A Bay Area view by L.A. artists

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has revived its New Work exhibition series with site-specific installations by two Los Angeles-based artists who fiddle with nature, Evan Holloway and Dave Muller.

On view through Oct. 24, Holloway’s “Map” is a three-dimensional, geometric configuration of tree branches, joined at right angles and painted on one side with a spectrum of color and on the other with a scale of grays. Muller’s work, “Sprawling,” interprets San Francisco’s skyline in an arrangement of more than 100 acrylic-on-paper drawings.

Launched in 1987, the first edition of the series ran for a dozen years and provided a museum showcase for many artists who have risen to prominence, including Matthew Barney, Christopher Wool, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Kara Walker and Andrea Zittel.

After a five-year hiatus, New Work is back under the direction of curatorial associates Tara McDowell, Josh Shirkey and Jill Dawsey, who will organize three exhibitions a year. The first show is McDowell’s baby.