and Steve Denning Commissioning Endowed Fund, Gagosian, Katie and Matt Paige, and Gary Steele and Steven Rice.
Significant support is provided by Alka and Ravin Agrawal, The John & Amy Griffin Foundation, Susan Karp and Paul Haahr, Alexandria and Kevin Marchetti, Jessica Moment and Sebastian Bredberg, Diana Nelson and John Atwater Commissioning Fund, and Annie Robinson Woods and Montgomery Woods.
Meaningful support is provided by Ethan Beard and Wayee Chu, Dolly and George Chammas, Patricia W. Fitzpatrick Commissioning Endowed Fund, Anne Simone Kleinman and Thomas Wong, John M. Sanger, Carol Saper, Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg, Denise Littlefield Sobel Commissioning Endowed Fund, Susan Swig, Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation, and Merryl and James Tisch.
Header image: Sarah Sze, Forever is Composed of Nows (rendering); courtesy Sarah Sze Studio