Amazing Art Materials focuses on the tools and materials artists use to design and produce their creations. By examining common art materials, such as paint, and uncommon materials, such as bottle caps, students will discover the unlimited possibilities.
Unidentified Yoruba artist; Beaded Crown (adenla), early 20th century; glass beads, cloth; height: 30 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of Thomas Alexander and Laura Rogers 19:2020
Louise Bourgeois, American (born France), 1911–2010; Cell (Three White Marble Spheres), 1993; steel, glass, marble, and mirror; box: 81 3/4 x 85 1/2 x 84 1/2 inches, each large ball, diameter: 36 3/16 inches, small ball, diameter: 11 1/2 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Friends Fund and funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Crancer Jr., the Henry L. and Natalie Edison Freund Charitable Trust, Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Bryant Jr., Gary Wolff, Susan and David Mesker, the Honorable and Mrs. Thomas F. Eagleton, Alison and John Ferring, Dr. and Mrs. Alvin R. Frank, Donna and William Nussbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Siteman, Anabeth Calkins and John Weil, Mrs. Eleanor J. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aronson, Mrs. Joan B. Bailey, John and Yvette Dubinsky, Dr. Linda Gibson, Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg, Mrs. James W. Singer Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Thomas Jr. 173:1995a-i; © Louise Bourgeois Trust/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Matsubayashi Keigetsu, Japanese, 1876–1963; Landscape of the Four Seasons, 1932; pair of six-panel folding screens: ink and color on paper; overall: 67 3/16 inches x 12 feet 3/4 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Shop Fund 214:1986a
Bactrian Camel, 8th century; Chinese, Tang dynasty; earthenware with three-color (sancai) and transparent lead-fluxed glazes over white slip; 34 x 26 1/2 x 9 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, William K. Bixby Trust for Asian Art 181:1942
Gerhard Richter, German, born 1932; Gray Mirror, 1991; paint and enamel on glass; a: 118 1/16 x 69 1/16 inches, b: 118 1/16 x 69 1/16 x 3/16 inches, c: 118 1/16 x 68 15/16 inches, d: 118 x 69 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of Gerhard Richter 734:1991a-d; © Gerhard Richter, 2013
Anselm Kiefer, German, born 1945; Burning Rods, 1984–87; oil, acrylic emulsion, and shellac on canvas with lead, copper wire, straw, iron, and ceramic; 130 1/4 inches x 18 feet 3 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs.