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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

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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June 4, 2021

Watch a recording of Jay DeFeo: A Symposium

Jay DeFeo: A Symposium took place on Friday, May 28th. The conference was organized by…

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Installation view of Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2013

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May 25, 2021

Whitney Museum of American Art – After School Art Club: Jay DeFeo

After School Art Club: Jay DeFeo, Hosted by Whitney Museum of American Art. May 26,…

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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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@192books and @paulacoopergallery present a book l

@192books and @paulacoopergallery present a book launch of “Jay DeFeo: Photographic Work” tomorrow evening, Tuesday, September 19 at 7 PM. Author Corey Keller will be joined in conversation by Elisabeth Sherman, Senior Curator, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York.

Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 7:00 PM
Paula Cooper Gallery
521 West 21st Street, New York

This free event is open to the public and will stream virtually on PCG Studio (link in bio).

A new monograph published by @delmonico_books • @artbook, “Jay DeFeo: Photographic Work” is 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.

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"Inventing Objects: Jay DeFeo’s Photographic Wor

"Inventing Objects: Jay DeFeo’s Photographic Work," on view at @paulacoopergallery, was included in "What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in September" in the @nytimes.
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"Hardly shown publicly in her lifetime, her remarkable photos are featured in their most extensive exhibition to date, ‘Inventing Objects,’ at Paula Cooper Gallery, and a just-published monograph, ‘Jay DeFeo: Photographic Work.’ Like Man Ray, whom she admired, DeFeo prized vision and originality over technical proficiency. Like him, too, she explored cameraless photography to compose abstract forms.”
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The exhibition is on view through October 28. Follow the link to bio to read the review in full.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1972, Gelatin silver print, 3 x 4 7/8 inches (7.6 x 12.4 cm). © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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"Inventing Objects: Jay DeFeo’s Photographic Wor

"Inventing Objects: Jay DeFeo’s Photographic Work" opens tomorrow, Saturday, September 9, from 5-7pm, at @paulacoopergallery.⁠
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Jay DeFeo began taking photographs in depth in 1970, shortly after the completion of her monumental 2000-pound marriage of painting and sculpture, "The Rose" (1958–1966), and her move from San Francisco to the relative seclusion of Marin County, California. Over the next five years, DeFeo engaged in a restless exploration of her surroundings through the camera, producing an extraordinary wealth of deeply poetic images. With over seventy unique photographs, photocollages and photocopies, the exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery will be the largest ever presentation of DeFeo’s photographic works, and the first exhibition devoted to DeFeo’s experiments across photographic media.⁠
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"Inventing Objects" continues through October 28, 2023. Follow the link in our bio for additional information.⁠
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[John Bogdanoff, Jay DeFeo with her Hasselblad, Marin County, California, 1974. © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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The Jay DeFeo Foundation is pleased to announce “Jay DeFeo: Photographic Work,” a new monograph from DelMonico Books • D.A.P.⁠
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A revelatory trove of innovative photographs, photo collages, photograms, and photocopies, with over 150 images, most reproduced at the size Jay DeFeo printed them.⁠
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Essays by Hilton Als, Judith Delfiner, Corey Keller, Justine Kurland, Dana Miller, and Catherine Wagner, with a chronology by Carly Sitko and Dawn Troy. Edited and with an introduction by Leah Levy. Designed by Conny Purtill, Purtill Family Business.⁠
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Click the link in our bio to learn more.⁠
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The Jay DeFeo Foundation is seeking an Operations

“I like to show different gestures, different po

“I like to show different gestures, different poses if you will, of something mechanical that I took as a very personal, intimate, human kind of attitude toward that object.”⁠
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- Jay DeFeo, slide lecture at University of California, Santa Cruz, May 10, 1989. Video recording, Archive of The Jay DeFeo Foundation, Berkeley, CA.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled ("Jewelry" series), 1978, Graphite, acrylic and chalk on paper, 20 x 15 inches (50.8 x 38.1 cm). The Phillips Collection. Photography by @bblackwellphoto. © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

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“These works have a figurative quality -- as do

“These works have a figurative quality -- as do many of my images over the years. They were not intended to be representational however in the traditional sense. My attraction to the objects was primarily because they dealt with forms that interested me.”⁠
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- Jay DeFeo, “Chronological History of Major Blocks of Work,” 1984. Archive of The Jay DeFeo Foundation, Berkeley, CA.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled ("Jewelry" series), 1978, Graphite, charcoal and acrylic on paper 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm). Photography by @bblackwellphoto. © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

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“[M]y sculptor's mentality has since kind of fou

“[M]y sculptor's mentality has since kind of found an outlet in painting, where I can ease through the illusion of three dimensions rather than the actual three-dimensional work itself.”⁠
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- Jay DeFeo, slide lecture at University of California, Santa Cruz, May 10, 1989. Video recording, Archive of The Jay DeFeo Foundation, Berkeley, CA.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled ("Jewelry" series), 1977, Graphite and acrylic on paper, 29 x 23 1/4 inches (73.7 x 59.1 cm). Photography by @bblackwellphoto. © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]

“The Rose,” a group exhibition curated by Just

“The Rose,” a group exhibition curated by Justine Kurland, opens today, Saturday, July 29, at @lumberroompdx. A reception will be held from 4 - 7pm.⁠
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A wide survey of over 40 artists, "The Rose" considers collage as a subversive action and a feminist strategy. The title borrows its name from Jay DeFeo’s seminal painting and refers to her iterative practice, where one thing turns into something else, gathering rotational gravity as it orbits.⁠
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On view July 29 — October 28, 2023. Follow the link in bio for additional information.⁠
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[Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1975, Photo collage with photocopy and tape , 7 15/16 x 9 15/16 inches (20.2 x 25.2 cm). © 2023 The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]⁠
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