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07/07/2022
Enjoyed visiting the Henry Moore Exhibit
06/11/2022
Ready for Lift-Off
04/17/2022
04/17/2022
Cadillac Ranch Amarillo, TX Girl with the White Dress
04/15/2022
Guess what’s in the 📦?
04/15/2022
Let the road-trip begin!
06/04/2021
Another successful installation, in collaboration with Vector Custom Fabricating; Richard Howard Hunt’s Ida B. Wells Memorial
37th & Langley in Chicago
07/16/2019
It’s Not What It Is, It’s Where It Is: Welcoming a New Richard Serra Installation to Campus
It’s Not What It Is, It’s Where It Is: Welcoming a New Richard Serra Installation to Campus
What the sculpture means for public art and interdisciplinary discourse at UChicago.
06/20/2019
Timeline photos
06/20/2019
Gift Horse by Hans Haacke
01/09/2019
Today@ Methods & Materials
11/02/2018
Looking forward to seeing you NEXT Saturday!
DreamBox Gallery at 2415 W. North Ave Chicago 60647
Save the date and join artist Carmella Saraceno for the Closing Reception of Hiding in Public - Conversation Pieces.
Saturday, November 10th from 12pm-4pm
06/20/2018
Quick prune-up to keep the shop and office looking summer-ready! Handy gardening done by Jeff Yonkus
11/06/2017
“Just the beginning:” Crews begin process of removing Sculpture Milwaukee exhibits ahead of winter
“Just the beginning:” Crews begin process of removing Sculpture Milwaukee exhibits ahead of winter
MILWAUKEE -- The world's largest outdoor art gallery was being packed up Tuesday, October 24th. The works of art popped up along Wisconsin Avenue this spring. On Tuesday, crews worked to remove the sculptures for winter -- but officials are already planning a comeback. If the cold, wet, windy weathe...
08/10/2017
36' tall protective tower around a Tony
Rosenthal sculpture at IU Bloomington, IN
Construction and remodel to commence soon at Eskenazi Museum of Art, and I. M. Pei building. Thanks to Pete Wilson for scale.
06/22/2017
This is the upper section of one of the 10 dioramas being moved from the Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota
05/18/2017
Sculpture Milwaukee Installation
Thanks to Milwaukee Downtown for this great video - installation is underway!
05/15/2017
22 sculptures to line downtown's Wisconsin Avenue in summer exhibition - Milwaukee - Milwaukee Business Journal
Sculpture Milwaukee is coming to Wisconsin Avenue on June 1. Be sure to check it out! http://bit.ly/2pEcWjh
Sculptures by artists including Santiago Calatrava, who designed the iconic Milwaukee Art Museum addition, will line Wisconsin Avenue this summer under a project led by Marcus Corp. chairman Steve Marcus.
02/21/2017
Live Edge, Taussig Cancer Center Installation | Cleveland Clinic
Check out our recent installation of Eva Rothschild's "Live Edge" for the Cleveland Clinic:
12/12/2016
Prominent sculpture on SIUE campus goes into storage for possible relocation
Prominent sculpture on SIUE campus goes into storage for possible relocation
EDWARDSVILLE, IL (KTVI) – Erin Vigneau Dimrick, collections manager for the University Museum at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, is pleased as punch to tell you about Plumb Bob. “Ten holes across, 48 holes down,” says Vigneau Dimrick. “There’s 480 elements hanging from the sculpture.”
12/12/2016
SIUE's Iconic Plumb-Bob Undergoes Removal and Restoration
SIUE's Iconic Plumb-Bob Undergoes Removal and Restoration
Meticulous work is underway in the SIUE Morris University Center's Goshen Lounge as crews are carefully removing the iconic Plumb-Bob. The piece has a storie...
09/28/2016
Art that moves — 32,400 pounds of concrete-clad Caddy
Art that moves — 32,400 pounds of concrete-clad Caddy
It is mid-June on the West Side of Chicago, and a dozen or so people are standing around what looks an awful lot like an automobile encased in concrete.
08/23/2016
Freshly painted and reinstalled in Des Moines!
07/28/2016
Mark di Suvero, T8 - Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines, IA
07/01/2016
Happy 4th of July from the M&M Crew!
06/02/2016
Bryan gets himself into the strangest places!
05/14/2016
Deborah Butterfield @ Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
05/12/2016
The old wedge trick... Moving the Haymarket Monument in Chicago this morning.
05/05/2016
Carmella's brings music to Lake Michigan, Stage on Shelby
You can go hear jazz with a sweeping view of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline on the beach or at a new music venue in the Miller section of
04/22/2016
Yesterday, we de-installed Ursula von Rydingsvard's, Bronze Bowl with Lace from the Bluhm Family Terrace at AIC. Beautiful sculpture.
03/15/2016
This Ludicrous New Instrument Makes Music with 2,000 Marbles
Marbelous!
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/03/this-ludicrous-new-instrument-makes-music-with-2000-marbles/
Swedish musician Martin Molin has long had experience with esoteric instruments like the glockenspiel, traktofon, or Theremin, but he may have topped his musical prowess with the invention of his own new instrument: the Wintergatan Marble Machine, a hand-cranked music box loaded with instruments
03/03/2016
M&M Crew installing a Henry Moore sculpture in Louisville, KY.
02/19/2016
Artur Fischer, Inventor With More Patents Than Edison, Dies at 96
In honor of Artur Fischer, Methods & Materials will proudly use wall anchors at the Speed Museum in Louisville, KY
Mr. Fischer, an obsessive tinkerer, created a wall anchor that’s used by millions and the first synchronized camera flash, an idea that came to him when trying to photograph his newborn daughter.
02/11/2016
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Last week, Methods & Materials de-installed Ernest Shaw's sculpture "Ruins X" so that it can be transported to Vanguard Sculpture Services for a much-needed refreshing.
We're taking advantage of the reduced patron capacity to clean some of the pieces in our permanent art collection. First up is the first piece we acquired in 2010: Construction in Orange by Gordon Powell. Leading the conservation is Kuniej Berry Associates. Next they moved on to our hanging sculpture, Circuit, by Barbara Cooper. Giving the conservationists a lift is Methods & Materials who helped install the piece in 2015.
Wow! It’s been a wonderful day in the Historic Third Ward! Check out this as Paula Crown’s fabulous work “JOKESTER” makes its debut!
A BIG thanks to Black Box Fund and Methods & Materials for helping us get this work on view. Official pics to follow!!
A BIG thanks to Black Box Fund and Methods & Materials for helping us get this work on view. Official pics to follow!!
Ever wonder how our sculptures get installed? Watch as the crew from Methods & Materials rigs Anna Fasshauer’s work, “Tallulah Rapsody” outside the 250 East building in Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Vector helped this recent installation with galvanized support structures and poles. This new Millenium Park addition by Christine Tarkowski really adds something to the Boeing Galleries! Methods & Materials
The longest “flight” in ended this summer when Methods & Materials lowered three antique planes from our museum atrium, where they’d been hovering for decades (with the help of cables). We’re working with a former National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution conservator to assess their condition and hope to re-install them next year. … Want to help? Join the to support history programs across Iowa: iowa.culture.gov/support
The longest “flight” in ended this summer when Methods & Materials lowered three antique planes from our museum atrium, where they’d been hovering for decades (with the help of cables). We’re working with a former National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution conservator to assess their condition and hope to re-install them next year. … Want to help? Join the to support history programs across Iowa: iowa.culture.gov/support
When the time came for the State Historical Society of Iowa to replace the roof on the Iowa Historical Building, they needed to lower the historic planes hanging from the ceiling first. See how Methods & Materials used our equipment to help!
Attention, ladies and gentlemen: All flights are on time at the State Historical Museum of Iowa. Three antique planes are gently landing this week after a 23-year "flight" in the museum atrium. Depending on their condition, they will be re-installed next year after a museum renovation. ... Learn how Methods & Materials got the job done during a show-and-tell session at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 1. tinyurl.com/y55kq5go
If you'd like to help celebrate Iowa's aviation history and conserve the planes, consider making a donation. We appreciate your support. https://iowaculture.gov/support
If you'd like to help celebrate Iowa's aviation history and conserve the planes, consider making a donation. We appreciate your support. https://iowaculture.gov/support
Attention, ladies and gentlemen: All flights are on time at the State Historical Museum of Iowa. Three antique planes are gently landing this week after a 23-year "flight" in the museum atrium. Depending on their condition, they will be re-installed next year after a museum renovation. ... Learn how Methods & Materials got the job done during a show-and-tell session at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 1. tinyurl.com/y55kq5go
If you'd like to help celebrate Iowa's aviation history and conserve the planes, consider making a donation. We appreciate your support. https://iowaculture.gov/support
If you'd like to help celebrate Iowa's aviation history and conserve the planes, consider making a donation. We appreciate your support. https://iowaculture.gov/support
Methods & Materials has moved some big stuff, including artwork at the Des Moines Art Center’s Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Next up: They’re helping temporarily move three historic planes to prep for renovations at the State Historical Museum of Iowa. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for landing!
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