75 Reasons to Live
In January 2010, over the course of a three-day weekend, we invited 75 people to give talks of 7.5 minutes or less, each on a single SFMOMA collection work.
This series was originally produced by Open Space (2008-2021), SFMOMA's interdisciplinary publishing platform for artists, writers, community members, et al. Browse the full Open Space archives here for features, interdisciplinary projects, and beautiful vestiges of the blogosphere.
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75 Reasons to Live: Rudolf Frieling on Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” (Golden)
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75 Reasons to Live: Neal Benezra on Clyfford Still’s Untitled [formerly Self-Portrait]
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75 Reasons to Live: Kevin Killian on Andy Warhol’s National Velvet
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75 Reasons to Live: Rex Ray on Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait
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75 Reasons to Live: Yves Béhar on Barry McGee’s Untitled
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75 Reasons to Live: Trevor Paglen on Will Rogan’s Untitled, from the series Public Sculpture
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75 Reasons to Live: Stephanie Syjuco on Sherrie Levine’s La Fortune (After Man Ray)
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75 Reasons to Live: Renée Green on On Kawara’s MAR. 16, 1993, from the Today series
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75 Reasons to Live: Pamela Z on Robert Rauschenberg’s Collection (formerly Untitled)
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75 Reasons to Live: Lori Fogarty on Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Worker, Coachella Valley, California
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75 Reasons to Live: Kota Ezawa on Jeff Koons’s Michael Jackson and Bubbles
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75 Reasons to Live: Kenneth Foster on Joanne Leonard’s Sad Dreams on Cold Mornings
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75 Reasons to Live: Kamau Patton on Nata Piaskowski’s Untitled [Playing Handball]
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75 Reasons to Live: Jennifer A. González on Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s Untitled
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75 Reasons to Live: Iain A. Boal on Elaine Mayes’s Interracial Couple and Baby, Golden Gate Park, August, 1968
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75 Reasons to Live: Glen Helfand on Ed Ruscha’s Thirty-four Parking Lots in Los Angeles
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75 Reasons to Live: Chris Sollars on Bruce Nauman’s Wax Impressions of the Knees of Five Famous Artists
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75 Reasons to Live: Carrie Pilto on Henri Matisse’s La fille aux yeux verts (The Girl with Green Eyes)
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75 Reasons to Live: Carey Perloff on Robbert Flick’s Along Ocean Park, Looking West, Summer
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75 Reasons to Live: Allison Smith on J. Wilbur Sandison’s Quilt