Charles Radtke: Contained

Exhibitions

Sarcophagus #6, 2018.

Holly, quilted aspen, pink ivory, milk paint, silver gilding 47 × 13 × 31 inches. From the artist, Cedarburg, WI. Photo by Larry Sanders

Overview

  • April 19–August 25, 2019

  • Bradley Family Gallery

  • Free for Members

  • Included with admission

Charles Radtke: Contained is the first retrospective exhibition for the renowned furniture maker based in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The artist’s cabinets, tables, and chairs reflect his meticulous attention to detail. Several pieces have interiors that are more intricately designed than the exteriors, or have hidden compartments in which Radtke has placed something personally meaningful. Radtke’s explorations into the function of the cabinet as a container lend his work a conceptual component that relates to contemporary sculpture.

Support

Sponsors

  • Milwaukee Art Museum’s Friends of Art

  • Christopher and Sally Candee

  • Heidi and Greg Borca

  • Marcia and Kent Velde

The Milwaukee Art Museum extends its sincere thanks to the Visionaries.

  • Donna and Donald Baumgartner

  • John and Murph Burke

  • Sheldon and Marianne Lubar

  • Joel and Caran Quadracci

  • Sue and Bud Selig

  • Jeff and Gail Yabuki and the Yabuki Family Foundation