b'Sheila HicksSFMOMA New Work 1964 Hicks Ouessant/UshantHicks phareSheila Hickss first solo exhibition at SFMOMA features a site-specific installation in the muse-ums New Work gallery. In this presentation, bundled, shaped and coiled threads reach into space, interacting with light and the surrounding architecture. Based in her historic Paris studio since 1964, Hicks draws inspiration from objects, textures and patterns from places with personal significance to herthe cobblestones of her courtyard or the stoic lighthouses of the rocky island of Ouessant (Ushant), in Brittany, France with its treacherous seas and rugged landscape.For this exhibition, Hicks brings together new and repurposed elements from past and recent works. A towering suspension of tumbling cords Installation view ofanchors the gallery and recalls a soaring phare New Work: Sheila(lighthouse). The artists orbiting comets with Hicks at the San Francisco Museumvivid intersecting and multilayered lines evoke of Modern Art;topographicalterrains;panelscomposedof photo: Don Ross hand-inserted linen conjure perpetually mov-ing clouds; and a selection of small works reveal BALLIET + WANG LUXURY LIVING 97'