Chris Sollars
SFMOMA Museum Residency
Aug 20, 2010

This summer I invited Sollars to use SFMOMA as a site for art-making. As a parameter the artist used only materials on hand in the museum itself, from paper products, posters, debris left behind, to the shirt off his back. At no point was his project made official to the staff of the museum, similar to working in his neighborhood, Sollars came and went and made pieces while integrating himself as an everyday museum guest.

Following his tenure at the museum, Chris Sollars acquired three bags from the SFMOMA Museum Store and has made a collection of ephemera from his residency. Each bag (found on site) contains objects and photographs (prints) documenting the actions made by Sollars while in residence at the museum.

March 2010
Sculpture remade with cigarette and gum from Balcony ashtray.

Ball in Flight 2010
Paper ball on black pedestal container in tiled room.

 

Fountain 2010
Paper cover over water bottle on tiled floor

Felix Reincarnate 2010
Felix Gonzalez-Torres poster with bird cutout on baby changer.

Sigh 2010
Twisted wool jacket on museum bench in front of Cy Twombly.

Skull – after Voluptas Mors 2010
Two white wire chairs and afternoon shadows
c-print edition 2 of 5

Tuttle 2010
installation and detail
Paper cover on wall attached with water

Collection Giveaway

Three collections were given away Friday, September 17th at 4pm by entering the museum and locating the artist wearing the same striped shirt in front of the same painting in the photograph beside.

Chris with striped shirt in front of Agnes Martin 2010
4" x 4" c-print take by unkown sfmoma visitor

Please consider taking part in this action and work of art, by entering the museum not only to view artwork, but to participate and acquire a collection for your own home.
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Chris Sollars, SFMOMA Fall Collection of 2010, Edition of 3.