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SEAN KENNEDYUntitled, 2012Synthetic suede stretched over panel30 x 23 3/4 inches (76.2 x 60.3cm)
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“A generation of artists that began seeing themselves not as painters or sculptors but simply as artists, who regarded all materials and subjects as potential art. Much of the new art of the period — happenings, performance and conceptualism — sprang from new approaches to painting.”  Curated by John Held, Jr. and Andrew McClintock This winter the San Francisco Art Institute presents the first West Coast survey exhibition of Gutai (1954-1972), a significant avant-garde artist collective in postwar Japan that was founded by Jiro Yoshihara under a primary directive: “Do something no one’s ever done before.” Gutai, which translates as “concrete” or “embodiment,” fulfilled this commitment to innovative practices by using traditional media in new situations and producing art through concrete actions: smashing paint-filled bottles; full-body wrestling with mud  and cement; leaping through a series of paper screens; painting with feet. With these efforts, Gutai stood in contrast to the figurative and abstract art of the era and prefigured the performance-orientated art of the 1960s such as Happenings and Fluxus. Showcasing nearly two dozen paintings from private collections, original video and photographs, mail art from more than 30 countries, and North American artists’ responses to groundbreaking performances, Experimental Exhibition of Modern Art to Challenge the Mid-Winter Burning Sun: Gutai Historical Survey and Contemporary Response creates a dialogue with classic Gutai works while demonstrating the lasting significance and radical energy of this movement.  In addition to the works on display in the Walter and McBean Galleries, SFAI invites you to a series of exhibition-related events: a lecture, panel discussion, film screening, and more! This exhibition and all its associate events are FREE and open to the public.
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STEVEN BALDI7/1: Max Bill for Junghans (via PMA Plate 24, MoMA 347.1961), 2010Acrylic on linen11 7/8 inches diameter
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ANALIA SABAN @ LACMA
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julianminima: Analia Saban Painting(s) Reassembled (Eleven paintings ≠ One Painting) Oil on Canvas 45 x 37 inches 2005
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abandonedporn: 6 Abandoned Places That Will Make Awesome Supervillain Lairs
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(Little) Factory in the Netherlands
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corrumpo: Andy Collins.
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