Skip to main content

Jay DeFeo: Photographic Work

A new monograph published by DelMonico Books • D.A.P.

A revelatory trove of innovative photographs, photo collages, photograms, and photocopies, with over 150 images, most reproduced at the size Jay DeFeo printed them.

Edited and with an introduction by Leah Levy. Essays by Hilton Als, Judith Delfiner, Corey Keller, Justine Kurland, Dana Miller, and Catherine Wagner, with a chronology by Carly Sitko and Dawn Troy.

Inventing Objects: Jay DeFeo’s Photographic Work

Steven Probert, Inventing Objects: Jay DeFeo’s Photographic Work, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, September 9 – October 28, 2023.

Paula Cooper Gallery
521 West 21st Street, New York
September 9 – October 28, 2023

Current & Future Exhibitions

Inventing Objects: Jay DeFeo’s Photographic Work
Paula Cooper Gallery
New York, NY
September 9–October 28, 2023

The Rose
lumber room
Portland, Oregon
July 29—October 28, 2023

The Painter’s Hand: U.S. Abstraction since 1950
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
June 10–December 16, 2023

What Has Been and What Could Be: The BAMPFA Collection
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley, CA
June 7–July 7, 2024

Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970
Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France, June 3–October 22, 2023
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, December 2023–March 2024

Evergreen: Art from the Collection
San Jose Museum of Art
San Jose, CA
July 22, 2022–December 31, 2025

The Incorrect Museum: Redux
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art
Napa, CA
Ongoing

Modern Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
Ongoing

The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
Ongoing

Freeform: Experiencing Abstraction
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
Ongoing

Videos

News

Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1972news
September 15, 2023

“What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now” by Arthur Lubow

Arthur Lubow: “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now” from The New York Times
M. Lee Fatherree, Jay DeFeo in her Oakland studio with reducing glass, 1986news
August 14, 2023

We’re Seeking Candidates for a New Position

Learn more about the newly created position of Operations and Administrative Manager and apply.
Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1979news
February 10, 2023

KQED: How the Xerox Machine Launched A Bay Area Art Movement

KQED's program: How the Xerox Machine Launched A Bay Area Art Movement

About the Foundation

The Jay DeFeo Foundation owns and administers the artist’s art, archive, and intellectual property as charitable resources to further public access to and understanding of DeFeo’s creative works and ideas.

LEARN MORE
Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1980

Mailing List