Modernism
Modernism, an art gallery in San Francisco, has been running since 1969 displaying many different types of work including historical and contemporary, in media ranging from painting to photography, sculpture to performance. The artists come form and international roster and include the likes of Mark Stock, Gary Baseman, Robert Crumb and Bill Kane.
Modernism has run over 300 exhibits since its launch and currently represents over 60 artists making sure that every time you visit there is something new to see and enjoy. The owner, Martin Muller, strives to maintain the goal of exhibiting museum quality pieces at the Modernism Gallery. His efforts are clearly successful as you will find the gallery in press publications such as Forbes Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle.
This San Francisco art gallery is well lit and spacious, which in turn helps the viewing experience.
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Early landmarks included being the first gallery to show Andy Warhol in the Bay Area (1982), and holding the first exhibition on the West Coast (in a gallery or museum) of the Russian Avant-Garde 1910-1930 (1980, 17 more retrospectives have since been mounted).
In the 1990s Modernism highlighted its strong abstract program with the exhibition of “Four Abstract Classicists” (1993), a recreation of the show presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1959, while at the same time introducing America to the confrontational, and ofttimes disturbing, conceptual works of Austrian born artist Gottfried Helnwein (1992).
Recent years have seen the 25th anniversary of the gallery (2004), and with it many more firsts, including the first major exhibition of the works of Le Corbusier on the West Coast(2003), and just last year, the first major retrospective in the U.S. of the paintings, drawing, collages, and photographs of Erwin Blumenfeld (2006).
In addition to the milestones above, Modernism prides itself on the scope of its program:
Historical exhibitions encompass areas including Dada, Cubism, Surrealism, Vorticism, German Expressionism, and foremost, the Russian Avant-Garde 1910-1930.
685 Market Street,
Suite 290
San Francisco, CA 94105
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