Bruce Conner: Lithographs

Artwork by artist Bruce Conner
Bruce Conner, 501, 1970 Offset lithograph (from unbound set of five), Edition: 48/90, 8 x 7 1/8 inches, Collection of Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Gift of the Conner Family Trust, San Francisco; 2019.2.6.a, © Conner Family Trust, San Francisco / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

Main Gallery Corridor, February 13 – May 8, 2025 

With this group of lithograph prints, artist Bruce Conner (1933-2008) intentionally preserved a series of highly detailed but fading images he originally produced using felt-tip pens in the early 1970s. The nine prints on display explore the act of perception by prompting prolonged, up-close viewing. The meticulous black and white compositions recall mandala forms as well as microscopic imagery. The selected prints on view are part of the Museum’s permanent collection.