1st Floor, Wisch Family Gallery
The Anderson family home was a vibrant nexus for art discussions and shared meals, and fostered a rich tapestry of community and conversation. Bringing It Home is a celebration of the love of living with art and foundational relationships between influential artists and the Anderson family. Art and artists commingled with the family in their home, and while artwork was installed in every room, the kitchen was the place the family started each day and shared space with personally significant artworks.
The Anderson Collection presents a recreation of the family’s kitchen wall with artwork by artists they knew and admired including Philip Guston, Frank Stella, and Josef Albers. This salon-style arrangement over the family’s breakfast table will be accompanied by related correspondence and photographs, further highlighting the importance these relationships held for the family and artists.
Learn more about the full year of 10th Anniversary celebrations.
The exhibition is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in collaboration with Stanford students. We are grateful to the Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson Fund, William Reller & Kristin E. Klint, and museum members for their support and to the Anderson family for their generosity and loan of artworks and furniture from their home. The accompanying exhibition catalogue, Home Is Where the Art Is, is supported by The Hunk Anderson Memorial Fund.
Image: Philip Guston, Holiday Cheer (Christmas Card), 1978, oil on canvas, 12 3/4 x 16 1/2 in., Family Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson.