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Sarah Lucas: Good Muse

Submitted by Andrew Fox on

Sarah Lucas has gained notoriety for creating sculptures and installations that showcase the innate crudeness of stereotypical conceptions of gender and sexuality. From the outset, Lucas has used self-portraiture to debunk conservative notions of femininity, adopting stances associated with male behavior that purposefully foster sexual ambiguity. Lucas’s penchant for androgyny has also filtered into her sculpture, with bodies that flaunt both male and female attitudes and attributes and deny any clear association with either. 

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Installation of "Sarah Lucas: Good Muse" at the Legion of Honor

Installation of "Sarah Lucas: Good Muse" at the Legion of Honor

Installation of "Sarah Lucas: Good Muse" at the Legion of Honor

Installation of "Sarah Lucas: Good Muse" at the Legion of Honor

Installation of "Sarah Lucas: Good Muse" at the Legion of Honor

Installation of "Sarah Lucas: Good Muse" at the Legion of Honor

Installation of "Sarah Lucas: Good Muse" at the Legion of Honor

Installation of "Sarah Lucas: Good Muse" at the Legion of Honor

Relationship Between the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) and the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)

Wed, 06/28/2017

Feathered Serpents and Flowering Trees mural (Feathered Serpent 1), 500–550. Earthen aggregate, stucco, and mineral pigments, 22 1/4 x 160 1/4 in (56.5 x 407 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Bequest of Harald J. Wagner, 1985.104a

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TIMELINE

1976
FAMSF receives an unexpected bequest of over 70 wall mural fragments from the archeological site of Teotihuacan from the estate of Harald Wagner.

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The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Announce a Major Exhibition of Artifacts from the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Many Recently Excavated or Never Before Seen in the U.S.

Tue, 09/05/2017

Circular relief, 300–450. Stone, 49 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (125 x 103 x 25 cm). Museo Nacional de Antropología / INAH, 10-81807. Archivo Digital de las Colecciones del Museo Nacional de Antropología / INAH-CANON

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Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire
de Young | September 30, 2017 – February 11, 2018

Francisco Rosas
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tel: 415.750.8906
FRosas@famsf.org
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Sèvres and Vincennes Porcelain from the Gustavo Seriñá Collection

Submitted by tricia on

This display of Sèvres and Vincennes porcelain celebrates a significant promised gift from Gustavo Seriñá to the Fine Arts Museums. Showing highly-decorated porcelain tea and dining wares, thirty pieces from this collection are from the early production of the French Royal Factory which was founded at Vincennes in 1740 and moved to Sèvres, just outside Paris, in 1756.  This presentation highlights the Museums’ growing collection and its ability to present new exhibitions and scholarship in the field of European eighteenth-century porcelain.

Frank Stella: A Retrospective

Submitted by Tricia Robson on

For almost six decades Frank Stella has been one of the most important and influential figures in the evolution of modern art, expanding the definitions of art and challenging its conventions. Exploring pictorial space—how paintings can seem to expand or contract, lie completely flat or envelop the viewer, suggest movement or foster stillness—has led to some of Stella’s most significant innovations.

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Hollis Frampton, "#24 (507 bulldozer)", from "The Secret World of Frank Stella", 1958–62. Gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 x 9 7/16 in (19.05 x 23.97 cm). Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Anodover, MA / Art Resource, NY, Gift of Marion Faller, Addison Art Drive, 1990.34.24. © Hollis Frampton Estate

Frank Stella, "East Broadway", 1958. Oil on canvas, 85 1/4 x 81 in (216.5 x 205.7 cm). Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachuetts, Gift of the artist (PA 1954), 1980.14. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Frank Stella, "Gran Cairo", 1962. Alkyd on canvas, 85 5/8 × 85 5/8 in (217.5 × 217.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 63.34. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Frank Stella, "Jasper’s Dilemma", 1962. Alkyd on canvas, 77 x 154 in (195.6 x 391.2 cm). Collection of Irma and Norman Braman. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Frank Stella, "Miniature Benjamin Moore Series (Island No.10; Palmito Ranch, Sabine Pass; Hampton Roads; New Madrid; Delaware Crossing)", 1962. Six paintings, alkyd (Benjamin Moore flat wall paint) on canvas, each 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in (30.6 x 30.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Andy Warhol, 72.167.1-6. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Hollis Frampton, "#3 (28 painting Getty Tomb)", from "The Secret World of Frank Stella", 1958–62. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in (24 x 18.9 cm). Albright-Knox Art Gallery / Art Resource, NY, Gift of Marion Faller, 1988. © Hollis Frampton Estate

Frank Stella, "Chocorua IV", 1966. Fluorescent alkyd and epoxy paints on canvas, 120 x 128 in (304.8 x 325.1 cm). Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Purchased through the Miriam and Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund, a gift from Judson and Carol Bemis, Class of 1976, and gifts from the Lathrop Fellows, in honor of Brian P. Kennedy, Director of the Hood Museum of Art, 2005–2010. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Studio at 84 Walker Street, New York, 1965. Photo by Cornell Capa. © Cornell Capa / Magnum Photos

Frank Stella, "Bechhofen", 1972. Wood, 97 x 103 x 8 in (246.4 x 261.6 x 20.3 cm). San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Robinson, Jr. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Frank Stella, "Gobba, zoppa e collotorto", 1985. Oil, urethane enamel, fluorescent alkyd, acrylic, and printing ink on etched magnesium and aluminum, 137 x 120 1/8 in (348 x 305.1 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund; Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment, 1986.93. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Studio at 126 East 13th Street, New York, 1989. Photo by Thomas Hoepker. © Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos

Frank Stella, "K.81 combo (K.37 and K.43) large size", 2009. Protogen RPT (rapid prototype technology) with stainless-steel tubing, 180 x 192 x 120 in (457.2 x 487.7 x 304.8 cm) Private collection. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Frank Stella, 2015. Photo by Kristine Larsen courtesy of the artist, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York; Dominique Lévy Gallery, New York and London; Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, Berlin, and London

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