Catherine Wagner: Blue Reverie
October 4, 2025 – January 10, 2026
500 Capp Street Foundation
Catherine Wagner is the 2025 artist-in-residence at 500 Capp Street in San Francisco. Her solo exhibition Blue Reverie will be on view at Capp Street foundation through January 10, 2026.
“My work has long observed the philosophical and material qualities of the color blue. Extending this line of inquiry into the spatial context of 500 Capp Street, the David Ireland House, Blue Reverie, forges linkages and lineages between the evocative, introspective nature of the color blue, its symbolism in history and music, and the environmental archive of the home. Here, the visuality of blue becomes an invitation, positioning itself as a channel to observe David Ireland’s legacy in a newly-imagined environment.
In the installation, life-sized photographs of historic light bulbs coalesce in modern, sculptural forms, while blue filters positioned on windows become lenses into the urban landscape, creating dual visions of translucency and opacity. These forms are met by wall drawings constructed with painter’s tape that map abstract drawings in-situ, performing spatial interventions.” – Catherine Wagner