Artist Hector Zamora's site-specific installation Essay about the smooth and the striated, 2010, in the
exhibition Disponible–a kind of Mexican show.
Walter and McBean Galleries
The Walter and McBean Galleries on SFAI’s 800 Chestnut Street campus house exhibitions, workshops, and other alternative and experimental avenues for presenting work by international contemporary artists.
Hours
Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am–6 pm
www.waltermcbean.com
News
Curators Hou Hanru and Mary Ellyn Johnson have published a new book, Paradigm Shifts: Walter and McBean Galleries Exhibitions and Public Programs, San Francisco Art Institute (2006-2011), which collects images, texts, and ephemera from SFAI’s exhibitions and public programs over the past six years.
Current Exhibition
May 3–July 28
Curated by Hou Hanru
Chinese artist Lin Yilin is a versatile and internationally significant artist whose work has been marked strongly by his urban interventions. This exhibition presents his interactions with the city of San Francisco and the local arts community. After researching the city in the fall of 2011, Yilin worked with SFAI students to develop a series of site-specific performances that explore the various urban histories of migration and immigration, with particular focus on their political implications.
Lin Yilin's residency in San Francisco was hosted by Kadist Art Foundation, which also provided generous support for the exhibition.
Past Exhibitions
Please visit www.waltermcbean.com for an archive of past exhibitions.
