Date/Time Date(s) - 17/06/2022 - 22/10/2022All Day
Location Asian Art Museum
Location Address 200 Larkin Street
City San Francisco
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The first-ever retrospective of the iconic Filipino American artist and educator Carlos Villa (1936-2013), this exhibition showcases vibrant, large-scale works that have not been seen in decades.
Villa forged a new kind of art-world inclusion in San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s by referencing influences from African, Asian, and Oceanic traditions and including materials as diverse as hair, spit, sperm, bones, shells, feathers, mirrors, and silk. His radical art, activism, and teaching career impacted a generation of artists and redirected the trajectory of contemporary art movements.
Tat2, 1971, from the Tatu series, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Ink on ITEK photograph. H. 21.5 in. x W. 14.5 in. Estate of Carlos Villa. Photography © Estate of Carlos Villa. Ritual, 1970–1971, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Mixed media on unstretched canvas. H. 97 in. x W. 94 in. x D. 4 in. Estate of Carlos Villa. Photography © Estate of Carlos Villa. Photograph by Jay Jones. Painted Cloak (verso), 1971, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Airbrushed acrylic on
unstretched canvas with lining of feathers and taffeta. H. 62 in. x W. 130 in. x 8 in. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Photography © Estate of Carlos Villa. Photograph by Joe McDonald. Painted Cloak (recto), 1971, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Airbrushed acrylic on
unstretched canvas with lining of feathers and taffeta. H. 62 in. x W. 130 in. x 8 in. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Photography © Estate of Carlos Villa. Photograph by Joe McDonald. My Roots, 1970–1971, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Acrylic and feathers on canvas. H. 91.5 in. x W. 93.25 in. x D. 6 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award, 72.21. Maturing, 1979–1980, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Acrylic, feathers, mirror fragments, Rhoplex acrylic binder, and blood on unstretched canvas. H. 101 in. x W. 105 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of the Artist, 1980.70. Photography courtesy of Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art. Mask-Unmask, 1977, from the Improbable Mask series, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Airbrushed acrylic and feathers on unstretched canvas. H. 66 in. x W. 36 in. Estate of Carlos Villa. Photography © Estate of Carlos Villa. Photograph by Jay Jones Artist’s Feet, 1979–1980, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Paper pulp and feathers. Two pieces; each approx. H. 5 in. x W. 15 in. x D. 7 in. Lent from a private collection. Photograph by Nora Roth. First Impressions, 1981, by Carlos Villa (American, 1936–2013). Bones, hair, rags, and Stuc-O-Life paint (latex with silica, quartz, sand, and fossil remains) on raw unstretched canvas. H. 82 in. x W. 117 in. x D. .25 in. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Museum purchase, 2020.2. Photography © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. More: https://exhibitions.asianart.org/exhibitions/carlos-villa-worlds-in-collision/
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