De Wain Valentine-3

Lecture

Modern Art in Los Angeles—An Evening with De Wain ValentineThe Getty Conservation Institute collaborates with the Getty Research Institute to present a special evening with artist De Wain Valentine on the occasion of the exhibition From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine’s “Gray Column.” This conversation with the artist investigates the production, conservation, and display challenges that surround Valentine’s monumental 1975–76 sculpture, Gray Column. The work was one of the largest sculptures Valentine ever cast with polyester resin—the material with which he worked throughout the 1960s and 1970s to create his dazzling circles and walls. This event is part of the Getty Research Institute’s ongoing Modern Art in Los Angeles project, in which leading artists, filmmakers, musicians, curators, and critics are invited to discuss their contributions to the Los Angeles’s vibrant postwar art scene.

Talks

Curator’s Gallery Talks—From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine’s Gray ColumnCurators Tom Learner, Rachel Rivenc, and Emma Richardson, of the Getty Conservation Institute, lead a gallery talk on the exhibition From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine’s “Gray Column.” Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall. Free; no reservations required.

 

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