"With the help of fog-machine-like haze, projected light beams sketch three-dimensional shapes in space that people can walk under, reach into and marvel at. (The immersive video installations of today wish they were this beautiful.) Thanks to a partnership with the Kramlich Art Foundation, the elegant Line Describing a Cone, Canonical Solid and Cone of Variable Volume are on display at Fort Mason for two whole months."
"I once picked up a set of tarot-like cards at the flea market that looked a lot like Sally Scopa's paintings and drawings: enigmatic, ethereal, speckled with airbrushed gradients. Scopa describes the dots covering her paintings as "tiny, condensed beads of moisture" that submerge or dissolve lines of sight. Recently emerged from our own atmospheric river, this blurred view of the world is a familiar one. Visit this show for a gentle reentry into the regular flow of work and life."
"Cable cars, buses and trains may be the ostensible focus of these images, but the story of San Francisco's people and its physical growth is a welcome byproduct. The SFMTA needs all the good will (and riders) it can get right now, as the agency faces a budget deficit that could exceed $300 million annually. Long live MUNI!"
Anthony McCall pioneered 'solid light' works in the early 1970s that use haze and projected beams to create walkable three-dimensional light sculptures. Line Describing a Cone, Canonical Solid and Cone of Variable Volume are on view at Fort Mason for two months free. Sally Scopa's paintings feature airbrushed gradients and dots she calls "tiny, condensed beads of moisture" that blur sightlines; her show runs at Bass & Reiner Jan. 10–March 28, 2026. Moving San Francisco selects images from the SFMTA archive to trace transit and civic history while the agency faces a potential $300 million annual budget deficit. Barbara Stauffacher Solomon died in 2024 and left notable public works including a supergraphic at SFMOMA.
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