Exploring Stone and Metal: Scott Burton’s Material Choices

Name: Exploring Stone and Metal: Scott Burton’s Material Choices
Start: 2025-01-25T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-25T14:00:00-06:00
Location: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63108

Schedule

Sat Jan 25 2025 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63108 | St. Louis, MO

Join Dr. Phil Skemer, Associate Chair and Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and St. Louis-based artist Abraham Mohler to discuss the materials used to create the artworks in Scott Burton: Shape Shift. The tour will bring together two perspectives that will explore how the materials are formed and extracted, their characteristics and durability, and their usage and manipulation in the creation of art.
more info at https://pulitzerarts.org/events/exploring-stone-and-metal-scott-burtons-material-choices/
Image: Scott Burton, Two-Part Chaise (Enlarged Version), 1989. Rosso Granchio granite, 24 3/8 x 19 3/4 84 1/4 inches, (61.9 x 50.2 x 214 cm). © 2024 Estate of Scott Burton/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), Collection of Max Protetch, Photograph by Alise O'Brien Photography. © Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Alise O’Brien Photography