Richard Serra Drawing and 2010 SECA Art Award at SFMOMA

Before the year end, I visited SFMOMA for its Richard Serra drawing retrospective exhibit, a cerebral, intriguing more than exhilaration exhibit.  I enjoyed it very much but due to the photograph restriction, I can only share some images from SFMOMA's website:



They were just as monumental as his more celebrated sculptures, such as the "Sequence", currently in Stanford University and will move to SFMOMA once its new wing completes, though more somber and forbidding.  They were not all drawings - some were done with paint sticks on canvas or linen.  The richness of the texture completely compensated the absence of colors.

I then encountered the 2010 SECA Art Award exhibit, which also included many works from past winning entries.  In those rooms, everything has something to recommend though not every piece struck me as with exceptional depth, incredible beauty or iconographic longevity.  But one piece stood out for its unbridled fun and ever changing shapes and lines - Nest, made of Pencils and Glue, by Gay Outlaw, a 1998 SECA Art Award winner:









Another piece I do live very much was Japanese Maple II, Oil and wax on canvas on panel, by Anne Appleby, 1996 SECA Art Award winner:


Japanese Maple II, Oil and wax on canvas on panel, Anne Appleby, 1996 SECA Art Award

Finally, I'll cite a delicate watercolor on paper by Laurie Reid, another 1998 SECA Art Award winner - Love Litany:


Love Litany, Watercolor on paper, Laurie Reid - 1998 SECA Art Award