Hey Eric-- Seem this artist's name was/is as transient as his materials! Perhaps he would be better remembered if his stuff was still around? Tee hee hee :) Eric Siegel said: Does anyone here remember the exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of a 20th century painter who was widely admired for his experimentation with materials, and even admired because of the transience of the materials he used? [forgotten the name, of course, it was in the early 90's that Brooklyn did this show] We went to this exhibition with an artist friend who was really taken with the work, most of which had blackened and peeled to a kind of brown mess. It stuck in my head, not for the aesthetic pleasure, but because I had never before encountered the idea that artists would intentionally work with transient materials. Richard Chute ([log in to unmask]) Dir. of Corp. & Fndtn. Rel. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden 1500 North College Ave. Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 625-8767, ext. 222 FAX: (909) 626-7670