An ArtSpace Retrospective Exhibition
Please join us in
Celebrating the Life and Art of
Michael Muldoon Elder
1935-2026
It is a great honor to host all of you who knew of my friend,
weekly chess competitor, and fine arts mentor, Muldoon Elder.
Come raise a glass to his incredible life and share a story
or two or three.
Muldoon was a profound intellect with an expansive knowledge
of Fine Art, World Culture, Literature, Music, and so much more.
He founded the Vorpal Galleries in San Francisco in 1962
and New York in 1974.
As a preeminent gallerist, he brought the iconic art of
M.C. Escher to North America, and helped launch
the careers of many important and provocative artists.
And yet throughout all of this, unbeknown to most,
he was a passionate and accomplished artist himself!
This retrospective exhibition includes paintings
Muldoon created from the 1950s to very recent.
A range of artwork styles are on exhibit, from
abstract expressionist landscapes, expressionistic
narrative, portraits, and depictions of spatial interpretations.
Curated by Lori Grissom
Hosted by Charles Cunningham
ArtSpace
2231 Newcomb Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94124
Saturday, July 25, 2026
3:00 – 6:00 PM
DECENT OF THE GANGES: Legend has it that the river Ganges comes out of the heavens and, so as not to pierce a hole through the Earth, lands on the back of a God, flows, and is the source of all life. – Muldoon Elder
