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Jay DeFeo, 1979 journal entry, March 26 - April 1, 1979

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April 7, 2021

From the Archive: Jay DeFeo’s Birthday March 31st

In honor of Jay DeFeo’s birthday on March 31st, we are pleased to share a…

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March 4, 2021

Courtauld Symposium

Jay DeFeo: A Symposium, The Courtauld Institute of Art. Now postponed until May 28, 2021

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Unknown photographer, Jay DeFeo and Hayward King posing with props at SFAI in what appears to be Studio 13, 1962

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February 17, 2021

A Spirit of Disruption, SFAI

The San Francisco Art Institute kicks off the celebration of its 150th anniversary with A…

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Unknown photographer, Jay DeFeo working on early version of The Rose (known then as The White Rose). Inscribed "For Al and Lerine love Jay."

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January 5, 2021

Jay DeFeo in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2021, “Blooming Brilliance on a Grand Scale” By Peter…

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Jay DeFeo, Apparition, 1956

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November 23, 2020

New Video on Jay DeFeo and her Generation

On November 17, 2020, Gagosian hosted a conversation on Jay DeFeo with Los Angeles

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1972

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November 16, 2020

Jay DeFeo: Selected Photographs – Marc Selwyn Fine Art Viewing Room

Marc Selwyn Fine Art presents an online viewing room of Jay DeFeo's selected photographs

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled (Shoetree series), 1977

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November 13, 2020

Gagosian Quarterly – JAY DEFEO’S TRANSCENDENT OBJECTS

Gagosian Quarterly, November 12, 2020, "Jay DeFeo’s Transcendent Objects" By Alice Godwin

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Jay DeFeo, Untitled, c. 1962-71

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November 13, 2020

Jay DeFeo in The Brooklyn Rail

The Brooklyn Rail, November 11, 2020, "Orbits of Known and Unknown Objects: SFAI Histories /…

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Jay DeFeo, Lotus Eater No. 1, 1974

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November 13, 2020

Jay DeFeo’s Generation: A Conversation hosted by Gagosian

Join Gagosian for a conversation on Jay DeFeo, November 17, 2020, 11AM PST

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Join the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Arch

Join the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (@bampfa) on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 4pm for Elizabeth Ferrell on "About The Rose: Creation and Community in Jay DeFeo’s Circle."⁠
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Elizabeth Ferrell, associate professor of art history at Arcadia University, introduces her new book, "About The Rose: Creation and Community in Jay DeFeo’s Circle." Ferrell examines the artistic exchange inspired by "The Rose," the monumental painting that San Francisco artist Jay DeFeo (1929–1989) worked on almost exclusively from 1958 to 1966. The book explores the film, photography, painting, and poetry created by Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Wally Hedrick, and Michael McClure in dialogue with "The Rose."⁠
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A book signing will follow. Visit the link in our bio to learn more.⁠
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#bampfa #berkeleyartmuseum #elizabethferrell #arcadiauniversity #therose #jaydefeo #jaydefeofoundation #wallaceberman #bruceconner #wallyhedrick #michaelmcclure

In May of 1958, the work of Jay DeFeo was on view

In May of 1958, the work of Jay DeFeo was on view in a group exhibition at Ferus Gallery.
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Artists in the exhibition include: Julius Wasserstein, Hassel Smith, Artie Richer, Ed Moses y Branco, Frank Lobdell, Ed Kienholz, James Kelly, Craig Kauffman, Victor Henderson, Sonia Gechtoff, Dane Dixon, Roy De Forest, Jay DeFeo, Billy Al Bengston, John Altoon, and others.⁠
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[Ferus Gallery Announcement, 1958, 13 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches, Archive of The Jay DeFeo Foundation.]⁠
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Jay DeFeo’s “Untitled (R. Mutt's cast)” (197

Jay DeFeo’s “Untitled (R. Mutt's cast)” (1973) is currently on view in “Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue” at @sfmoma.⁠
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Isolated against a blank background, a piece of detritus beckons the viewer to decipher its meaning. The item is in fact a discarded cast worn by R. Mutt, DeFeo’s beloved dog, whose name was a cheeky reference to Marcel Duchamp’s famous readymade "Fountain" (1913). Like Duchamp, DeFeo’s artistic gesture confers importance upon a mundane object, elevating it to the status of a found sculpture and amplifying its associations with suffering, healing, and care. Tenderly retaining the shape of the dog’s leg, the object assumes the status of a relic whose evocation of presence and absence resonates with the nature of photography.⁠
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“Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue” continues through August 21, 2022. Learn more about the exhibition by visiting the link in our bio.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, "Untitled (R. Mutt's cast)," 1973, Gelatin silver print, 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (23.8 x 16.2 cm). © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York].

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“. . . the surrounding work has beads and twiste

“. . . the surrounding work has beads and twisted wires and several pearls. So the thing is kinetic. All the little pieces that I made in those days were very, very moveable.”⁠
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-Jay DeFeo, slide lecture at Mills College, Oakland, CA, December 2, 1986. ⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled, c. 1953-55, Copper, iron, beads, pearls and wire, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 inches (8.3 x 8.3 x .6 cm). Collection of Oakland Museum of California, gift of Jean Martin. Video recording, Archive of The Jay DeFeo Foundation, Berkeley, CA. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York].

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Jay DeFeo created test palettes in the 1980s when

Jay DeFeo created test palettes in the 1980s when working in color – comparing different paints, shades, and textures. This palette is seen here in her Oakland studio alongside Untitled (1988).

[1/3: Palette, Archive of The Jay DeFeo Foundation 1988, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm). 2/3: Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1988, Oil on linen, 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm). 3/3: Jay DeFeo, View of Oakland, California studio with, from left to right, test palette on floor, and Untitled on easel, 1988. Lab processed gelatin silver print. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York].

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"Jean Conner: Collage" opens today at @sanjosemuse

"Jean Conner: Collage" opens today at @sanjosemuseumofart. The artist's first solo museum exhibition brings long-overdue recognition to her extraordinary and fanciful collages. An opening celebration will be held this evening, Friday, May 6, from 6-9pm with free admission. ⁠
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For more than six decades, San Francisco–based artist Jean Conner (born 1933, Lincoln, Nebraska) has created seductive, clever, and humorous collages. Primarily made from images cut out of such large-format color magazines as "Life" and "Ladies’ Home Journal," Conner’s vivid, pictorial worlds feature playful arrangements of animals, nature, religious symbolism, aquatic environments, food, women, dancers, and divers. With a keen eye to art history and popular culture, Conner summons nineteenth-century practices in collage, when some women used the medium as both a domestic pursuit and subversive tactic to render the incredible believable and unsettle the mind.⁠
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The exhibition continues through September 25, 2022. Follow the link in our bio for additional information. ⁠
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[Photographer unknown, Jean Conner and Joanne McClure, 1959-1960, Gelatin silver print, Collection of The Jay DeFeo Foundation. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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#jeanconner #collage #sanjosemuseumofart

Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day! Here i

Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day! Here is a glimpse of Jay DeFeo's classroom at the San Francisco Art Institute (@sfaiofficial) circa 1969.⁠
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[Kendall King, Jay DeFeo (at left) teaching an art class at the San Francisco Art Institute, with art model on motorcycle. c. 1969. © Kendall King]⁠
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After its debut at the Pasadena Art Museum in earl

After its debut at the Pasadena Art Museum in early 1969, 'The Rose' traveled back to the Bay Area where it was exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Art (now San Francisco Museum of⁠ Modern Art). While on view from April 1 – May 25, 1969, the San Francisco Chronicle’s art critic Thomas Albright described the work as a “masterpiece.”⁠
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[Rudy Bender, Jay DeFeo seated in front of "The Rose" during its exhibition at San Francisco Museum of Art, 1969. © Rudy Bender]⁠
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Happy Earth Day!⁠ ⁠ [Unknown photographer, Jay

Happy Earth Day!⁠
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[Unknown photographer, Jay DeFeo, hiking in Kenya, 1987. © 2022 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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