Defying strict classification and transcending the limitations of any single genre, multimedia artist Bruce Conner will be celebrated in an extensive retrospective at SFMOMA October 29, 2016 – January 22, 2017 after its initial iteration at MoMA NY. Referencing the artist’s inimitable and ever-changing methods, the subtitle of the exhibition — It’s All True — was derived from a letter that the artist wrote to his friend and collaborator, Paula Kirkeby, in 2000, listing the many ways he had been characterized in the media. Read more.
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CROSSROADS (film still; 1976), Bruce Conner. © 2016 Conner Family Trust, San Francisco
SPIDER LADY NEST (1959), Bruce Conner. © 2016 Conner Family Trust, San Francisco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
BREAKAWAY (film still; 1966), Bruce Conner. © 2016 Conner Family Trust, San Francisco
THE ARTIST (21 March, 1990), Bruce Conner. © 2016 Conner Family Trust, San Francisco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
MEXICO COLLAGE (1962), Bruce Conner. © 2016 Conner Family Trust, San Francisco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
UNTITLED (10 May, 1957), Bruce Conner. © 2016 Conner Family Trust, San Francisco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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