ArtBabble: Charles Burchfield

Watercolor Technique and Conservation: A Case Study

Hammer Museum — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:09:58 +0000

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HAMMER LECTURES

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Hammer Museum

Conservator Kristi Dahm gives an inside view of the techniques employed by masters of watercolor painting, as well as the chemistry of pigments and the cutting edge contemporary methods used to analyze and preserve them. Dahm is an Assistant Conservator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. She has researched myriad topics related to the preservation and technical study of art on paper, from the analysis of Italian Renaissance metalpoint drawings to longevity issues for contemporary prints.

Robert Gober & Dana De Salvo

Hammer Museum — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:32:06 +0000

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HAMMER CONVERSATIONS

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Hammer Museum

Heat Waves in a Swamp curator Robert Gober is a sculptor who has exhibited widely in both the U.S and abroad. In 2001 he was chosen to represent the United States in the 49th Venice Biennale. His other curatorial work includes The Meat Wagon at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas (2005), and Anni Albers, Robert Beck, Cady Noland, Joan Semmel, and Nancy Shaver: Black and White Photographs 1975-77 at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (1999).

Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield

Hammer Museum — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:29:01 +0000

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Hammer Museum

Curator Robert Gober discusses the Hammer exhibition featuring the paintings of Charles Burchfield.