Michelle Grabner Lecture

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Channel: Walker Art Center · 2011 · Entertainment

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Known for her silverpoint-inscribed black gesso tondos, or circle paintings (on view in A Shot in the Dark), Michelle Grabner's meditative works can be seen as re-readings of the abstractionists' grid. In this talk Grabner discusses the methods and meanings behind her studio practice as well as her recent book, The Studio Reader  (co-edited with Mary Jane Jacob, University of Chicago Press, 2010), an anthology that examines the evolving role of the studio as a site for artistic production.

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