Exhibitions
YBCA's exhibitions feature works that tap into timely ideas and topics, are unabashedly individualistic, and empower the viewer to feel and experience the world more fully. Gallery hours and admission
Presented by YBCA and Zero1, producers of the 01SJ Biennial
Sep 19, 2010
Prominent collectors, critics and artists on this panel will explore the historical dynamics of collecting digital art and building an art market for the kind of remarkable work seen at the 01SJ Biennial taking place in San Jose September 16-19, and a very few other venues worldwide.
Sep 25–Nov 28, 2010
Koki Tanaka is a mixed-media artist who uses video and found objects to create iconic reflections of everyday life. Combining humor with social criticism, he manipulates everyday objects in their surroundings, releasing them from any utilitarian function they may have to create an entirely new meaning.
Oct 30, 2010–Feb 6, 2011
Audience as Subject is a two-part exhibition that reverses the role of the audience from that of spectator to subject, exposing the dramatic mechanisms underlying public gatherings of people. By focusing the viewer's attention on the characteristics and behaviors of individuals in a group environment – body language, facial expressions, attitudes, gestures and actions – the artists challenge our perceptions about participation in civic life. They reveal what we collectively become when we gather together to participate in a common experience and and investigate the effect this process has on our individuality.
Oct 30, 2010–Feb 6, 2011
Yoshua Okón's video installations are built on improvisational narratives created by the artist and his collaborators, mostly non-actors willing to participate in a game of social chance that may easily spiral out of control. Centered around emotionally charged expressions of power and contemplations of fear, death, sex and nationhood, these works provoke viewers to consider questions of social conduct and the behavior of individuals within systems of social restraint.
YBCA's programs are made possible in part by:
The San Francisco Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Koret Foundation
Adobe Foundation Fund
YBCA Exhibitions 10–11 is made possible in part by:
Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan, Meridee Moore and Kevin King, CEC ArtsLink and Members of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Free First Tuesdays
Underwritten by Directors Forum Members
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