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Opening the Mountain
Oct 05 - Dec 21, 2024
Wednesday - Friday 11am to 4pm Saturday - Sunday 11am to 5pm
415 506 0137
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Curated by Natasha Boas and Asha McGee. MarinMOCA Downtown will pay tribute to the Beat Poets’ journey with a dynamic, transgenerational exhibition that ties Marin’s present to its past as a hotbed of imaginative thinking. Opening the Mountain celebrates the specificities of place and contemporary counter-cultural aesthetics by bringing together a vibrant group of artists who practice near, at the base of, or in the expansive metaphorical shadow of Mount Tamalpais.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
MarinMOCA Downtown, a San Rafael satellite of the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, will pay tribute to Beat Poets Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen’s 1965 “opening the mountain” journey– a ceremonial circumambulation of Mount Tamalpais they made inspired by the Buddhist practice of Pradakshina, a circling clockwise around a sacred object. The exhibition will highlight transgenerational artists exploring Marin’s present to its past as a site of deep creative thought and artistic presence. Curated by Natasha Boas and Asha McGee, this exhibition celebrates the specificities of place and contemporary counter-cultural aesthetics by bringing together a vibrant group of artists who practice near, at the base of, or in the expansive metaphorical shadow of Mount Tamalpais.
Jaelynn Dale Walls
Contributing Writer
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art connects art, community, and artistic expression. The Museum is a vibrant arts center offering exceptional contemporary exhibits and education programs for art-lovers of all ages. MarinMOCA features three galleries, a museum store, and an art classroom. Over 60 artists have working studios on the museum campus.
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art connects art, community, and artistic expression. The Museum is a vibrant arts center offering exceptional contemporary exhibits and education programs for art-lovers of all ages. MarinMOCA features three galleries, a museum store, and an art classroom. Over 60 artists have working studios on the museum campus.