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

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
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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.
