Exhibitions
A schedule of rotating exhibitions each season showcases contemporary and emerging artists from the Bay Area and beyond, community-based work and the intersection between fine art and popular culture. Gallery hours and admission
Jul 19–Nov 16, 2008
YBCA’s fifth triennial exhibition of Bay Area art explores questions around how to re-imagine a regional survey in the midst of globalization. Bay Area Now 5 (BAN 5) exhibits the many ways artists are influenced by their experiences both inside and outside of the Bay Area …
Jul 19–Aug 24, 2008
A continuation of the CrossConnections project that engages the Iranian and Iranian-American diaspora community in an intergenerational, creative dialogue about issues of cultural identity, preservation, and representation …
Jul 19–Oct 18, 2008
An interactive project that is both situated within the YBCA galleries as well as offering tours or self-guided explorations of sites in and around San Francisco that offer cartographical and audio portraits of sites that reveal the city’s forgotten histories. …
Jul 19–Nov 16, 2008
Estacion Odesia explores the work of Bay Area artists who are also musicians and who make audio based projects. This two-part exhibition will showcase the artists’ visual work at QNA Gallery in the Mission District and their audio tracks in listening stations at YBCA …
Sep 4–Oct 19, 2008
Taking the historic Acapulco-Manila galleon route as a metaphor of origin, the Galleon Trade exhibitions seek to create new routes of cultural exchange along old routes of commerce and trade …
Oct 31, 2008–Jan 11, 2009
How do we ensure sustainability for growing urban populations? The Gatherers is an exhibition that brings together work from a diverse group of practitioners who combine art with cultural activism to answer this question …
Dec 6, 2008–Mar 22, 2009
A rare opportunity to view cutting-edge contemporary art by critically acclaimed artists from three countries whose works explore representations of modernity and popular culture, transPOP features 16 artists from Vietnam and Korea and their respective diasporas in the United States …
Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art
Jan 23–Apr 12, 2009
Featuring a new generation of craft artists from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Challenging the aesthetics and principles of Scandinavian Modernism, these artists use traditional materials and honor hand-made traditions, but divorce form from function …
Meet Me At The Center Of The Earth: New Work By Nick Cave
Mar 28–Jul 12, 2009
YBCA presents the work of visionary sculptor Nick Cave, whose Soundsuits—ephemeral full-body sculptures composed of recycled clothing, beads, bottle caps, toys, twigs and hair— seem poised to explode into dance and ritual while exploring issues of ceremony, identity and myth …
Apr 24–Jul 5, 2009
Young Artists at Work (YAAW) at YBCA is an innovative education program offering youth a hands-on experience in curating, art-making and art criticism. Envisioned and executed by YAAW students, this exhibition presents contemporary, highly regarded artists from the Bay Area chosen by the YAAW team …
YBCA's programs are made possible in part by:
The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
LEF Foundation
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YBCA Exhibitions 08–09 is made possible in part by:
AT&T, Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan and Members of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
