SFMOMA: Cameraless Photos
Artist Liz Deschenes explains her laborious technique for creating large-scale photograms at night. Each resulting work visually captures its “index” — the ambient light, weather, and other atmospheric conditions that […]
SFMOMA: Photography on Fire
Marco Breuer discusses his practice not as a photographer but as an artist who works with photography. He describes his experimental approach, which includes conceptual frameworks and the use of […]
SFMOMA: Photographing the Sex Pistols
Bay Area photographer Michael Jang discusses his experience capturing both local and famous punk bands on film—including the Sex Pistols, who played their final concert in San Francisco in 1978. […]
SFMOMA: Electromagnetic Landscape
Sound artist Christina Kubisch describes how she discovered electromagnetic induction, the phenomenon at the core of her work Electrical Walks San Francisco (2017), created for SFMOMA’s exhibition Soundtracks.
SFMOMA: A Lifetime of Art
Etel Adnan catalogs the scarce paintings she encountered as a child, shares her memories of a formative trip to the Louvre, and explains her current fascination with tapestries as well […]
SFMOMA: Expired Photo Paper
Artist Alison Rossiter develops expired photographic paper to reveal subtle exposures made through the passage of time. She discusses her processes, and why she finds purpose in using old materials […]
SFMOMA: Socialist Realism
Artist Hung Liu discusses how working in the fields during China’s Cultural Revolution has influenced her art practice. Listen to her explain how she uses washes, drips, and grainy photographs […]
SFMOMA: Camera Obscura
Artist Abelardo Morell reimagines scenery by turning entire rooms into camera obscuras – effectively merging interior and exterior spaces – and then photographing the results. He discusses how he developed […]
SFMOMA: Vija Celmins
Vija Celmins on her life in art, her source materials – from the kitchen counter to the cosmos – and her enduring obsession with “redescribing” the world around her.
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 […]
