THEY COME TO US WITHOUT A WORD—Joan Jonas’ 2015 Venice Biennale installation—will be on view in California for the first time.
The work incorporates performance, video art, sculpture, and drawing, and will be in San Francisco through mid-March.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Jonas will present two live performances of MOVING OFF THE LAND, “a tribute and poetic response to the power of the ocean.”*
Jonas will also participate in a public conversation with David Gruber, Chrissie Iles, and Markus Reymann at this year’s FOG Design + Art Fair.
THEY COME TO US WITHOUT A WORD
January 17 through March 10.
Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture
2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco.
A CONVERSATION WITH JOAN JONAS
Thursday, January 17, at 3 pm.
Fort Mason Festival Pavilion
2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco.
Saturday and Sunday, January 19 and 20.
Both shows at 6 pm.
Cowell Theater, Fort Mason
2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco.
From top: Production images from Joan Jonas, They Come to Us without a Word (2015), (2), images courtesy the artist; Joan Jonas, They Come to Us without a Word II (2015) at the Venice Biennale, performance with Jason Moran at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, July, 2015, photograph by Moira Ricci; Jonas (right) with Michelle Obama (center) and Malia Obama, June 20, 2015, U.S. Pavilion, Venice Biennale, photograph by Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images; Jonas performing Moving Off the Land, Ocean—Sketches and Notes (2018), at Danspace Project, New York, photograph by Ian Douglas, image courtesy of Danspace Project; production images from Joan Jonas, They Come to Us without a Word, image courtesy the artist.