San Francisco Ceramic Circle
April 13th, 2006 Meeting
Fakes, Copies and Question Marks
Donna Strahan
Head of Conservation, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
The Thursday, April 13th meeting of the San Francisco Ceramic
Circle will be held in the Koret Theater at the DeYoung Museum
in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS
IS NOT THE USUAL LOCATION FOR SFCC MEETINGS. Enter from the B1
level of the Parking Garage from 7.30pm. The lecture will start
at 8.00pm.
About the lecture:
The lecture will examine the nature of authenticity of art
objects and how conservators analyze and evaluate the museum's
collection. After giving a brief history of forgery different
analytical methods will be discussed with illustrated examples.
The focus of the talk will be on ceramics but other materials
will also be included.
About our speaker:
Donna Strahan has just been appointed Conservator at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
She has been Head of Conservation at the Asian Art Museum
San Francisco for the past six years. Prior to joining the Asian
Art Museum she was a senior objects conservator at the Walters
Art Museum for twelve years. From 1984-1988 she was an objects
conservator at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory. For the
over ten years she also been the head conservator at the excavation
of Troy, Turkey. She holds an MA degree in ethnographic and archaeological
conservation and a BA degree in Chinese Language from George Washington
University. Her current research interests include Southeast Asian
sculpture and Chinese bronzes.
Future S.F.C.C. programs: