SFMOMA: State of Mind
For Vija Celmins, the way to approach a work of art depends on the viewer’s state of mind. Here, she provides a starting point for experiencing her creations.
SFMOMA: Ant Farm and Media Burn
Ant Farm’s satirical event Media Burn (1975) parodied the conventions of a media spectacle. A fictional politician, the “Artist President,” introduced the main event: a sculptural, transformed car crashing through […]
SFMOMA: Vija Celmins
Painter Vija Celmins describes her artistic process and the inspiration she finds in natural surfaces and environmental textures.
SFMOMA: Robert Adams
Robert Adams moved to the Pacific Northwest for peacefulness and natural surroundings. He didn’t anticipate those surroundings to be the catalyst for his next project. Adams shares how he used […]
SFMOMA: Mike Mandel
Mike Mandel’s Baseball Photographer Trading Cards (1975) is more or less a standard set of trading cards, except for one thing: rather than famous athletes, Mandel’s cards feature photographers. For […]
SFMOMA: At Sea
Artist Jason Lazarus discusses the process behind his site-specific installation for SFMOMA, Recordings #3 (At Sea) (2014–16). Having collected found photographs for years, Lazarus describes his fascination with the human […]
SFMOMA: Janet Delaney
Photographer Janet Delaney reflects on capturing another era of San Francisco in her series South of Market (1978–86). She describes what it’s like to revisit the ever-changing neighborhood for her […]
SFMOMA: Daido Moriyama
Photographer Daido Moriyama reflects on the rebellious youth culture of late 1960s Japan, a period when he and his colleagues were working on the avant-garde photography magazine Provoke (1968–69). He […]
SFMOMA: Larry Sultan
Photographer Larry Sultan describes his project Pictures from Home (1983–92), which explores the complexities of family life through photographs, home movies, and ephemera. He describes collaborating with his parents as […]
SFMOMA: Don’t Believe the Doubters
Artist Etel Adnan has dedicated her life to creating poetry and visual art. Here she explains how she began working in those mediums and what she sees as the unique […]
