Creativity Explored artists Daniel Green, Kevin Chu, and Andrew Li are featured in three exhibitions at SFMOMA at once. Each exhibition captures the energy, movement, and spirit, and beauty of sport!
Daniel Green, Black Man Golden State Warriors, 2018, marker and colored pencil on plywood, 11 x 11 inches
Daniel Green
Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture
October 19, 2024 – February 18, 2025 | Floor 7
Daniel Green’s dynamic work captures the intersection of sports and identity. In Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, Green’s work conveys a playful fascination with American entertainment and popular culture. Working on wood, cardboard, and paper, Green uses ink to draw figures from television, politics, sports, and history, meticulously listing dates, titles, cities, and names, bringing viewers face-to-face with the complex relationship between sports and contemporary culture.
Kevin Chu, Special Olympics, 2018, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Kevin Chu
When the World Is Watching
August 17, 2024 – May 4, 2025 | Floor 2
When the World Is Watching examines the global spectacle of sports and the power of media in shaping public perception. A passionate fan of Bay Area sports, Chu’s work also explores the playful relationship between spectacle and community, capturing how the fervor of a sporting event unites fans and cities, fostering a collective identity.
Andrew Li
Unity through Skateboarding
August 17, 2024 – April 27, 2025 | Floor 2
Andrew Li, Untitled, 2016, ink and watercolor on paper, 22.5 x 30 inches
Unity through Skateboarding celebrates the power of skateboarding as a force for social connection and creative expression. A product of his native Shanghai, Andrew Li frequently explores cities in motion, capturing the excitement and vibrancy that the skateboard community brings to San Francisco and beyond. His work highlights how culture transcends borders, building communities across urban landscapes. Li’s quick-handed, deliberate process captures the energy of skaters weaving through busy streets, showing how the eye latches onto certain details while summarizing others, making sense of the dynamic and chaotic rhythm of the urban environment.