The Challenge
- To protect Diebenkorn’s early drawings during a traveling exhibition while providing an optimal viewing experience.
The Solution
Optium Museum Acrylic®
Anti-reflective
Allows viewers to see the artworks without distracting reflections.
99% UV blocking
Protects the artworks from the most damaging light wavelengths, helping prevent fading and degradation.
Acrylic is half the weight of glass and shatter resistant
Safeguards against injury and damage to artwork and visitors.
Anti-static protection exceeds that of glass
Immediately eliminates static charge. Makes for safer, easier framing and less cleaning.
Abrasion resistant
A durable hard coat protects against scratches from cleaning and general exposure to the public.
The Work
Organized by the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation in conjunction with the Crocker, Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942–1955, a traveling exhibition, was the first to solely examine the work Diebenkorn made prior to his switch to figuration. It focuses on the artist’s stylistic and technical origins in oil, watercolor, gouache, ink, crayon, and collage, tracing Diebenkorn’s evolution from representational landscape, to semiabstract and Surrealist-inspired work, to his mature Abstract Expressionist paintings from the Sausalito, Albuquerque, Urbana, and early Berkeley years.
Focused exclusively on paintings and drawings made between 1942 and 1955, Beginnings features 100 works from the collection of the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation, most of which have never before been publicly exhibited. These little-known works range from World War II drawings and watercolors of soldiers and military bases, to abstractions that unite the forms of Surrealism and the fractured planes of Cubism, to gestural works on paper.
More Info
- For more information on the exhibit, click here.