George Baker - Sculptor
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Welcome to the authorized site devoted to the art and life of George Baker (1931-1997). He is known principly for a remarkable series of some of the largest kinetic monumental sculptures in the world, including enormous fountains, wind sculptures, and motorized works in the United States, Europe, and Japan; as well as innumerable smaller kinetic pieces of diverse configurations. As you will find from exploring this site, however, his earlier non-kinetic sculptures were at least as as diverse, imaginative, and masterful as the later work, and were the source of his early international recognition.  A prolific master of modern sculpture, Mr. Baker lived most of his life and taught in the Los Angeles area, spending more than thirty years as professor of sculpture at Occidental College. His work is in numerous public spaces and collections around the world, as well as being represented in museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The Museum of the 20th Century, Vienna, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. This site is maintained by his Estate in order to inform the
general art community about this important and fascinating sculptor and
his diverse works; to provide an authoritative source of conservation
and maintenance
services and information; to help keep track of his extant works and
ensure preservation; and to provide scholarly research resources.
At
present the works represented in the galleries are only a very small
sample, mostly of the later kinetic style and a number of the important
monumental works. It is
intended that this site will grow to contain a complete
catalog of the artist's work, exhibit video of sculptures in motion,
and be a digital gateway to every item in
the artist's archive, including every
photo, show catalog, drawing, maquette, video, etc. The establishment
of this digital archive is all
volunteer work and
time consuming considering the size of the archive. If you are
interest in contributing in some way, such as assisting in cleaning up
scanned images, video editing, etc., please do get in touch. In the
meantime, enjoy the
site.
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