Let’s Talk: Chakaia Booker & Justin Sanz

Join renowned artist and MassArt Master Print Series visiting artist Chakaia Booker in conversation with Justin Sanz, Studio Director and Master Printer at the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. Audience Q&A to follow. 

During your museum visit, explore MAAM’s current exhibition Press & Pull: Two Decades at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.

This event is organized in collaboration with the MassArt Printmaking Department and offered in connection with Eli Goldman Memorial Master Print Series. Learn more about the series here. 

Meet the artists

Chakaia Booker
Chakaia Booker is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary abstract artist best known for pioneering the use of recycled rubber tires as a raw material for monumental sculptural works. A fixture of the New York City East Village art scene since the early 1980’s, Booker has exhibited across the US, in Europe, Africa, and Asia with works included in more than 40 museum collections. Booker’s signature style stems from a modular approach to building an artwork through layering regardless of media or scale. Primarily a sculptor, Booker works with rubber, bronze, and ceramics alongside a dedicated practice in painting and printmaking. Accolades include the 2000 Whitney Biennial, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and inclusion in the seminal exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Epic Abstraction-Pollock to Herrera, which placed the artist rightfully in the company of influential and uniquely identifiable abstractionists Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Ellsworth Kelly, Helen Frankenthaler, Thornton Dial, Louise Nevelson, and Cy Twombly.
 

Justin Sanz
Justin Sanz is a Brooklyn-based artist who exhibits locally and internationally. His work is in the collections of the Library of Congress, The New York Public Library, The Spencer Museum, Davis Museum, and various private collections. He currently works as an educator, Master Printer, and Studio Director at the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in NYC.
 

Ticketing Notice

This event is free with advance registration. MAAM may accommodate unregistered walk-up guests on the evening of this event only as capacity allows; walk-up tickets on the evening of the event are not guaranteed. Evening events often sell out; plan ahead and register in advance.
 

Documentation Notice  

Photos and/or videos are not permitted at this event. 

Access

MassArt Art Museum is committed to creating a welcoming, accessible, and inclusive environment during in-person and virtual programs and events. To request an access or disability-related accommodation, please contact MassArt Art Museum at maam@massart.edu at least two weeks before the date of the event. 
 

Free

Advance tickets Required