™Al-An deSouza: Table Settings
Listed on MUSAY · checked Oct 22
When
Thursday, October 22, Through Nov 2
On every day through Monday, November 2. Times come from the listing.
Where
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Price
Not listed. Check with the venue before you go.
About
An ambitious watercolor project connects the museum collection to moments of beauty in overlooked places, starting with the ground beneath our feet. Layering elements that are rarefied and humble, intentional and unplanned, Table Settings offers a meditation on where we find value and beauty, both in the galleries and beyond. deSouza describes taking inspiration from a uniquely attuned movement through their surroundings: “looking down, watching your step, accepting one’s connection to the baseness of matter.” “I decided on watercolor for its association with the amateur ‘Sunday’ painter, with the feminine, for its low carbon footprint, and especially in how it is a technique of more or less controlled staining,” relates deSouza. “It seems devalued for all these reasons, and it is this devaluing which attracts me in relation to what is socially valued, and what is seen as a stain on the social body and a stain on ‘pure’ culture.”
Know before you go
Getting there
Buses can pick up and drop off students in front of the museum on Larkin Street or on the north side of the building on Fulton Street. The Asian Art Museum does not have a parking facility, but there are several parking facilities within walking distance.
Venue hours on Thursday
1:00 pm–8:00 pm
The venue’s general opening hours. This event’s time comes from the listing.
Added to MUSAY Apr 22, 2026.