Because conservation is generally behind-the-scenes I want to share this link to a blog written by Christina O’Connell. http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2011/04/28/less-is-more/
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I wonder what Wright would think
Working on the Samara House exhibition sparked my memory of childhood visits to Chicago and Wisconsin. I had cousins and grandparents there and spent significant time with them. We often went on excursions through interesting neighborhoods and to museums, but I do not recall ever visiting a Frank Lloyd Wright site. It made me wonder [...]
Notes from American Art 101, Edmond Brucker, Ghost Town, Colorado
I chose this painting as a bridge between the current exhibition of work by Todd Anderson “The Mountains are Shadows” and our upcoming season of Frank Lloyd Wright inspired programs. Anderson deftly marries medium to subject, and as ghost town architecture is often found in mountainous areas I thought this painting was a great segue. [...]
Leroy Lamis Obituary
Leroy Lamis, 84, died Thursday August 19th 2010 in Austin, TX. Mr. Lamis was a sculptor and long-time professor of Art at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. His Plexiglas sculptures, known for their geometric elegance, were exhibited throughout the United States and Europe and are in the collections of leading museums and private [...]
thoughts on annual juried exhibitions
Here is a photo of Gregory Gilbert (in front of “Beam in One’s Eye” by Jackie Tice) while he was in the Museum selecting awards as juror of the Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition. I am often asked to compare this juried Exhibition from one year to the next and I find myself at a loss. [...]
Encounters with two paintings and a conservator
The first thing I used to think of when I heard the word tempera was that powdered paint we used in elementary school. Of course I didn’t know then that tempera (paint using a binder of protein such as egg or milk) can be traced back to ancient Egyptian culture, or that it was the [...]
attributed to Ralph Blackelock
Art 101 blog attributed to Blakelock I was all set to talk about the romantic landscape and the dubious use of bitumen with paint by artists of the 19th century. But this painting has another fascinating story related to its attribution. Have you ever wondered why a work of art is listed as “attributed to” [...]
companion looking
It is common to think of visiting an art museum as a solitary activity. And it can be conducive to quiet contemplation. However, as I found out a couple of days ago, viewing art with a group can focus your attention on things you might overlook on your own. For this months American Art 101 [...]
hard work
Two days ago, when I was talking, or rather trying to talk, to a group of theater students, words just leaked out of my ears before they could reach my tongue. Talking and writing is hard work. At least for me. That reminds me of what Terre Haute sculptor, Janet Scudder, said about the job [...]
no favorites?
I often get the question- “What is your favorite work in the collection?” or people ask me to make a value judgment on a work. It is awkward and I usually come up with a lame and boring answer like “I love all my children equally.” It would be disingenuous to say I am never [...]
