SF’s Free Opening Art Celebration for “Spaghetti Blockchain” (Contemporary Jewish Museum

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Get ready for an unforgettable night that will stimulate your senses and challenge your perceptions. Join us for drinks and conversation to celebrate the opening of “Mika Rottenberg: Spaghetti Blockchain,” and kick off this one-of-a-kind exhibition with an evening of immersive and surreal art.

Hear from artist Mika Rottenberg in person, joined in conversation by CJM Senior Curator Heidi Rabben, and then experience the exhibition’s vividly colorful video installations and interactive kinetic sculptures. In the first museum survey of Rottenberg’s work ever to be presented on the West Coast, explore artworks that playfully explore how life in a globalized economy is more bizarre than we can possibly imagine.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
HAPPY HOUR
5-6pm
Complimentary wine, light bites, and plenty of opportunities for conversation.

A CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST MIKA ROTTENBERG AND SENIOR CURATOR HEIDI RABBEN
6:30-7pm
Seating is limited; CJM Members receive priority registration.

GALLERIES CLOSE
8pm

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Buenos Aires in 1976, Rottenberg spent her formative years in Israel then moved to the U.S., where she earned her BA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and followed this with an MFA at Columbia in 2004. Rottenberg has been the recipient of prestigious prizes including the 2019 Kurt Schwitters Prize and the 2018 Smithsonian American Art Museum’s James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize. Her work is represented in numerous major museum and public collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Museum, National Gallery of Canada, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and Rose Art Museum.

Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum

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