Sam Francis was born on June 25th, 1923: he would have been 89 today.
Francis with his son Osamu in Venice studio, California. (Photo by Douglas Shields.)
Monday, June 25, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Sam Francis: "My happiness is a curved line..."
Sam Francis, "Untitled," 1988-89, 72 x 120 inches, acrylic on canvas
Collection: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
From a statement written by Francis to accompany the display of "Untitled" in the exhibition “Theme Hiroshima,” 3 May–20 August 1989:
"My happiness is a curved line, a circle and the straight line of the sun"
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Sam Francis on Painting, 1957
"What we want to make is something that fills utterly the sight, and can't be used to make life only bearable; if the painting till now was a way of making bearable the sight of the unbearable, the visual sumptuous, then let's now strip away... all that."
Sam Francis installing his 1957 show at the Martha Jackson Gallery, New York.
Photo courtesy Martha Jackson Gallery Archives:
University at Buffalo
Anderson Gallery, State University of New York at Buffalo
The above quote and photo are from:
The Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Sam Francis "Berlin Red" at the Martin-Gropius-Bau
Sam Francis’s monumental 24-by-36-foot painting Berlin Red, which was painted in Los Angeles as a commission for the Neue Nationalgalerie in 1968-70, was recently on display at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, as part of "Pacific Standard Time." During the exhibition, Sam Francis Foundation Director Debra Burchett-Lere was able to view the work and admire its scale and presence.
Above: Debra Burchett-Lere viewing Sam Francis, Berlin Red installed for "Pacific Standard Time" at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2012.
A visitor walks by Berlin Red: Photo Markus Schreiber
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