ArtBabble - Objects

The Collecting of African American Art VIII: Elliot Perry and Darrell Walker in Conversation with Michael Harris

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:16:30 +0000

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Recorded on February 26, 2012, as part of the National Gallery of Art lecture series The Collecting of African American Art, former National Basketball Association players Elliot Perry and Darrell Walker discuss their collections of African American art and art of the African diaspora with Professor Michael D. Harris. Perry and Walker began to collect art during their extensive travels for their professional sports careers, and both have amassed important holdings of modern and contemporary art that have been exhibited throughout the United States.

GlassLab Design Session: Steven & William Ladd

Corning Museum of Glass — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:14:45 +0000

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Corning Museum of Glass

Designers Steven and William Ladd describe working at GlassLab during a two-day design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, August 28 - 29, 2012.

Krishna Takes a Picture

Asian Art Museum — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:18:29 +0000

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Phantoms Arise!

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Asian Art Museum

Paul Hoover reads a poem he wrote in response to the works "Anonymity," 2008-2011 (eight from a series of nine light boxes) by Poklong Anading and Chinese bronze mirrors (from the Asian Art Museum's collection). These works are on view as part of the exhibition "Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past" (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012). For more information: http://www.asianart.org/phantoms/ This presentation was part of MATCHA: Phantoms Arise! For more information: http://www.asianart.org/matcha/pastevents.htm#m2012 Co-presented with Litquake.

Seeing Art Through a Museum Director's Eye: Maxwell Anderson with Krys Boyd

Dallas Museum of Art — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:18:06 +0000

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Dallas Museum of Art

Dr Maxwell L Anderson, the Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art, joins KERA Think host, Krys Boyd in a conversation about the release of Anderson's new book, The Quality Instinct.

Monkey Remix

Chipstone — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:49:11 +0000

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Object Lab

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Chipstone

Object Lab 4.0's students were asked to create a video Remixing a work from Chipstone's collection. They had free range of the Chipstone Foundation's grounds and objects to illustrate new ways of understanding a historic ceramic. In this video, Adriana Vazquez, Lauren Applebaum and Morgan Anthony examine different contexts that affect the interpretations that can be gleaned from this 18th century ceramic monkey.

Choi Jeong Hwa's "Breathing Flower" Comes to Life in San Francisco

Asian Art Museum — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:20:20 +0000

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Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past

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Asian Art Museum

A time-lapse video of the installation of Choi Jeong Hwa's "Breathing Flower" in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza. On view during the "Phantoms of Asia" exhibition at the Asian Art Museum (May 18--September 2, 2012).

Robert Indiana

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:50:55 +0000

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

After a complete restoration of Robert Indiana's Numbers and many discussions with the artist, Richard McCoy, Conservator of Objects and Variable Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, shares insight to Indiana's symbolic use of color on the large sculptures.

You can see all 10 Numbers at the IMA's Alliance Sculpture Court.

Numbers

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:55:18 +0000

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

Richard McCoy, Conservator of Objects and Variable Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, discusses the restoration of Robert Indiana's /Numbers/, including completely refinishing the sculptures with the original coating system. You can see all 10 /Numbers/ at the IMA's Alliance Sculpture Court.

Jagannath Panda on "The Cult of Survival II"

Asian Art Museum — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:47:41 +0000

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Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past

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Asian Art Museum

New Delhi-based artist Jagannath Panda lives in the burgeoning city of Gurgaon, which is one of India's major outsourcing hubs and bases of operation for global corporations. His works illustrate the city's tensions, as overdevelopment threatens natural habitats and infrastructures collapse before they are completed. Panda's mix of mythology and realism points to the evolving nature of Indian identity and experience today. His snake sculpture, "The Cult of Survival," is an expression of the danger in becoming addicted to the cycle of production and consumption in a rapidly changing world.

Looking at Japanese Baskets

Asian Art Museum — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:00:58 +0000

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Asian Art Museum

Learn about the Japanese baskets in the Asian Art Museum's collection.