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The True King of Pop Campbell’s soup cans and Brillo boxes are perhaps the most common images associated with Andy Warhol, along with his four-panel, boldly colored portraits of the stars. However, his fascination with (and substantial creation of) popular culture led his artistic experimentation into numerous other realms, including music, film, TV, and the printed word. Warhol Live, at the De Young until May 17th, is a sprawling exhibition of Warhol’s forays into these pockets of pop culture, exposing the true extent of his fascination and involvement with all manner of media. |
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Splendor and Spectacle Yves Saint Laurent is perhaps one of the most famous names in fashion, and this exhibition shows us exactly why. From clean, elegant lines to outrageous color combinations and materials, Yves Saint Laurent’s designs present a fantastic palette of fashion, its evolution as well as aberrations. The exhibition is a retrospective of Laurent’s work since the 1960s, covering not only a broad time period, but also a huge number of styles, materials, themes, influences, and interests. |
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Systematic Landscapes The 49-year old sculptor and architect Maya Lin is best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a monument that attests to the artist’s ability to elicit emotion from a viewer through minimal attempts at representation, and a concurrent reliance on the associative factors of vision and memory to create the desired response. Lin’s monumental approach to her sculpture can also be found in her recent exhibition at the de Young Museum, “Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes", which follows on the heels of her recent installation at the new California Academy of Sciences. |
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A Rich Assortment The latest exhibit at the Asian Art Museum, “Arts of the Islamic World from Turkey to Indonesia", on display through March 1st in the museum’s Tateuchi Gallery, is an all-encompassing glimpse into the richness and variety of Islamic art, dating from the death of the prophet Muhammad to contemporary 20th and 21st century interpretations of Islam and the cultural and artistic forces that have continued to shape its reception on a global scale. |
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MoAd’s timely exhibit a must-see On exhibit at the de Young is the vibrant work of Chihuly and SFMOMA has the revolutionary work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. If you’ve already been to San Francisco’s big two, it’s time to explore the Museum of African Diaspora’s (MoAD) contemplative, civically-inspiring “Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera", organized by The Amistad Center for Art & Culture with curators Lisa Henry, M.A. and W. Frank Mitchell, Ph.D. This timely, collective body of work is not to be missed, especially considering the African American population of San Francisco is depleting faster than you can say gentrification. |
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