SFMOMA: Boiler Room Symphony
Artist Bill Fontana takes us to the source of his SFMOMA-commissioned sound installation Sonic Shadows (2010): the museum’s boiler room.
Artist Cribs: Hung Liu
Chinese-American painter Hung Liu takes us inside her Oakland studio where we get a glimpse at colorful works in progress. She shows us her table of catalogs used to reflect […]
SFMOMA: Photos From Adult Film Sets
Photographer Larry Sultan considers his series The Valley (1997–2003), for which he made pictures of ordinary homes that were used as sets for pornographic films.
SFMOMA: Absurd Thoughts
In her Brooklyn studio, Dana Schutz imagines the moment when a painting becomes “more than just material, and more than just a picture.” She describes how her paintings begin as […]
SFMOMA: Robert Frank
In this rare interview, photographer Robert Frank discusses his seminal book The Americans (1958). He reflects on specific images from the series and gives insight into his process at the […]
SFMOMA: Photography is Not the Truth
Artist John Baldessari had an epiphany that led him from painting to photography and deeply informed his notorious sense of humor and visual style. He went on to challenge the […]
SFMOMA: Discovering Invisible Music
As he creates his unique sound sculptures, artist Bill Fontana finds inspiration in his physical setting and the philosophies of musical composition and found art.
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. […]
