Slow Reading / Slow Seeing

January 18–April 30, 2017

An exhibition of poems and artworks developed in collaboration with UC Berkeley Professor Lyn Hejinian’s class English 190: Slow Reading / Slow Seeing.

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  • René Magritte: Duo, 1928; India ink on paper; 19¼ × 23¼ in.; BAMPFA, museum purchase.

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  • Drawing

    The Birth

    Louise Bourgeois

    2007
    Gouache on paper
    23 5/8 x 18 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Museum purchase in honor of Penelope Cooper, Chair of the Collections Committee: Bequest of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, by exchange
    2010.28

  • Painting

    Circus Scene

    Alexander Calder

    1926
    Gouache on canvas
    Frame: 72 x 86 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Richard B. Bailey and Nanette C. Sexton in memory of Margaret Calder Hayes
    1991.14

  • Painting

    Grade A Cow

    Llyn Foulkes

    1964
    Oil on canvas
    63 1/2 x 62 1/2 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of the Estate of Marian and Dow Votaw
    2005.37

  • Work on paper

    Man O'War

    Ray Johnson

    1971-1988-1994
    Collage on cardboard panel
    22 x 18 1/2 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Museum purchase: Bequest of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, by exchange
    2011.33

  • Painting

    Youth (Jeunesse)

    René Magritte

    1924
    Oil on canvas
    19 7/8 x 16 1/8 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Joachim Jean Aberbach
    1967.133

  • Painting

    Superstition

    Luc Tuymans

    1994
    Oil on canvas
    16 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Museum purchase
    1997.32

  • Sculpture

    Untitled Collage with Hair Growing Out of It

    Bruce Conner

    1960
    Wood, glass, paper, fur, hair, and wax
    20 1/2 x 16 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Alfred Childs
    1966.15

  • Print

    Arise the Dead (Debout les morts)

    Georges Rouault

    1927
    Etching and aquatint
    Image: 25 3/4 x 20 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Clark
    1968.13

  • Mixed Media

    Howl

    Robert Rauschenberg

    1982
    Collage of paper, embroidered satin, fabric, chinese ink, and gold leaf
    30 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser
    1996.43.5

  • Painting

    Illustrated Being

    Lee Mullican

    c. 1970–1972
    acrylic on canvas
    framed: 36 x 24 in.
    Promised gift from the collection of Harold and Gertrud Parker
    PG.2015.1.1

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