Indoor Clouds, Google Street View and Dutch Masterworks

What do indoor clouds, Google Street View and Dutch masterworks have in common? Find out at a unique evening event hosted by the SFAC Galleries in conjunction with its current exhibition Conversation 6. The SFAC Galleries brings together the de Young Museum’s special exhibition Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis assistant curator Melissa Buron of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and renowned photographer Doug Rickard to expand the dialogue around the exhibited works of Dutch installation artists Bernadnaut Smilde, who will be visiting from Amsterdam. Moderated by Galleries Director and exhibition curator Meg Shiffler, the panel will draw conversational threads that will enliven a broad discussion around major themes such as documentation, site, ephemerality vs. permanence, and “truth” in image making. This program is made possible through the generous support of the Graue Family Foundation.
Conversation 6: Berndnaut Smilde and Jason Hanasik is on view through April 27, 2013 at the SFAC Main Gallery at 401 Van Ness, open Wednesday – Saturday, noon – 5 p.m. Conversations is an ongoing series that features a substantive body of work by a local artist alongside works by an artist based on another point on the globe.