Stephen Kaltenbach
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ART WORKS: Then & Now
January 1 - February 29, 2020
ART WORKS: Then & Now is an exhibition featuring Stephen Kaltenbach's bronze sidewalk plaques in advance to his very large solo survey/retrospective exhibition, Stephen Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End, at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis (his alma mater) opening near the end of January.
Stephen Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End, curated by Constance Lewallen and Ted Mann, will open on January 26 and ends on May 10, 2020 and for this exhibition, they have embedded five of these in the sidewalks around the campus donated by Stephen Kaltenbach.
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Sidewalk Plaques - NOW as embedded in sidewalks or in lobbies
SIDEWALK PLAQUES BY STEPHEN KALTENBACH EMBEDDED IN SIDEWALKS
As a lot of work by Stephen Kaltenbach is about concealment, anonymousness and ambiguous authorship, the curator team at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art asked us not to share the exact locations of the SIdewalk Plaques (Art Works, Fire, Air, Earth and Water) that have been embedded in the sidewalks throughout the UC Davis campus.
We can tell you that the first, EARTH, is embedded just out the side the world famous TB9 ceramics studio where Robert Arneson, almost singe handedly helped transform ceramics from a lowly craft material into a solid high art form media. From there on the outskirts of the southwest section of the campus there is a "virtual" path to the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. This is a journey worth taking as you weave through the campus to find these Kaltenbach gems and other artworks by others including Arneson along the way.
ART WORKS SIDEWALK PLAQUE EMBEDDED AT UC DAVIS
ART WORKS, embedded in the courtyard of the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis
Artist Cathy Stone indicating the location of ART WORKS, during the Gala opening of the exhibition,
Stephen Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End at Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis
ART WORKS, embedded in the lobby of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
FIRE "somewhere" on the UC Davis Campus
Artist Richard Haley indicating the location of FIRE "somewhere" on the UC Davis Campus
AIR "somewhere" on the UC Davis Campus
Artist Richard Haley indicating the location of AIR, "somewhere" on the UC Davis Campus
EARTH "somewhere" on the UC Davis Campus
Artist Cathy Stone indicating the location of EARTH, appropriately placed outside of TB9 on the UC Davis Campus
TB 9 on UC Davis Campus
WATER "somewhere" on the UC Davis Campus
Artist Richard Haley indicating the location of WATER "somewhere" on the UC Davis Campus