"I was always interested in borders and issues around land and landlessness, and being an immigrant, and I found it rewarding to look up and see these clouds moving — without any limitations, without checkpoints, without passports." #SanazMazinani#5WomenArtists#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on March 17, 2020.
"Ocean Voices II" by Ursula von Rydingsvard is on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/YzsdyyUtjI #Airportart#5WomenArtistsThis tweet was posted on March 05, 2017.
#SanazMazinani's series of photographic montages, 'Forever in the Sky’, takes as its subject clouds over San Francisco intermingled with iconic SF landmarks, and infused with Persian motifs to make complex portraits of the city’s sky-scape. #5WomenArtists#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on March 17, 2020.
#TerriLoewenthal’s technique shifts colors into oversaturated hues of purples, blues and yellows and overlaps multiple vantage points, offering the viewer a revelatory experience of the Eastern Sierra landscape. #MuseumFromHome#5WomenArtistsThis tweet was posted on March 31, 2020.
#UrsulavonRydingsvard has created sculptures out of cedar wood for the past 35 years. Using circular saws and chisels, she and her assistants have patiently carved and chipped at cedar 4-by-4's to create “Ocean Voices II”'s monumental form. #5womenartistsThis tweet was posted on March 11, 2020.
#UrsulavonRydingsvard’s longstanding use of wood is linked to memories of the makeshift structures that her Ukranian-Polish family inhabited while moving from one displaced-persons camp to the next across postwar Germany. #5womenartistsThis tweet was posted on March 11, 2020.
A San Francisco native, Joan Brown was recognized in her career as a major talent working in the style that became identified as Bay Area Figurative.
This painting refers to a personal journey, set against a San Francisco skyline. #5WomenArtists#WomensHistoryMonth#JoanBrownThis tweet was posted on March 29, 2023.
Alicia McCarthy’s paintings are driven by material and repetition. She interlaces ribbons of spray paint, latex paint, crayon, and pencil that are reducible as parts, but expansive in their totality. #5WomenArtists#AliciaMcCarthyThis tweet was posted on March 29, 2022.
Brought together, Soren’s images serve as a poignant meditation on the role of digital devices in society and offer a reminder of the traces, both physical and digital, that we leave behind when using them.
#TabithaSoren#WomensHistoryMonth#5WomenArtistsThis tweet was posted on March 21, 2022.
By creating images that are “familiar but otherworldly,” #TerriLoewenthal presents a vision of the natural world that extends beyond its economic and recreational value, illuminating possibilities of spiritual connection and transcendence. #MuseumFromHome#5WomenArtistsThis tweet was posted on March 31, 2020.
Every March, SFO Museum highlights women artists for #InternationalWomensHistoryMonth using the hashtag #5WomenArtists. Started by @womeninthearts, the hashtag calls attention to the fact that women are underrepresented in the arts & that many people can’t name 5 female artists. This tweet was posted on March 01, 2023.
Exposed by Soren’s use of raking light, the otherwise invisible marks come alive with color and texture. Organic, gestural, and almost primal, these swipe marks stand in stark contrast to the smooth curves and cool indifference of the device itself. #TabithaSoren#5WomenArtistsThis tweet was posted on March 21, 2022.
Happy 90th birthday #YayoiKusama!!! Kusama is considered one of the most important Japanese artists of her generation, and in the 1960s, was dubbed the "polka dot princess" due to her signature motif. https://t.co/GHvydbQ9MH #WomensHistoryMonth#5WomenArtistsThis tweet was posted on March 22, 2019.
Happy Birthday, Yayoi Kusama! Kusama, who was born in 1929, is considered one of the most important Japanese artists of her generation. #5WomenArtists#YayoiKusamaThis tweet was posted on March 22, 2022.
Her splatters, smudges, and imperfect lines signal an embrace of variation, disruption, and the limitations of both materials and the hand that wields them. #5WomenArtists#AliciaMcCarthyThis tweet was posted on March 29, 2022.
In 1989, #MargaretKilgallen moved to San Francisco, where she fell into a group of artists that would become the Mission School. Killgallen had an interest in literary arts, typography, hand-lettering, print-making, sign painting, and folk art. #MuseumFromHome#5WomenArtistsThis tweet was posted on March 24, 2020.