Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
The Sacramento Bee Reviews "Sam Francis: Five Decades"
Read what Victoria Dalkey has to say about "Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism from California Collections" -- now at the Crocker Museum -- in the Sacramento Bee…
Unexpected beauty: Splashes of vibrant colors, images that delight
Published: Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 - 5:14 pm
Beauty, when talking about contemporary art, is sometimes considered a dirty word. But no other term will suffice for Sam Francis’ paintings now on view at the Crocker Art Museum. When you walk into the show, the breathtaking canvases make you feel like you are floating somewhere in the sky, looking up at clouds, looking down on tree tops and fields. An intense blue – radiant, saturated – and bright whites run through the exhibit, taking you into realms of pure delight.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Sam Francis "Five Decades" to open at the Crocker Museum
Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism from California Collections
On view at the Crocker Museum
JANUARY 26 – APRIL 20, 2014
This exhibition celebrates the work of internationally acclaimed California native Sam Francis (1923–94), one of Abstract Expressionism's top practitioners and California's most accomplished artists. Featuring a colorful range of the artist's paintings and unique works on paper, this survey highlights different periods of the artist's work as represented in extraordinary public and private California collections.
The exhibition includes early paintings the artist made during his time in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1940s, but is primarily dedicated to the influential and expansive body of work that the artist created between the 1950s and the 1990s. Represented are works made in the artist's California studios in Palo Alto, Point Reyes, Santa Monica, and Venice, as well as those made when Francis was living in New York, Bern, Paris, and Tokyo. The exhibition is organized by the Sam Francis Foundation in collaboration with the Crocker Art Museum and the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
Image credit: Sam Francis, Untitled, 1980. Acrylic on canvas, 54 x 142 in. The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection. Artwork © Sam Francis Foundation, California/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Exhibition-related programs:
- (Sat, Jan 25, 2014 10:00 am)
- (Sun, Jan 26, 2014 1:00 pm)
For more programs and information visit the Crocker Museum Website.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
KCRW's "ArtTalk" with Hunter Drohojowska-Philp on Sam Francis
On KCRW's "ArtTalk" Hunter Drohojowska-Philp mentions "Sam Francis Fifty Years" as a high point among this year's art exhibitions.
Looking Back
THU DEC 19, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Shingo Francis at Galerie Kornfeld
Cristina Barroso
Shingo Francis
Bodo Korsig
Curated by Patricia Kornfeld
November 19th - December 21st, 2013
Opening Reception: November 19th, 8:00-10:00pm
Bern, Switzerland 3008
Galerie Kornfeld
Laupenstrasse 41 Bern, Switzerland 3008
Shingo Francis will be showing with Stuttgardt based artist Cristina Barroso of Brazil, and Trier based artist Bodo Korsig of Germany at the historic Galerie Kornfeld located in the Swiss capital of Bern. Curated by Patricia Kornfeld, the three person exhibition brings together painting, drawing, sculpture and installation. Although each artist has their individual studio practice which has evolved over the years, they share common sensibilities of line, shape, form, color and an underlying concept.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Sam Francis: Five Decades Reviewed in Art Ltd. Magazine
Sam Francis, Middle Blue #5, 1959-60
Watercolor on paper, 26 3/4" x 40 1/4"
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Julian J. and Joachim Jean Aberbach
Artwork copyright: Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Molly Enholm reviews "Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism from California Collections" at the Pasadena Museum of California Art in the November/December 2013 issue of Art Ltd. magazine:
Ultimately, PMCA’s exhibition offers much more than can be summarized in a decade-by-decade synopsis of the artist’s formal excursions and influences. Although the exhibition lacks any of the monumentally scaled paintings that have the ability to truly envelop the viewer, it offers a journey through the full arc of the artist’s career. Taken altogether, the exhibition finds clarity through Francis’s relatively fixed palette, dominated by cerulean blues and primary colors— a visual cohesion that unites his seemingly inexhaustible manipulations of this motif.
Click here to read the complete review on the Art Ltd. website.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Debra Burchett-Lere Speaks About Sam Francis in Pasadena
On Sunday, November 3rd, Debra Burchett-Lere -- Director of the Sam Francis Foundation -- spoke to a crowd of about 75 at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Walking through the exhibition "Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism from California Collections," Burchett-Lere spoke about the artist's personal history and gave personal insights into his works and ideas.
Here are some photos from the event, followed by a brief video clip:
Here are some photos from the event, followed by a brief video clip:
Burchett-Lere describes the impact of Francis' Parisian period
Debra Burchett- Lere accompanied by PMCA Director Jenkins Shannon
Burchett-Lere makes her point in front of a Sam Francis painting from the 1970s
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