Works by such artists as Richard Diebenkorn, Philip Guston, and Frank Stella. In addition, the exhibition will provide the public with an opportunity to view work by important contemporary artists not often shown in the Bay Area, including Vija Celmins, Martin Puryear, Matthew Ritchie, and Terry Winters. Notes Moo Anderson, If we go to see a show, and it s interesting, Hunk and Putter and I will pick the three works that we liked best, thus targeting specific works for possible acquisition. The Andersons, who recognize that not everyone feels as comfortable with modern and contemporary art as they do, believe that anyone with an open mind and a measure of imagination and intuition has much to enjoy and learn from the works in their collection. I think with abstract art you can bring more of yourself to the painting, says Moo Anderson.
Children love to look at abstract art.
But some adults are afraid because they won t give of themselves. I think if you re not willing to give yourself to the art, you probably won t appreciate it. Although the pieces in their collection now number in the hundreds, the Andersons clearly cherish each individual work. Each piece of art has a story to it, Moo Anderson says. And every time I see a work, I remember its story how we got it, why we got it, where we got it, who has criticized it, who has enjoyed it.