Christiane Baumgartner to Give Gallery Talk

German artist Christiane Baumgartner is internationally known for monumental woodcuts that contrast the modern process of shooting digital video, resulting in distanced, ordered and simplified digital information, and the physicality of creating prints using ancient woodcutting techniques. In her Faulconer Gallery talk, Baumgartner will discuss how the centuries-old, labor-intensive process of cutting a printing block from wood offers space for reflection on the fleeting moments captured instantly in video and the contrast between the systems of nature vs. digital systems.

Three works by Baumgartner are in the collection of John and Roslyn Bakst Goldman, and are currently on view in Playing it Forward: German Expressionism and Expressionism Today. The Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College Art Collection owns an example of her work as well. Baumgartner’s visit to campus will include meetings with students and faculty. Her visit is funded, in part, by Artists@Grinnell, an Innovation Fund project.

Gallery Talk: Christiane Baumgartner
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 4:15 p.m.
Faulconer Gallery