Group show
Outward Sight and Inner Vision: Paul Klee and Lee Mullican
18 Dec 2021 — 26 Jun 2022 at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
· San Francisco
Outward Sight and Inner Vision: Paul Klee and Lee Mullican is a 2021 exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) that pairs the work of two visionary artists separated by generation but united by a shared commitment to the interplay between external perception and interior imagination.
Swiss-German modernist Paul Klee and American artist Lee Mullican are brought into conversation, revealing surprising affinities in their use of line, symbol, and color to bridge the visible world and the realm of the spirit. The exhibition invites visitors to consider how both artists looked outward at nature and human experience while simultaneously turning inward to explore the depths of the unconscious and the metaphysical.
Swiss-German modernist Paul Klee and American artist Lee Mullican are brought into conversation, revealing surprising affinities in their use of line, symbol, and color to bridge the visible world and the realm of the spirit. The exhibition invites visitors to consider how both artists looked outward at nature and human experience while simultaneously turning inward to explore the depths of the unconscious and the metaphysical.
About the artist
Paul Klee
1879–1940 · Expressionism
Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.
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Lee Mullican
1919–1998
Lee Mullican was an American painter, curator, and art teacher. He was an influential member of the Dynaton Movement, that took its name from a 1951 exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, organized by Grace McCann Morley.
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
· San Francisco
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over…
