{"id":3690,"date":"2020-04-18T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T00:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2020-11-27T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T06:58:10","slug":"forthcoming-wayne-thiebaud-100-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=3690","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Thiebaud 100 Catalogue essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wayne-Thiebaud-100-Paintings-Drawings\/dp\/1087501172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings<\/em><\/a>, is a forthcoming catalogue for the eponymous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crockerart.org\/exhibitions\/wayne-thiebaud-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">centennial exhibition at Sacramento&#8217;s Crocker Museum.<\/a> In 1951 the Crocker also hosted Thiebaud&#8217;s first solo show entitled\u00a0<em>Influences on a Young Painter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3859 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unnamed-1-400x463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3704 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.26.03-400x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.26.03-400x232.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.26.03-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.26.03.png 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My contribution to the volume is an essay &#8220;Nothing is Unimportant&#8221; that presents Thiebaud&#8217;s most recent circus-themed body of work, putting it in the context of his persistent focus the craft of painting and the authenticity of human experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3708 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.31.25-400x233.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.31.25-400x233.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.31.25-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.31.25.png 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3706 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.28.57-400x233.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.28.57-400x233.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.28.57-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.28.57.png 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3711 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.32.44-400x234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.32.44-400x234.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.32.44-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.32.44.png 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3713 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.34.24-400x233.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.34.24-400x233.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.34.24-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.34.24.png 1518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3714 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.35.27-400x233.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.35.27-400x233.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.35.27-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-18.35.27.png 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings, is a forthcoming catalogue for the eponymous centennial exhibition at Sacramento&#8217;s Crocker Museum. 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