Carnegie International - News Release

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…Animator Robert Breer talks about his long career and recent work at the Carnegie International Free Lecture presented by Carnegie Museum of Art on Saturday, February 19, at 2:00 p.m. in the Carnegie Lecture Hall.

Breer, whose work is currently on view in the 2004–5 Carnegie International and in Drawings and Early Sculpture by Robert Breer exhibited at Pittsburgh Filmmakers February 18 through April 3, melds abstraction with figural elements, taken from drawing and photography, to create kinetic collages in his animated films. Specializing in hand-drawn and stop-motion techniques, Breer fills his animation with lively rhythms.

For more information on the on-going series of free, public lectures associated with the Carnegie International, check the museum’s web site at http://www.cmoa.org/international/prog_lect/lectures.asp or call 412.622.3131.

SUPPORT
Major support for the 2004–5 Carnegie International has been provided by the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund and The Henry L. Hillman Fund. Additional generous gifts and grants have been provided by Friends of the Carnegie International; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Gumberg; Kraus Family Foundation; National City; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Sheila and Milt Fine; and The Pittsburgh Foundation.

Major gifts have also been provided by The Grable Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; the LLWW Foundation; the Woodmere Foundation; and The Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, Inc.

Additional support has been provided by TIAA–CREF; The Broad Art Foundation; Pro Helvetica, The Arts Council of Switzerland; Hansen Foundation; The Trust for Mutual Understanding; The Japan Foundation; British Council; The MAT Charitable Foundation, Inc.; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V.; America-Scandinavian Foundation; The Fine Family Foundation; The William I. Snyder and Patricia S. Snyder Foundation; Ziba and Pierre de Weck; David Teiger; Kelly Custom Furniture; Stanley Communications; The Government of Flanders, Belgium; and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland.

Carnegie Museum of Art
Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh and founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museum of Art is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the sixteenth century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models. For more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131 or visit our web site at www.cmoa.org.

2004–5 Carnegie International artist and animator Robert Breer discusses recent work and long career creating films in Carnegie Museum of Art lecture