Though he is best remembered as an architect, Bruce Goff was also a painter. He made more than 500 works, rivalling the number of architectural projects that he designed over his six-decade career.
A close look at the paintings featured in Bruce Goff: Material Worlds reveals that Goff experimented with new materials and methods of paint application, exploring ideas of abstraction and modern creative expression. New research and technical analysis of these innovative compositions brings this lesser known area of his body of work to light.
Join exhibition co-curator Craig Lee and paintings conservator Kelly Keegan for an insightful talk about this little known side of Goff’s unbounded creative practice.
About the Speakers
Craig Lee is an assistant curator in Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago. Previously, he has held fellowships at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, and Museum of the City of New York. Past projects have included work on architects Charles Moore and Helmut Jahn, in addition to writings on Denise Scott Brown, Edgar Miller, and the histories of outdoor advertising and commercial signage.
Kelly Keegan is a paintings conservator in Conservation and Science at the Art Institute of Chicago. Starting with her graduate internship at the Art Institute in 2005, she remained in Conservation under various fellowships and special projects positions, securing a permanent position in 2015. Her focus includes research and treatment of paintings from the 18th through 20th centuries, and contemporary analytical imaging techniques. Previous publications include technical studies of works by Jasper Johns, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Gustave Caillebotte, and Ivan Albright.
If you have any questions about programming, please reach out to [email protected].
Closed captioning will be available for this program. For questions related to accessibility accommodations, please email [email protected].
