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Past Exhibitions

Previously on view at MCASD
Projections: Anti-Materialism

Since the MCASD’s founding in 1941, exhibitions curated from within the Collection and from around the globe have made the MCASD a place where audiences can truly experience their world, their region, and themselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Explore past exhibitions from the MCASD’s rich history in this archive (exhibitions are listed under the year they opened).

Exhibition Archive
1970s

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Projections: Anti-Materialism

1980s

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Sitings: Alice Aycock, Richard Fleischner, Mary Miss, George Trakas

1990s

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Ann Hamilton: Between Taxonomy and Communion

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La Frontera/The Border: Art about the Mexico/United States Border Experience

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John Baldessari: National City

More Exhibitions from the 1990s
2000s

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Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art

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Cerca Series: Tania Candiani

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Robert Irwin: Primaries and Secondaries

More Exhibitions from the 2000s
2010s

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Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface

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Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting

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The Uses of Photography: Art, Politics, and the Reinvention of a Medium

More Exhibitions from the 2010s
2020s

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Carmen Argote: Filtration System for a Process-based Practice

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Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s

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Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist

More Exhibitions from the 2020s