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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1979

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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

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Jay DeFeo, The Rose, then referred to as Deathrose, "baroque" phase, with blurred figure and stool, c. 1962-63

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June 12, 2022

Elizabeth Ferrell at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Book Cover for Elizabeth Ferrell, About The Rose: Creation and Community in Jay DeFeo’s Circle,…

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Presenters at Around The Rose: Artists Reflect on Jay DeFeo from the Whitney

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March 25, 2022

Video of Around The Rose: Artists Reflect on Jay DeFeo – Hosted by The Whitney

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East Bay Express, Dec. 8, 2021

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December 13, 2021

East Bay Express – ‘Rip Tails’: Jordan Stein’s latest book delves into the impacts of Jay DeFeo’s art

The New York Times, October 7, 2021, “Jay DeFeo and Bruce Conner Were BFF’s (Bohemian…

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1973

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December 1, 2021

Jordan Stein’s Book release at SFAI

Jordan Stein's Rip Tales: Jay DeFeo's Estocada & Other Pieces Book release, screening, and signing

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1973

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October 7, 2021

New York Times – Jay DeFeo and Bruce Conner Were BFF’s (Bohemian Friends Forever)

The New York Times, October 7, 2021, “Jay DeFeo and Bruce Conner Were BFF’s (Bohemian…

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, c. 1976

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September 30, 2021

The Brooklyn Rail’s conversation about Bruce Conner & Jay DeFeo

Register for The Brooklyn Rail's conversation "Bruce Conner & Jay DeFeo ('we are not what…

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled (Reflections of Africa series), 1989

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September 1, 2021

BRUCE CONNER & JAY DEFEO (“we are not what we seem”) at Paula Cooper Gallery

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Installation view of Modern Art, June 13, 2021–Ongoing at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. From left to right: Franz Kline, The Ballantine, 1958-1960; Mark Rothko, White Center, 1957; Jay DeFeo, The Jewel, 1959; Lee Krasner, Desert Moon, 1955.

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June 25, 2021

The Jewel in Modern Art exhibition at LACMA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art's exhibition Modern Art opened on June 13, 2021 and…

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One of Jay DeFeo’s more ubiquitous inspirations

One of Jay DeFeo’s more ubiquitous inspirations in the early 1970s is this photograph torn from a magazine of a surgeon's hands during heart surgery. The image is seen in DeFeo’s studio numerous times alongside various works in progress, including "Crescent Bridge No. 1," "September Blackberries," and "Lotus Eater No. 1."

[Two pages torn from a magazine and then attached to mat board with glue and tape by DeFeo, c. 1971, printed matter, 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm); Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1971, Gelatin silver print, 4 5/16 x 6 3/8 inches (11 x 16.2 cm); Jay DeFeo, Contact detail, view of Larkspur, California studio with "September Blackberries" in progress, 1973, Gelatin silver print, 2 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 inches; Jay DeFeo, Contact detail, view of Larkspur, California studio with "Lotus Eater No. 1" in progress, 1973, Gelatin silver print, 2 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 inches. © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

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“'Anything for Jay' is a phrase that Dana Miller

“'Anything for Jay' is a phrase that Dana Miller, the curator of 'Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective' at the Whitney Museum of American Art heard time and again when asking for research help for the show. DeFeo who died in 1989 at 60 was loved by people who knew her and esteemed by many who didn’t. And you understand why from this exhibition, which is as tenderly shaped and as visually stirring as a career survey could possibly be. […] In the absence of other evidence, people tend to see 'The Rose' as the sum of DeFeo’s accomplishment, and to that view the show says no. There’s more, and different. 'The Rose' may have been the pivotal point of her career – the artist herself said as much – but streams of inventive work flowed toward it and from it."

- Holland Cotter, “Not Just ‘The Rose,’ But Also the Garden”, March 1, 2013, New York Times

"Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective" was organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art. It was exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from November 3, 2012-February 3, 2013 and the Whitney Museum of American Art from February 28-June 2, 2013.

Follow the link in bio to learn more about the exhibition.

[Installation views of "Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective" at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. 2013. Photographs by Sheldan Collins, Spontaneous Accomplishments LLC.]

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Congratulations to Jay DeFeo Foundation Advisory C

Congratulations to Jay DeFeo Foundation Advisory Committee member Mildred Howard who is the recipient of honorary doctorate degrees from California College of the Arts and Cal State East Bay. Howard will give remarks at the Commencement Ceremonies held today, Saturday, May 13 and tomorrow, Sunday, May 14 respectively.⁠
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[Portrait of Mildred Howard. Photo by Raymond Holbert.]⁠
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Works by Jay DeFeo are included in “Walk Against

Works by Jay DeFeo are included in “Walk Against the Wind,” presented by Micki Meng, San Francisco and Parker Gallery, Los Angeles. The exhibition is on view at 83 Grand Street, New York, NY from May 10 - June 3, 2023 with a reception this evening from 6-8pm.⁠
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“For me, ‘Walk Against the Wind’ questions what is the center, what is the margin, what is a career. What does it mean to be known or not known? Artists are presented, for the most part, as individuals rather than through their group affiliations. The exhibition is not thematic, not temporally or spatially organized. Throughout there is a focus on otherness that’s either chosen or endured. Always there is a refusal of dominant aesthetics. And a commitment to expanding the range of who is allowed to speak, to be seen.”⁠
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- Text by Dodie Bellamy⁠
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Follow the link in bio to learn more about the exhibition.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled (“Florence”), 1952, Tempera on paper, 29 x 21 3/4 inches (73.7 x 55.2 cm). © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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To kick off Teacher Appreciation Week, here is an

To kick off Teacher Appreciation Week, here is an image of Jay DeFeo leading a painting class at San Francisco Museum of Art in 1975.⁠
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[Photographer Unknown, Jay DeFeo, at far left, teaching a painting class at San Francisco Museum of Art, 1975. © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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"Jay DeFeo was inspired by countless different sou

"Jay DeFeo was inspired by countless different sources and this can be seen in the photographs she took of her studio. She once said 'I think all artists have a tendency to surround themselves with knickknacks and bits and pieces of photographs of things -- the beginning frustrations of painting, as it is in every kind of creative endeavor, and it happens in science, as well, reaching in very different kinds of places and pulling things together into some new reality that you hadn’t thought about yet.'"

-Jay DeFeo, interview with Sidra Stich, September 16, 1988, located at the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley

[1/6: Jay DeFeo, View of Larkspur, California studio with "Alabama Hills No. 10" and assorted sources, 1986, 35mm slide; 2/6: Jay DeFeo, "Alabama Hills No. 10," 1986, Oil on linen, 11 x 13 inches (27.9 x 33 cm). Photograph: @bblackwellphoto ; 3/6: Barbara Kruger, "Untitled (You invest in the divinity of the masterpiece)," 1982, Postcard, 6 1/16 x 4 5/16 inches (15.4 x 11 cm); 4/6: Jay DeFeo, Untitled [map of Oahu], c. 1980, Photocopy, 8 1/2 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm); 5/6: Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1986, Charcoal, alkyd and metallic paint on paper, 13 3/4 x 11 inches (34.9 x 27.9 cm); 6/6: Jay DeFeo, Artist’s model Florence Allen, c. 1965, Black and white Polaroid print, 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches (7.3 x 9.5 cm). © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

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See Jay DeFeo's "Torso" (1953) in "Action/Gesture/

See Jay DeFeo's "Torso" (1953) in "Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970" on view at @whitechapelgallery in London through May 7, 2023.⁠
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Reaching beyond the predominantly white, male painters whose names are synonymous with the Abstract Expressionist movement, this exhibition celebrates the practices of the numerous international women artists working with gestural abstraction in the aftermath of the Second World War.⁠
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"Action/Gesture/Paint" is traveling to: ⁠
Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France⁠
June 4 – October 22, 2023⁠
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany⁠
December 2023 – March 2024⁠
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Follow the link in bio for additional information.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, "Torso," 1953, Oil with string on canvas, 90 x 38 1/2 inches (228.6 x 97.8 cm). © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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Happy Earth Day!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ [Jay DeFeo, Untitled,

Happy Earth Day!⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1972, Gelatin silver print, 7 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches (18.1 x 23.5 cm). © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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Untitled ("Shoetree series") (1977) by Jay DeFeo

Untitled ("Shoetree series") (1977) by Jay DeFeo is currently on view in "Paperworks" at the @legionofhonor through June 25, 2023.⁠
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"Paperworks" launches a new gallery at the museum dedicated to works on paper from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, the department of prints, drawings, photographs, and artists’ books.⁠
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To read more about the exhibition, follow the link in our bio.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled ("Shoetree series"), 1977, Graphite, charcoal and acrylic on paper, 16 1/4 x 13 inches (41.3 x 33 cm). Collection of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Photograph: @bblackwellphoto. © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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