![]() ![]() ![]() Study day for Yoko Ono’s MEND PIECE, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art version, 1966/2021 photo: Don Ross “The phrase ‘what matters’ is intended as a prompt for different experiences in this exhibition,” explains Curator of Media Arts Rudolf Frieling, who is overseeing this first episode with Curator of Contemporary Art Eungie Joo. ![]() Curators will take turns designing episodes of this exhibition and contributing fresh selections at switchover points. Unfolding in multiple stages, What Matters is a wide-ranging contemporary collection exhibition jointly organized by SFMOMA curators across architecture and design, contemporary art, media arts, painting and sculpture, and photography. These works will be featured in What Matters: A Proposition in Eight Rooms, opening July 22, 2023, an exhibition that presents contemporary works from the collection. This article spotlights the study days for Yoko Ono’s MEND PIECE, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art version (1966/2021) and Naama Tsabar’s Work on Felt (Variation 2) (2019) and Work on Felt (Variation 11) (2019). In many cases, the journey of a work from a curator’s exhibition wish list to the walls of SFMOMA requires what we call a “study day.”Ī study day offers curators and art installation staff the chance to see the work in person, understand how best to steward its care, and decide on its display. Complex works may demand special handling with every presentation to confirm if technology is still operational or that all pieces of a work are intact. ![]() Paint can flake, fabrics can fray, and plastic can degrade, requiring maintenance and conservation. Art has no boundaries beyond what an artist can conjure, but materials often have limits. ![]()
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