Organized by Rachel Jans + Claudia La Rocco

Shifting Terrain

Organized by Rachel Jans, assistant curator of painting and sculpture at SFMOMA, the Shifting Terrain exhibit (October 5, 2019–March 8, 2020) features work by artists who gained attention in the 1970s, including Helène Aylon, stanley brouwn, Terry Fox, Joan Jonas, Charles Gaines, Michelle Stuart, and Zarina. Dedicated to works on paper, the show highlights how artists investigate and unsettle the construction of the self, history, and place; some pieces consider how place is marked and made, while others accentuate the energy and physical process of making art. For this series, we invited three artists whose practices resonate with these themes to visit the galleries and create works inspired by their experiences of and reflections on the artists and work therein. A text by Rachel concludes the intergenerational and interdisciplinary conversation — for now.

Series

Theme and Variation

by Rachel Jans