San José Museum of Art

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Break + Bleed Opening

Geometric shapes

Karl Benjamin, Totem Group IV, 1957. Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 inches. Museum purchase with funds contributed by the Oshman Family Foundation, in honor of the San José Museum of Art's 35th anniversary. 2004.17.

11am–5pm ($8–10; free for SJMA members, college students and teachers with valid ID, and youth 17 and under.)
5–9pm (free for everyone)

Come see the new exhibition Break + Bleed, featuring paintings and works on paper by historically significant artists who exemplify the spirit of post-painterly abstraction through an expansive range of styles including hard-edge abstraction, Color Field painting, Op art, Minimalism, and soft-edge abstraction. 

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Visiting SJMA members receive priority check-in and a commemorative Break + Bleed button entitling you to complimentary hospitality at el cafécito by Mezcal. Join or renew your membership today!

Open Late

SJMA is now open late every first Friday, offering free admission starting 5pm.

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Break + Bleed

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Like the break of a line or page and the bleed of various elements beyond the edge or boundary of a certain area, the artworks in Break + Bleed oscillate between ideas of linearity and geometry and overlapping planes of color and form. Drawn primarily from SJMA’s permanent collection, the exhibition features artwork by Josef Albers, Karl Benjamin, Linda Besemer, Tony DeLap, Sam Francis, Sonia Gechtoff, Helen Lundeberg, Brice Marden, John McLaughlin, Ted Stamm, Frank Stella, Patrick Wilson, and Leo Valledor, among others.