Bruce Radebaugh

When we put together the exhibit RADEBAUGH – THE FUTURE WE WERE PROMISED, it was a labor of love and made quite a few folks who had known him very happy.

The exhibit was a huge hit here in Philadelphia, then traveled to Nantes in western France, then back to Detroit as the inaugural exhibition at the new facility for the National Automotive History Collection. Jared Rosebaum served as co-curator on the first two, and fully curated the Detroit show.

The collection has been stored safely in crates and flat files for years, and only just recently we began rethinking the whole exhibit once again… making plans for it to tour two locations in Japan, late 2012 and then who knows where from there.

Since we first brought Arthur Radebaugh back from an undeserved obscurity, we have acquired more of his works, and other works in private hands have made themselves known to us. We hope to include many of those in the updated exhibit.

If Mr. Lapetino is looking for me, our new studio is in a 100 year old bowling in Ardmore, PA, along Philadelphia’s Main Line. He should feel free to visit and bowl while he’s here. Even easier is emailing me at The Grand Review.

todd@thegrandreview.com

Thanks for featuring Art Radebaugh again. I’m a huge fan of his work and would love to see a book created, highlighting it. We’ve designed/co-published/created some art books, and I’m interested in helping make a Radebaugh book a reality. Recently I’ve gotten my hands on some Radebaugh work prints from the archives of the Detroit Free Press, and I believe that Todd Kimmell from Lost Highways was the one who found the negatives of Radebaugh’s work that the exhibit was based on. Do you know Todd personally? I’d love to get an introduction if you do.

Thanks again.

It looks like someone is writing a Ward Kimball biography, so I may be able to check that off my list soon: http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2011/07/ward-kimball-biography-coming-in-2012.html