SAAM Staff Publicationshttps://hdl.handle.net/10088/221812024-03-19T10:02:03Z2024-03-19T10:02:03ZChronicles in Wax-Resin Lining: A Historic Look at Lining Practices and Their Effectual Legacy on Paintings in the Smithsonian American Art MuseumKerr, AmberManthey, GwenTeeter, Kearahttps://hdl.handle.net/10088/1173992023-11-17T08:33:24Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZChronicles in Wax-Resin Lining: A Historic Look at Lining Practices and Their Effectual Legacy on Paintings in the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Kerr, Amber; Manthey, Gwen; Teeter, Keara
Paintings conservators at the Smithsonian American Art Museum survey conservation records to gather the historical recipes, treatment protocols, and materials used over the past fifty years to build a reference database connected to specific works in the collection. From this information, the authors show how the database is being used to re-create both historical wax-resin recipes and application techniques through lining mock-ups. This material reference set is being used for analytical and physical testing to learn more about the materials used and how they degrade, and what influences mechanical as well as environmental conditions have on both the lining recipes and reconstructions as they age.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Three Ps in a Sustainable Practice: Persistence, Patience, and PerseveranceKerr, AmberDajnowski, Bartoszhttps://hdl.handle.net/10088/1173982023-11-17T08:33:23Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Three Ps in a Sustainable Practice: Persistence, Patience, and Perseverance
Kerr, Amber; Dajnowski, Bartosz
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZMusical Thinking: New Viideo Art and Sonic StrategiesGrayson, Saishahttps://hdl.handle.net/10088/1169272023-09-19T07:33:21Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZMusical Thinking: New Viideo Art and Sonic Strategies
Grayson, Saisha
Exploring the powerful resonances between recent video art and popular music, the exhibition Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies features ten leading contemporary artists and their work. Organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), the exhibition pairs recently acquired video works by ADÁL, Raven Chacon, Mariam Ghani, Martine Gutierrez, Arthur Jafa, Erin Ellen Kelly, Christine Sun Kim, Liz Magic Laser, Simone Leigh, and Cauleen Smith with related photographs, sculptures, prints, and immersive installations by the same creators. In this accompanying catalogue, time-based media curator Saisha Grayson explores how these artists employ the strategies of musical creation, as well as its styles, structures, and lyrics to speak to personal as well as shared aspects of American life. A closing essay connects this current generation of video artists to a century of musically informed moving-image artwork, illustrated through key works from SAAM’s historically expansive time-based media collection. In addition to illustrating exhibition artwork, the screen-reader-accessible digital publication links to select media excerpts and current artist biographies on SAAM’s website.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTruth Inside the Myth: The Obscure History of Tramp Art in AmericaUmberger, Lesliehttps://hdl.handle.net/10088/1133372022-05-13T07:33:27Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZTruth Inside the Myth: The Obscure History of Tramp Art in America
Umberger, Leslie
Addison, Laura; Umberger, Leslie; Zafran, Eric
2017-01-01T00:00:00Z