Meet William Christenberry

0

Length0:02:54

Views: 659

iPod

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0  License Embed
Embed Options

Embed:
Copy and paste the above html snippet to embed this video into your blog or web page.

Select a size:
  • Normal
    426 x 240
  • Large
    640 x 360
William Christenberry
0:00:00
“Everything that means anything to me---morality, integrity, close family ties, my heritage, the land---comes from the South, from the place where I grew up.” William Christenberry, quoted in The Washington Post, April 24, 1983

Jump | More
Christenberry on the Landscape
0:00:08
"Bill Christenberry's Southern accent is immediately apparent when he talks; so, too, after listening to him for a few minutes, is that unmistakable Southern charm."
--posted on the Eye Level blog.

Jump | More
Hale County, Alabama
0:00:20
Alabama Landscape--near Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1980/printed 1981 William Christenberry Born: Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1936 type C print on paper image: 17 3/8 x 22 in. (44.1 x 55.9 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Michael B. Gross 1986.68.2

Jump | More
The Found Object
0:00:47
Learn more about the found object art here.

Jump | More
A Visual Poem
0:01:06
5 Cents--Demopolis, Alabama 1980/printed 1981 William Christenberry Born: Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1936 type C print on paper image: 17 3/8 x 22 in. (44.2 x 55.7 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Dr. Martha Gross 1986.69.14

Jump | More
Black Warrior River
0:01:19
William Christenberry bases most of his sculptures on structures that he has seen and photographed in his native Alabama. River House, on the other hand, recalls the artist’s “evocative feeling of a childhood memory” of fishing on the Black Warrior River in West Central Alabama.

Jump | More
River House
0:01:29
River House 1980 William Christenberry wood, construction board, paperboard, metal, and dirt 23 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 14 in. (60.3 x 41.9 x 35.5 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Benjamin P. Nicolette 1994.92

Jump | More
0:02:08
Black Buildings--Newbern, Alabama 1980/printed 1981 William Christenberry Born: Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1936 type C print on paper image: 17 1/2 x 22 in. (44.3 x 55.9 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Dr. Martha Gross 1986.69.15

Jump | More
Alabama Wall I
0:02:25
Alabama Wall I 1985 William Christenberry Born: Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1936 metal and tempera on wood 45 3/8 x 50 1/2 in. (115.3 x 128.3 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum purchase 1986.8

Jump | More
0 / 9

Channels: American ArtWilliam Christenberry

From the American Art Museum at the Smithsonian Institution: Meet artist William Christenberry in his studio as he talks about his childhood inspirations growing up in Alabama. Working with found objects and constructing pieces based on memory, Christenberry describes his unique approach to art making.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

Notifications
CAPTCHA
Are you for real? Please answer this challenge to prove you're not a spam bot.