"Watsonville Olympia," 1977. Painting by Robert BechtleRobert Bechtle is a photorealist born and raised in San Francisco. Although I love all of his work, this one is my favorite. I saw it first in the Tate Modern I think and was absolutely captivated. The woman is just so real (and so '70s) - there is no other way to put it. I was lucky enough to see the work again at the SFMOMA, this time in its storage racks located in the basement. It hung on a crowded, pull-out shelf next to a Jasper Johns and a Phillip Guston and seeing it in that setting was more enchanting, more special than seeing it on the museum floor. I also recently found out that Bechtle exhibited at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery, where I now work!
Check out this great video of Bechtle doing his thang: http://www.sfmoma.org/multimedia/videos/229
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