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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1971

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July 28, 2020

Jay DeFeo in 50X50: Stories of Visionary Artists from the Permanent Collection

Untitled, 1971 In celebration of its 50th anniversary, San José Museum of Art (SJMA) presents…

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Jay DeFeo, Geisha II, 1984/87

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March 17, 2020

Interview About Jay DeFeo in Gagosian Quarterly

Geisha II, 1984/87 Suzanne Hudson speaks with Leah Levy, executive director of The Jay DeFeo…

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February 10, 2020

Courtauld Symposium

Untitled (Study of Cave Painting), 1951-52 Jay DeFeo: A Symposium The Courtauld Institute of Art…

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January 8, 2020

The Rose is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art

The Rose, 1958-66 The Rose is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art,…

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, c. 1974-75

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January 7, 2020

Introducing Foundation Staff

Untitled, 1976 The Jay DeFeo Foundation is pleased to introduce the staff members. Carly Sitko,…

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Jay DeFeo used a magazine image of the moon's surf

Jay DeFeo used a magazine image of the moon's surface as a point of reference while working on "Crescent Bridge I."
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[1/3: Larkspur studio view of “Crescent Bridge I,” with image of the moon’s surface (to right), 1971, gelatin silver print, 5 1/4 x 6 inches (13.3 x 15.2 cm) 2/3: Image of the moon’s surface, torn from unknown magazine and mounted by DeFeo, in the collection of The Jay DeFeo Foundation Archive 3/3: Jay DeFeo, "Crescent Bridge I," 1970-72, acrylic and mixed media on plywood, 48 x 66 1/2 inches (121.9 x 168.9 cm), Collection of Whitney Museum of American Art May not be reproduced in any form without permission of The Jay DeFeo Foundation. © 2020 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]
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Visit the Manetti Shrem Museum (@manettishrem ) we

Visit the Manetti Shrem Museum (@manettishrem ) website for a fantastic article on Jay DeFeo and "The Rose" written by the late Bill Berkson.

https://manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu/news/heat-of-the-rose

[Bill Berkson standing in front of Jay DeFeo’s “The Rose,” 1995. Courtesy of Connie Lewallen.]
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We are pleased to introduce a new series sharing e

We are pleased to introduce a new series sharing ephemera from Jay DeFeo's studio that served as inspiration for her work. A photograph of the nose of an airplane and a sonic wave from "Scientific American" magazine is seen on the wall adjacent to her in progress painting "Verdict No. 1" in 1982.
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[1/3: Jay DeFeo, Larkspur studio view of Verdict No. 1 in progress, with picture of sonic wave on the wall to the left, 1982 2/3: Jay DeFeo, "Verdict No. 1," 1982, oil with tape on canvas, 84 x 60 inches (213.4 x 152.4 cm) 3/3: Page torn from "Scientific American" magazine (Dec. 1966), showing a photograph of the nose of an airplane and a sonic wave. 11 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (29.2 x 20.6 cm) May not be reproduced in any form without permission of The Jay DeFeo Foundation. © 2020 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]
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“I’m thinking a lot these days about Jay DeFeo

“I’m thinking a lot these days about Jay DeFeo’s ‘The Rose,’ a work she created over the course of eight years in her San Francisco apartment. To me, it expresses the essence of struggle, of trying to express your vision as it evolves without compromise. It also speaks to me about the close relationship between obsession and isolation for artists, as well as the calamities and circumstances that can present themselves and make the world feel like it’s spiraling out of control.

DeFeo fought through poverty, neglect, and eventually illness to create this monumental work. She was sustained by a community of friends and artists, curators and museum directors—and without their support, The Rose wouldn’t have made it to where it is now.

In conversation with Leah Levy near the end of her life, DeFeo expressed her faith in The Rose’s ultimate fate: It was a work that began with visions and ended with her vision of it hanging in a museum, where she might, in another life, feel proud of it being admired.”
- Armando Jaramillo Garcia, Poet and Gallery Assistant, Visitor Services department at the Whitney Museum of American Art

[Installation view of “The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965” (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 28, 2019-2021). From left to right: Jay DeFeo, “The Rose,” 1958-66; Norman Lewis, “American Totem,” 1960; Franz Kline, “Mahoning,” 1956. Photograph by Ron Amstutz, 2019. © 2020 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]
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"This was a very complicated layer of various medi

"This was a very complicated layer of various media, starting with charcoal going into a variety of media, but mainly acrylic techniques, and then using a certain kind of solvent that took all the materials off and reduced it right back to the paper, the virginal paper in the first place. So that was pretty much the process of this work."
- Jay DeFeo Lecture at UC Santa Cruz, May 10, 1989
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[Jay DeFeo, “Figure I (Tripod series),” 1976, graphite, acrylic and charcoal on paper, 16 1/4 x 13 inches (41.3 x 33 cm), JDF no. E1376, Collection of The British Museum © 2020 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]
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Pictured here is Jay DeFeo working in her Larkspur

Pictured here is Jay DeFeo working in her Larkspur studio on the painting "Cygnus (Loop System No. 3)."
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[Photographer Unknown, Jay DeFeo painting in her Larkspur studio, 1975 © 2020 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]
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"The excitement, the sensuousness of the material

"The excitement, the sensuousness of the material is what triggers me off on an idea, And whether it be metal or plaster or paint, it's that manipulation of the material itself and the response to it that makes me an abstract expressionist no matter what medium I'm dealing with."
- Smithsonian Archives of American Art Oral history interview with Jay DeFeo, June 3, 1975
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[Jay DeFeo's painting trowel with paint cans and a chunk of dried paint, c. 1958-66, Collection of The Artist Materials Archive at SFMOMA © 2020 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]
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"Portraits and Palettes" was an exhibition organiz

"Portraits and Palettes" was an exhibition organized by the @oaklandmuseumca in 1979 featuring black and white portraits of approximately 50 California artists by Mimi Jacobs and color photographs of the artists' palettes by Leta Ramos. William Brice, Vija Celmins, Jay DeFeo, Richard Diebenkorn, and Sam Francis were included, among others. The exhibition traveled to @lacma the following year.
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[Leta Ramos, “Palette of Jay DeFeo,” c. 1979, color print © 2020 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]
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Repost from @whitneymuseum • To Armando Jaramill

Repost from @whitneymuseum
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To Armando Jaramillo Garcia, one of the Whitney's gallery assistants, Jay DeFeo's The Rose expresses "the essence of struggle, of trying to express your vision as it evolves without compromise.

DeFeo fought through poverty, neglect, and eventually illness to create this monumental work. She was sustained by a community of friends and artists, curators and museum directors—and without their support, The Rose wouldn't have made it to where it is now.

In conversation with Leah Levy near the end of her life, DeFeo expressed her faith in The Rose's ultimate fate: It was a work that began with visions and ended with her vision of it hanging in a museum, where she might, in another life, feel proud of it being admired." #CollectionReflection
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#JayDeFeo working on The Rose, 1960. Photograph © Burt Glinn/Magnum Photos, 2003

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