Jean Blackburn

Template

Maker

Jean Blackburn (American, b.1957 in Boston), (RISD BFA 1979, Painting; RISD faculty, Illustration)

Title

Template

Year

2002

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

Large chair: 109.2 x 50.8 x 76.2 cm (43 x 20 x 30 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Joseph A. Chazan, MD

Object Number

2013.3

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Take Care
Aug 20, 2022 – Mar 22, 2023

Label copy

In Template, Jean Blackburn has ingeniously created a half-scale rocking chair from wood taken from the original. A common piece of furniture in homes throughout North America since the early 1700s, rocking chairs evoke associations of parenting and domesticity.

When considered through the lens of today’s climate emergency, Template could be viewed as a model for reimagining and repairing a broken world into something smaller and more sustainable. What should we salvage and what should we let go of in this new world?  

–Brendan Campbell, graphic designer

Locally Made
Jul 12, 2013 – Nov 15, 2013

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Tombstone

Jean Blackburn (American, b.1957 in Boston)
Template, 2002
Oil paint on wood; smaller chair cut from the larger
Large chair: 109.2 x 50.8 x 76.2 cm (43 x 20 x 30 inches)
Museum purchase: gift of Joseph A. Chazan, MD 2013.3

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