Artist Lecture: Recomposing the Grant Wood Murals

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Date/Time:Thursday, 26 Jan 2012 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location:Christian Petersen Art Museum, 0003 Morrill Hall
Cost:Free
URL:www.museums.iastate.edu
Contact:University Museums
Phone:515-294-3342
Channel:University Museums
Categories:Arts, performances Lectures
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"Working Over Wood." Jennifer Drinkwater discusses her recent project to reinterpret and recompose the original nine panels designed by Grant Wood for the Parks Library mural "When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow."

Each original mural panel has been recreated on a 2.5 x 6 foot piece of steel, providing the background on which viewers are encouraged to participate by composing the rest of the painting through placement of painted magnets. Participants are able to physically create and manipulate the compositions therefore creating their own meaning.