Encode/Store/Retrieve, December 8, 2023 – April 21, 2024, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Process as Paradigm: Works from the Permanent Collection, January 17, 2009 - July 5, 2009, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Beyond Tradition: Permanent Collection Photographs, September 27, 2003 - August 22, 2004, Historic Wing, Paul L. Davies Gallery, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, March 2, 2002 - June 2, 2002, New Wing, Metro A, Skylight and South Galleries, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, May 22 -September 12, 1999, Second floor, New Wing, San José Museum of Art.

The Permanent Collection 1997: Recent Acquisitions, May 17 - August 24, 1997, First Floor, New Wing, South Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Beyond Tradition: Permanent Collection Photographs (2003-2004)

Beverly Rayner uses photographs, both ones she has taken herself and anonymous photographs found in flea markets, in a “very physical manner.” She first encases them in beeswax and then meticulously nails them into a black wood frame. The results are beautifully evocative fusions of photography and sculpture. For Rayner, this work depicts “the process and sensations associated with recalling images from one’s dreams.” The grid of seemingly unrelated pictures alludes to the way dream imagery often becomes conscious in disparate, puzzle-like visions.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection , 5/22/1999 - 9/12/1999
• Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection , 3/2/2002 - 6/2/2002
• Process as Paradigm: Works from the Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art , 1/17/2009 - 7/5/2009

• Frame Dimensions: 26 x 26 x 2 1/2 in. (66.04 x 66.04 x 6.35 cm)

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art. Into the 21st Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 1999
  Page Number: 38

This object is a member of the following portfolios: