Gustave Baumann Exhibition Ends Saturday
ORANGE, Texas, November 5, 2007 - Time is running out to experience the Stark Museum of Art's Block by Block: Gustave Baumann Wood Blocks and Prints exhibition, which ends its run Saturday, November 10, 2007. The exhibition offers a rare glimpse into the artist's processes and techniques used to create prints with wood blocks.
The exhibition explores Baumann's steps in creating Bound for Taos by revealing the piece's preliminary sketch, seven color wood blocks, and ten proofs created with the wood blocks. Seven of these ten proofs display how each block printed, while the other three show combinations of colors. All lead to the final woodcut print that is created from the seven wood blocks. Other highlights of the exhibition are Mountain Gold and the five wooded blocks used to create it, and one additional print, Beginning of the Fiesta.
A children's activity handout is available to help kids understand the wood block process.
Located at 712 Green Avenue in Orange, Texas, the Stark Museum of Art is open to the public at no charge Tuesday through Saturday. Hours are from 10 am-5 pm. Group tours are available by appointment. For more information call 409.886.ARTS (2787).
