Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio Endorsed by Presidio Trust.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- The Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio (CAMP) will move forward thanks to a decision by the Presidio Trust to endorse the project and enter into negotiations over the final details with Doris and Donald Fisher
The Fisher's proposed CAMP in August 2007 to house their important, world-renowned collection of contemporary and modern art. The Fishers will pay for CAMP's design and construction and have established a foundation to manage their collection and run the museum. "We are deeply honored and extremely excited that the Presidio has decided to move this project forward," said Don Fisher
Donald Raymond Fisher , who, along with Doris Fisher founded The Gap retail chain. "This museum will revitalize the entire park and bring a new sense of energy to this beautiful but under-used corner of San Francisco." The CAMP proposal includes a museum designed by Richard Gluckman of Gluckman Mayner Architects Gluckman Mayner Architects is an architecture firm located in New York City with Richard Gluckman and David Mayner in partnership since 1998. The architects are known for minimalist design, evident in five pioneering art galleries that moved into the Chelsea gallery district from that will allow the public to view the Fisher's own collection of more than 1,000 masterworks as well as to enjoy traveling shows and exhibitions. The Fisher collection includes important works from artists such as Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932) is a prominent German artist. Richter is considered by some critics as one of the most important German artists of the post-World War II period and is also one of the world's most expensive, with his paintings often selling for several , Richard Serra Richard Serra (born 2 November 1939) is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large scale assemblies of sheet metal. Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement. , Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Diebenkorn, Cy Twombly, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Willem DeKooning, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Anselm Kiefer. In addition to the new museum building, the CAMP project includes the rehabilitation of a nearby barracks bar·rack 1 tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. , Building 101, which will house the museum's bookstore and extensive public education programs, and will include a photography studio, ceramics studio, painting and drawing classes, and classes in art history by artists and scholars. The Fisher's have also pledged $10 million for the landscaping and restoration of the Presidio's Main Parade ground, which is now primarily a large asphalt parking lot and would be completed at the time the museum is finished. |
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