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In this episode we hear three artists discuss the role of observation in their work. First, Dora García and two of her volunteer collaborators discuss the experience of watching museum visitors via her interactive installation Instant Narrative. Next, Trevor Paglen describes his approach to visualizing invisible landscapes. In our last segment we hear from Rineke Dijkstra and one of her portrait subjects, Almerisa, whom she has been photographing for eighteen years. The very different results achieved by these artists' methods answer the same basic question: how do people react under a watchful eye? Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum's collection.

This gallery-by-gallery tour of the exhibition Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective features insights from the artist as well as commentary by SFMOMA curator Lisa Sutcliffe. The exhibition will be on view through May 28, 2012, on the museum's fourth floor. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

This gallery-by-gallery tour of the exhibition Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective features insights from the artist as well as commentary by SFMOMA curator Lisa Sutcliffe. The exhibition will be on view through May 28, 2012, on the museum's fourth floor. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

Join the artist on a tour of selected works the artist leads visitors on a tour of selected works in the exhibition Mark Bradford. His enlightening commentary about his process and materials is accompanied by additional commentary from SFMOMA curator Gary Garrels. The exhibition will be on view through June 17, 2012, on the museum's fourth floor. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

Join the artist on a tour of selected works the artist leads visitors on a tour of selected works in the exhibition Mark Bradford. His enlightening commentary about his process and materials is accompanied by additional commentary from SFMOMA curator Gary Garrels. The exhibition will be on view through June 17, 2012, on the museum's fourth floor. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

In this episode we'll explore the ways artists relate to reality, either by documenting and responding to shared experience or by creating alternate worlds. First, we'll consider a contemporary artist's responses to a modern master in "Images in Dialogue: Paul Klee and Andrew Schoultz". Next, we'll visit "Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break", an investigation of film, photography, and the daily routine of workers at a naval shipbuilding plant in Maine. Finally, in "The Air We Breathe", we'll examine artists' and poets' reflections on one of our society's most contentious issues: gay marriage. In each instance, the ways these artists engage the world around them reveals their perspective, and powerfully impacts our own. "Wedding March" performed by Steve Bissinger on banjo. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum's collection.

In this episode we'll explore the ways artists relate to reality, either by documenting and responding to shared experience or by creating alternate worlds. First, we'll consider a contemporary artist's responses to a modern master in "Images in Dialogue: Paul Klee and Andrew Schoultz". Next, we'll visit "Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break", an investigation of film, photography, and the daily routine of workers at a naval shipbuilding plant in Maine. Finally, in "The Air We Breathe", we'll examine artists' and poets' reflections on one of our society's most contentious issues: gay marriage. In each instance, the ways these artists engage the world around them reveals their perspective, and powerfully impacts our own. "Wedding March" performed by Steve Bissinger on banjo. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum's collection.

In this episode we examine early twentieth-century salon culture. Our story begins with the gatherings of artists and patrons hosted by the Stein family – author Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo and Michael Stein, and Michael’s wife Sarah Stein. First, art historian Emily Braun and SFMOMA curator Janet Bishop discuss the Stein Salons – how they formed and why people flocked to their homes. Next we hear from Wanda Corn, co-curator of “Seeing Gertrude Stein” at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in a panel discussion on artist circles and sexuality. Wrapping up the segment we hear from Margaret Tedesco on an SFMOMA event called The Living Room, a series of conversations that revolved around significant moments in the Bay Area’s avant-garde history. We also hear from two participants in the event: Nate Boyce and George Chen, who discuss the Bay Area’s experimental music scene. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

In this episode we examine early twentieth-century salon culture. Our story begins with the gatherings of artists and patrons hosted by the Stein family – author Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo and Michael Stein, and Michael’s wife Sarah Stein. First, art historian Emily Braun and SFMOMA curator Janet Bishop discuss the Stein Salons – how they formed and why people flocked to their homes. Next we hear from Wanda Corn, co-curator of “Seeing Gertrude Stein” at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in a panel discussion on artist circles and sexuality. Wrapping up the segment we hear from Margaret Tedesco on an SFMOMA event called The Living Room, a series of conversations that revolved around significant moments in the Bay Area’s avant-garde history. We also hear from two participants in the event: Nate Boyce and George Chen, who discuss the Bay Area’s experimental music scene. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

During his short career, Tobias Wong provoked designers and consumers by subverting the conventional function of everyday objects. His untimely death in 2010 at the age of 35 left a profound mark on the international design community. In the spring of 2011, SFMOMA became the first museum to mount a solo exhibition of the designer's work. In this gallery exploration, Wong's friends and former collaborators share stories about particularly memorable projects or pieces from the exhibition. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

During his short career, Tobias Wong provoked designers and consumers by subverting the conventional function of everyday objects. His untimely death in 2010 at the age of 35 left a profound mark on the international design community. In the spring of 2011, SFMOMA became the first museum to mount a solo exhibition of the designer's work. In this gallery exploration, Wong's friends and former collaborators share stories about particularly memorable projects or pieces from the exhibition. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

When did the museum become a marketplace? In this episode of SFMOMA Artcasts we hear from the artists and workers involved with Stephanie Syjuco’s installation ShadowShop – an alternative store temporarily set up in one of SFMOMA’s fifth-floor galleries. We also hear from the fiancé of the late contemporary designer Tobias Wong, Tim Dubitsky, who discusses references to love in Wong’s work. Next we turn to photography: artist Michael Light describes the voyeuristic nature of his aerial shots, and artist and writer Rebecca Solnit discusses Eadweard Muybridge, the revolutionary nineteenth-century photographer who helped lay the groundwork for motion pictures. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

When did the museum become a marketplace? In this episode of SFMOMA Artcasts we hear from the artists and workers involved with Stephanie Syjuco’s installation ShadowShop – an alternative store temporarily set up in one of SFMOMA’s fifth-floor galleries. We also hear from the fiancé of the late contemporary designer Tobias Wong, Tim Dubitsky, who discusses references to love in Wong’s work. Next we turn to photography: artist Michael Light describes the voyeuristic nature of his aerial shots, and artist and writer Rebecca Solnit discusses Eadweard Muybridge, the revolutionary nineteenth-century photographer who helped lay the groundwork for motion pictures. Each SFMOMA Artcast brings you illuminating audio and video interviews with artists, curators, and visitors as they respond to the works on view and in the museum’s collection.

In this episode we hear from the artists and curators involved with the exhibitions The More Things Change and Bill Fontana: Sonic Shadows. First up, artist Tacita Dean describes her current obsession, trees, in relation to her old love: the sea. Artist Peter Wegner discusses his works The United States of Nothing and In [ ] Veritas in the context of systems of classification and naming. In the next segment artist Bill Fontana describes his sound sculpture Sonic Shadows, installed in the space surrounding the museum’s fifth-floor pedestrian bridge. We end this episode with a musical guest-take from the vocal/cello duo Loop!Station, who recorded their piece "Bright Lights" on the fifth-floor bridge in 2009.

In this episode we hear from the artists and curators involved with the exhibitions The More Things Change and Bill Fontana: Sonic Shadows. First up, artist Tacita Dean describes her current obsession, trees, in relation to her old love: the sea. Artist Peter Wegner discusses his works The United States of Nothing and In [ ] Veritas in the context of systems of classification and naming. In the next segment artist Bill Fontana describes his sound sculpture Sonic Shadows, installed in the space surrounding the museum’s fifth-floor pedestrian bridge. We end this episode with a musical guest-take from the vocal/cello duo Loop!Station, who recorded their piece "Bright Lights" on the fifth-floor bridge in 2009.