A flying visit to San Francisco on my way to Monterey on business – and SFMOMA was top of my list of places to visit. It didn’t disappoint.
I took myself off on Saturday morning, while it was still relatively quiet – and on the advice of a friend, covered the whole gallery from top to bottom. It’s almost impossible to pull out everything I loved, but here are some highlights.
Jenny Holzer, 1983: Truisms
Ellsworth Kelly, 1993: Yellow Relief with Black
Ellsworth Kelly, 1953: Spectrum 1
Josef Albers, 1954: Homage to the Square
Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love
Yayoi Kusama: Aspiring to Pumpkin’s Love, the Love in My Heart
For Yayoi Kusama, pumpkins have been a lifelong source of fascination. She was first drawn to them in childhood, citing their “generous unpretentiousness” and “spiritual balance,” and has explored them continually in her painting, sculpture, installation art, and poetry.
Gerhard Richter, 1974: 256 Farben.
And lastly, this amazing immersive glass tunnel…I didn’t note the artist, but I loved it!
There were so many, many more pieces I loved. This is just a selection of the great work on display.