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Marc Bamuthi Joseph

PRESS RELEASE

YBCA’S Director of Performing Arts Marc Bamuthi Joseph Awarded Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Award

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Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: courtesy of YBCA

Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: courtesy of YBCA

Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: Bethanie Hines Photography

Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: Bethanie Hines Photography

Marc Bamuthi Joseph — credit: Bethanie Hines Photography

Link Directory

Visual Arts
Gina Osterloh, Anonymous Front
John-Mark Ikeda, What Suits Us
Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large
Nathalie Talec, The One Who Sees Blindly
Performing Arts
David Zambrano, Soul Project
Kronos Quartet, Women’s Voices with special guests Tanya Tagaq and Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ
Film & Video
Great Directors Speak!
Two Films About Architecture
From a Whisper to a Scream: Discovering Andrzej Zulawski
War and Remembrance: The Films of Aleksei Guerman

2011-2012 Season

PRESS RELEASE

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents the 2011-2012 season

Gina Osterloh

Jan 21–Apr 7, 2012

PRESS RELEASE

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts present Gina Osterloh's Anonymous Front

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Gina Osterloh, Impossible Delineation, 11x14 Lambda Photograph, 2008 — credit: courtesy the artist

Gina Osterloh, untitled, Turquoise Room No. 1, 48x60, 2007 — credit: courtesy the artist

Gina Osterloh, Anonymous Front — credit: courtesy the artist

John-Mark Ikeda

Jan 26–Jul 8, 2012

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John-Mark Ikeda, What Suits Us — credit: courtesy the artist

Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large

Feb 18–May 27, 2012

PRESS RELEASE

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large

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Alexey Kallima, Rain Theorem, 2009, painted canvas, sound, ultraviolet light, light sensor ‐ credit: Courtesy of Guelman Gallery and the Multimedia Art Museum

Andrea Bowers, "Study from May Day March, Los Angeles 2010 (Stop Ripping Families Apart)", 2010, Graphite on paper, 11 1/2" x 14 1/2" ‐ credit: Courtesy of Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects; Photo credit Robert Wedemeyer, Collection of The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Gursky, Andreas, Tote Hosen, 2000, C-print mounted on Plexiglas in artist's frame, 82 x 200 inches, The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica © 2012 Andreas Gursky / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn ‐ credit: Courtesy of Monika Sprüth / Philomene Magers, Cologne/Munich

Elaine Constantine, Mosh (Series), 1997, Photograph ‐ credit: Courtesy of Santucci & Co

Paul Pfeiffer, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (25), 2006, Fugiflex digital c-print, Edition 1 of 6, 2 APs ‐ Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

Wang Qingsong, UN Party, 2007, Photograph, diptych, each: 66 15/16 x 110 1/4 in. (170 x 280 cm) ‐ Courtesy of the arist

Soul Project

Apr 27 & 29, 2012

PRESS RELEASE

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents David Zambrano's Soul Project

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Soul Project by David Zambrano ‐ credit: Anja Hitzenberger

Soul Project by David Zambrano ‐ credit: Anja Hitzenberger

Soul Project by David Zambrano ‐ credit: Anja Hitzenberger

Soul Project by David Zambrano ‐ credit: Anja Hitzenberger

Great Directors Speak!

Apr 1-28, 2012

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Chantal Akerman from Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman ‐ credit: courtesy of the artist

Hou Hsiao-Hsien from HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien ‐ credit: Olivier Assayas

Jean-Luc Godard from Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais ‐ credit: Frederic Choffat and Vincent Lowy, courtesy Icarus Films

John Cassavetes from John Cassavetes ‐ credit: André S. Labarthe,
courtesy Icarus Films

Martin Scorsese from Notes on an American Film Director at Work: Martin Scorsese ‐ credit: Jonas Mekas

The Midnight Sun Film Festival from Sodankylä Forever ‐ credit: Peter Von Bagh, courtesy the Finnish Film Foundation

Robert Bresson Robert Bresson: Without a Trace ‐ credit: François Weyergans, courtesy Icarus Films

Two Films About Architecture

Apr 22 & 29, 2012

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How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? ‐ credit: Norberto Lopez Amado and Carlos Carcas, courtesy First Run Features

How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? ‐ credit: Norberto Lopez Amado and Carlos Carcas, courtesy First Run Features

How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? ‐ credit: Norberto Lopez Amado and Carlos Carcas, courtesy First Run Features

How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? ‐ credit: Norberto Lopez Amado and Carlos Carcas, courtesy First Run Features

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth ‐ credit: Norberto Chad Freidrichs, courtesy First Run Features

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth ‐ credit: Norberto Chad Freidrichs, courtesy First Run Features

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth ‐ credit: Norberto Chad Freidrichs, courtesy First Run Features

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth ‐ credit: Norberto Chad Freidrichs, courtesy First Run Features

Nathalie Talec, The One Who Sees Blindly

Apr 21-Jul 1, 2012

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Nathalie Talec, Self-Portrait with Glasses for Assessing Distances in a Cold Land, 1986 ‐ credit: Courtesy of the artist

Nathalie Talec, study for Help Corridor, performance, watercolor, wood, metal, paint, HD video, sound, 2011 ‐ credit: Courtesy of the artist

Nathalie Talec, study for Help Corridor, performance, watercolor, wood, metal, paint, HD video, sound, 2011 ‐ credit: Courtesy of the artist

From a Whisper to a Scream: Discovering Andrzej Zulawski

May 3—13, 2012

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On the Silver Globe by Andrzej Zulawski ‐ credit: Courtesy of Polish Cultural Institute New York

Possession by Andrzej Zulawski ‐ credit: Courtesy of Bleedling Light Film Group

Possession by Andrzej Zulawski ‐ credit: Courtesy of Bleedling Light Film Group

Szamanka (The Shaman) by Andrzej Zulawski ‐ credit: Courtesy of Polish Cultural Institute New York

The Devil by Andrzej Zulawski ‐ credit: Courtesy of Polish Cultural Institute New York

The Third Part of the Night by Andrzej Zulawski ‐ credit: Courtesy of Polish Cultural Institute New York

War and Remembrance: The Films of Aleksei Guerman

May 17—31, 2012

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Khrustalyov, My Car! by Aleksei Guerman ‐ credit: Courtesy of Pyramide International

My Friend Ivan Lapshin by Aleksei Guerman ‐ credit: Courtesy of Seagull Films

The Fall of Otrar by Aleksei Guerman ‐ credit: Courtesy of Seagull Films

The Seventh Companion by Aleksei Guerman ‐ credit: Courtesy of Seagull Films

Trial on the Road by Aleksei Guerman ‐ credit: Courtesy of Seagull Films

Twenty Days Without War by Aleksei Guerman ‐ credit: Courtesy of Seagull Films

Kronos Quartet with special guests Tanya Tagaq and Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ

Fri & Sat, May 11–12, 2012

PRESS RELEASE

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts present Kronos Quartet Women’s Voices with special guests Tanya Tagaq and Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ

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Kronos Quartet ‐ credit: Jeffe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Tanya Tagaq ‐ credit: Nadya Kwandeben

Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ ‐ credit: Jason Lew