This event is in the past.It took place on April 1, 2026 at SFMOMA Museum Store.

Paul Klee + Ray Johnson: Typofacture 1
Fine Arts Exhibition
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Paul Klee + Ray Johnson: Typofacture

August 23 at 12pm - April 1

At SFMOMA Museum Store

Transbay, San Francisco

✍️Look closely at texture details
🎓Albers taught this method to students

See text become texture in this fascinating pairing of Paul Klee and Ray Johnson. The exhibition traces how Josef Albers taught his Black Mountain students to treat writing as visual and tactile form: imagine letters carrying the imprint of speckled walls or raked garden paths.

Art history deep-dive
Design education focus
Albers methodology
Text as visual form