Gallery Talk: Günther Uecker’s Spiral White

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Harvard Art Museums

Free

Circular Off-white canvas with an arrangement of painted household nails protruding in an angled circular pattern.

Graduate student intern Cheyanne Stunger will discuss Uecker’s use of the common household nail in his artwork.

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Event is free!

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

Location

  • In-person only.

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Neighborhood

Neighborhood 9

Dates and Times

Tue, August 20 2024 12:30PM – 1PM

Additional information

Join graduate student intern Cheyanne Stunger for a deep dive into Günther Uecker’s work Spiral White (1963). Stunger will share how Uecker’s dynamic use of the common household nail activates a delicate interplay between light and shadow and expresses the contradictions of a postwar German artist.

This gallery talk is part of our New on View series, highlighting recent gallery installations and presenting new insights into recent acquisitions or old favorites.

Led by:
Cheyanne Stunger, graduate student intern, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art

Free

Circular Off-white canvas with an arrangement of painted household nails protruding in an angled circular pattern.

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Last updated August 7, 2024.