Norton Simon Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
411 West Colorado Blvd
626-449-6840
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Sweets & Treats: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum
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Slice of Cream Pie with Cherry (or ‘Piece of Boston Cream Pie’), 1964, © Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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June 26, 2009 – Nov 2, 2009
Daily
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Directions: Located on the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado at the intersection of the 210 and 134 freeways
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“In the 1960s, soon-to-be Pop icon Wayne Thiebaud created a series of monochromatic, two-dimensional prints of nine pieces of pie, sufficiently drained of detail and context to foster appreciation on a conceptual rather than a formal level. For Thiebaud, at that time, this meant exploring the individual and group characteristics of readily reproducible multiples such as etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, and other kinds of prints, rather than the aesthetic pleasure and metaphoric stand-in for art signified in the depicted confections. As a response to Walter Benjamin's seminal 1936 essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," Thiebaud posits that each copy can, in fact, claim its individual aura of originality, even though they all may at first appear identical.”
Alexx Shaw, Flavorpill
Sweets & Treats: Wayne Thiebaud in the Collection of the Norton Simon Museum presents a selection of prints created by the artist in the 1960s. Although Thiebaud is primarily known for his thickly textured paintings depicting angel-food cake topped with creamy frosting, the artworks in Sweets & Treats show us a different side to his artistic practice by shedding the texture of his oils and engaging the imagery only in the print format.
