Lynn Hershman Leeson explores aging, science in ‘About Time’
Category
Exhibition Review
Date
Sep 9, 2025
Source
San Fransisco Chronicle
Author
Tony Bravo
Excerpt
San Francisco artist Lynn Hershman Leeson has created work at the intersections of visual art, science, technology and feminism for decades. In her latest show, “About Time,” she touches on all these themes with an overarching awareness of the force that none of us can avoid: the forward momentum of the clock and aging. At age 84, Hershman Leeson is aware that her time is now more limited, and the new work grapples with how she uses it. The Altman Siegel gallery show’s title video piece is a perfect place to start, as the artist explains not only the thesis of “About Time” but new advances in antiaging technology…