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The Commonwealth: Robert Baines Artist Lecture

Presented by Philadelphia Art Alliance at Philadelphia Art Alliance

May 25, 2011

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The Philadelphia Art Alliance is pleased to present the final Spring 2011 installment of the new flagship lecture series, The Commonwealth. This special, additional lecture will be presented in conjunction with the Summer 2011 gallery exhibition, Robert Baines: A Treasury of Evidence, in the second floor galleries. PAA is very excited to host Australian jewelry artist Robert Baines for a lecture and presentation. Baines will speak about the inspiration for his playful jewelry and metal work, and give insight into why certain pieces were chosen for the exclusive gallery exhibition of his work. This lecture and exhibition were made possible through the generous support of Helen Drutt: Philadelphia. Robert Baines’ multi-disciplinary research concentrates on three main areas: archaeometallurgy, art goldsmithing and publishing text and commentary. To Baines, jewelry is much more than mere adornment. It is a cultural, archaeological and technical document. Materials and methods are but a means of reaching different worlds. His interest in the archaic has lead to his mastering, for the purposes of reproduction, of ancient fabrication techniques. His pieces are conceptually complex and often question current and historical events with a narrative of their own, conveying both a contemporary visual relevance and a restatement of history.