Sara VanDerBeek: To Think of Time

Sept 17–Dec 5, 2010

Sara VanDerBeek's quiet semi-abstract photographs are based predominantly on sculptural forms created by the artist. In the past, she has collected pictures from various sources, including art history books, archives, magazines, and newspapers, incorporating them into sculptures that are made only to be photographed in the artist's studio. (After being photographed, the sculptures are immediately dismantled, and VanDerBeek's pictures provide the only remaining evidence of the temporary structure.) In her work on view in this exhibition, VanDerBeek continues this practice, yet she couples it with ventures outside the studio as she meditates on the nature of time as both a personal and collective condition.

Sara VanDerBeek is organized by senior curatorial assistant Tina Kukielski.

Artworks

A tall sculpture with criss-cross shapes and shades of blue.

Sara VanDerBeek, Blue Caryatid at Dusk, 2010. Chromogenic print 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Collection of the artist; courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

A sculpture with a black frame inserted into a concrete block.

Sara VanDerBeek, Baltimore Window, 2010. Chromogenic print 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Collection of the artist; courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

Sara VanDerBeek, Foundation, Dorgenois Street, 2010. Chromogenic print 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Collection of the artist; courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

Sara VanDerBeek, Foundation, Reynes Street, 2010. Chromogenic print 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Collection of the artist; courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

Sara VanDerBeek, Treme School Window, 2010. Chromogenic print 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Collection of the artist; courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco

An artwork with a blue top and blue bottom.

Sara VanDerBeek, Treme, 2010

Chromogenic print 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Collection of the artist; courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco © Sara VanDerBeek 2010

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"Putting Memories to New Use"
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