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Buddhist Art from the Roof of the World
July 27–November 27, 2016Paintings and sculptures from India, Tibet, and Nepal provide a window into a divine Buddhist reality.
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Art Wall: Terri Friedman
August 25, 2016–February 12, 2017A monumental weaving by East Bay artist Terri Friedman, the second work in BAMPFA’s Art Wall series of commissioned temporary works.
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Push and Pull: Hans Hofmann
August 31–December 11, 2016Push and Pull: Hans Hofmann showcases signature works that manifest Hofmann’s dynamic painterly approach.
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Pat O'Neill / MATRIX 262
September 28–November 27, 2016The work of Pat O'Neill, a pioneer of avant-garde film and optical printing techniques, including films, sculpture, photography, and works on paper.
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Mind Over Matter: Conceptual Art from the Collection
October 19–December 23, 2016First-generation Conceptualism, focusing on performance and language. Works by Ant Farm, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, James Lee Byars, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, Yoko Ono, and more.
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GIF Collider 1.0
October 26–28, 2016An endlessly looping computer program by artists Greg Niemeyer, Olya Dubatova, and Brewster Kahle, created for BAMPFA's giant outdoor screen.
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Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta
November 9, 2016–February 12, 2017This exhibition presents the films of Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) in the context of her own work and of the transformation of visual art in the 1970s.
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Andy Warhol: Still Lifes and Portraits
November 23, 2016–March 12, 2017Warhol prints from 1964 to 1977 that critique contemporary culture.
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Michael Armitage / MATRIX 263
December 14, 2016–April 2, 2017New works by the London-based painter reflect on sexuality and gender stereotypes in Kenya.
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Buddhist Art from the Roof of the World
December 14, 2016–May 7, 2017Transmission of the Dharma
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Slow Reading / Slow Seeing
January 18–April 30, 2017Cal Conversations
An exhibition of poems and artworks developed in collaboration with UC Berkeley Professor Lyn Hejinian’s class English 190: Slow Reading / Slow Seeing.
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Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia
February 8–May 21, 2017Explore how artists, architects, and designers intersected with the counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s.
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Art Wall: Lawrence Weiner
March 1–October 30, 2017The artist continues his exploration of language as medium in this newly commissioned work.
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Erica Deeman: Silhouettes
March 8–June 11, 2017Large-scale photographs of women from the African diaspora, presented in a way that challenges traditional assumptions about artistic technique and individual identity.
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AMERICA AMERICA: Art for Human Rights
March 22–April 16, 2017Works from the collection examining the history of US human rights.
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Asher Hartman and Cliff Hengst / MATRIX 264
April 12–16, 2017A one-man performance by Cliff Hengst, directed by Asher Hartman.
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Irwin Kremen / MATRIX 265
April 26–August 26, 2017Exquisitely composed collages incorporating fragments of found, or "experienced," paper.
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Sam Contis / MATRIX 266
May 3–August 26, 2017Photographic works made at the remote and idiosyncratic Deep Springs College.
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The 47th Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine...
May 17–June 11, 2017Works by this year's MFA recipients from UC Berkeley's Department of Art Practice.
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Buddhist Realms
May 24–October 8, 2017Tibetan Buddhist paintings and sculptures vividly evoke the realms of the celestial and the supernatural.
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Charles Howard: A Margin of Chaos
June 21–October 1, 2017Discover the enigmatic work of this pioneering yet underrecognized painter, who bridged figurative, Surrealist, and abstract currents in modern art.
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Divine Visions, Earthly Pleasures: Five Hundred Years of Indian...
June 22–September 10, 2017Works from the BAMPFA collection reveal the richness and variety of India's painterly traditions.
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Ugo Rondinone: the world just makes me laugh
June 28–August 26, 2017The exhibition features clowns and rainbows, but it's not just clowning around—Swiss artist Rondinone's work is both exuberant and melancholy.
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On the Hour / JJ PEET
September 13–October 29, 2017THE VACANT AMERICAN
PEET brings his distinctive observational style to a pair of videos commissioned for BAMPFA's monumental outdoor screen and Theater Two.
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Information in the Flesh: Art for Human Rights
September 13–October 1, 2017Works by Fernando Botero, Adrian Piper, and others demonstrate how power is articulated and reinforced through the dehumanized body.
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To the Letter: Regarding the Written Word
September 13, 2017–January 28, 2018This exhibition crosses cultures and centuries to bring together works that activate the expressive and aesthetic potential of letters and words.
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Martin Wong: Human Instamatic
September 20–December 10, 2017This retrospective surveys the career of "one of our great urban visionaries" (New York Times), from Northern California to New York and back.
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Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument
September 27–December 17, 2017This investigation of the editorial process behind Parks's photo-essay "Harlem Gang Leader" reveals unspoken conflicts between photographer, editor, subject, and truth.
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Miyoko Ito / MATRIX 267
September 27, 2017–January 28, 2018Discover the singular vision of a Berkeley-born artist whose paintings explore both exterior and interior landscapes.
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Buddhist Realms
October 25, 2107–April 22, 2018Exquisite examples of Buddhist art from the Himalayan region.
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Global Lives Project
October 25–December 29, 2017This collaborative video project captures twenty-four hours in the lives of diverse individuals across the globe.
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