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Wayne Thiebaud exhibit returns to Crocker Art Museum with new works

Wayne Thiebaud exhibit returns to Crocker Art Museum with new works
AFTER A TWO-YEAR HIATUS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, A NEW EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTING WORK OF WAYNE TEBOW IS AT THE CROCKER MUSEUM. DEIRE:DR JOINING US NOW TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUTT I IS THE MUSEUM’S CHIEF CURATOR. MORNING, SCOTT. SCOTT: HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? DEIRE:DR REALLY WELL. I’M EXCITED WE GET A CHANCE TO SEE THIS. WAYNE ONLY PASSED AWAY A YEAR AGO AT THE AGE OF 101. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SIGNIFICAENC THAT HIS DEATH HAS GIVEN TO THE WORK? HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE WAY IT IS VIEWED AND APPRECIAD?TE SCT:OT I THINK MAYBE IT JUST MAKES IT MORE BELOVED. NOWI, -- WAYNE, NOT ONLY IS HE AN ARTIST RESPECTED ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT HEAS W AN ARTIST PEOPLE LOVED. THAT DOESN'T’ALWAYS GO HAND-IN-HAND. THATS I ALL THE MORE POIGNANT NOW. HE PASSED AYAW ON CHRISTMAS DAY DAY, SO NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO. IT IS SORT OF FITTING IN A WAY, BECAUSE HE IS SO KNOWN FOR THE HUMANITY OF S HIWORK AND THE SWEETS AND DESSERTS, AND IT IS A GREAT LOSS NOT ONLY TO SACRAMENTO AND CALIFORNIA, BUT TO THE WORLD. TY: SCOTT, THIS IS COMING BACK BECAUSE THAN BEFORE. EXPLAIN HOW SO. SCOTT: YOU KNOW, THIS SHOWS RUN ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE OPENED IT DURING COVID AND IT WAS ONLY UP FOR ABOUT TWO WKSEE AND PEOPLE -- AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DIDN’T GET TO SEE. SO WE HAVE 100 WORKS FOR HIS 100 BIRTHDAY -- 100TH BIRTHDAY. WE HAVE ADDED 18 NEW DRAWINGS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE CROCKER IN THE INTIMER, FROM THE TEBOW FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO FROM A PRIVATE PERS.ON IN THE SHOW LOOKS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND. HE CHANGED ITP, U AND AS I SAID PEOPLE DI’N'T GET TO SEE IT THE FIRST TIME, SO I HOPE THEY GET TO SEE IT NOW. DEIRE:DR I THINK THAT IS GRE.AT WHAT IS REALLY LOVELY ABTOU HIS WORK IS ON THE SURFACE IT IS SO SIMPLISTIC. IT FLSEE VERY APPROACHABLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE NOT THE BIGGEST ART FANS. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT. BUT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT IS NOT SIMPLY STICK IT ALL. SCOTT: THERE IS MANY LAYERS TO HIS WORK, AND HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF A FORMALIST. HE SAID I TOOK A TRIANGLE AND I PUT ON A CIRCLE AND SUDDENLY I HAD A PIECE OF PIE. AND THEN I STARTED TO DO PIE AND I THOUGHT, THIS WOULD BE THE END OF ANY SERIOUS PAINTER. IT WASN’T. IT LAUNCHED HIS CAREER. WHAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT IT IS, IT IS VYER COMPLEX, FORMALLY,N I THE WAY HE CREATES THE SURCEFA OF THE PAINT AND THE FOOL THE EYE NATURE OF HIS WORK. ON THE OTHER HAND HIS WORKS ARE ONES THAT PEOPLE KNOW AND LOVE. DESSERTS, CLOWNS, LANDSCAPES THEY HAVE SNEE BEFORE, CITY SCENES IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT IS VERY APPROACHABLE WORK. AT THE SAME TIMES IT -- AT THE SAME TIME DEIRDRE: DEIRDRE: IT IS VERY COMPLEX. CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THAT TOGETHER AND LOVELY THAT PERSON MADE MORE WORKS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO EOYNJ. LET’S GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF WHAT WILL BNGEI -- WHAT WILL BE GOING ON WHEN. SOME STUDIO CLASSES WILL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU
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Wayne Thiebaud exhibit returns to Crocker Art Museum with new works
A new exhibit highlighting the works of the late artist Wayne Thiebaud is set to open at the Crocker Art Museum.Thiebaud, whose iconic paintings of pies, ice cream and cakes made him known across the globe and who influenced scores of artists as a professor in the Sacramento area, died on Christmas Day last year.Crocker’s chief curator Scott Shields joined KCRA 3 on Friday to talk about “Wayne Thiebaud: A Celebration,” which officially opens on Sunday. There will first be a celebration of life event on Saturday featuring close friends of the artist.Thiebaud was not only a fine artist respected internationally, but he was also an artist “that people loved and that doesn’t always go hand in hand,” Shields said.He said that Thiebaud is known for the “humanity of his work” featuring sweets, deserts and landscapes. While the work was accessible it was also complex, he said.Crocker’s show first opened earlier in the pandemic for about two weeks and featured 100 works for Thiebaud’s 100th birthday.Shields said that the show now features 18 more drawings that were given by the Thiebaud Foundation and a private person.“The show looks totally different this time around,” he added. “We’ve changed it up.”

A new exhibit highlighting the works of the late artist Wayne Thiebaud is set to open at the Crocker Art Museum.

Thiebaud, whose iconic paintings of pies, ice cream and cakes made him known across the globe and who influenced scores of artists as a professor in the Sacramento area, died on Christmas Day last year.

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Crocker’s chief curator Scott Shields joined KCRA 3 on Friday to talk about “Wayne Thiebaud: A Celebration,” which officially opens on Sunday. There will first be a celebration of life event on Saturday featuring close friends of the artist.

Thiebaud was not only a fine artist respected internationally, but he was also an artist “that people loved and that doesn’t always go hand in hand,” Shields said.

He said that Thiebaud is known for the “humanity of his work” featuring sweets, deserts and landscapes. While the work was accessible it was also complex, he said.

Crocker’s show first opened earlier in the pandemic for about two weeks and featured 100 works for Thiebaud’s 100th birthday.

Shields said that the show now features 18 more drawings that were given by the Thiebaud Foundation and a private person.

“The show looks totally different this time around,” he added. “We’ve changed it up.”