Christian Scheidemann Interviewed in Spike

Christian Scheidemann's cabinet in his former studio displaying technical studies of fruit peels and banana for Zoe Leonard's Strange Fruit, 1992–97, pound cake tests for Matthew Barney's OTTOshaft, 1992, and an ‘extra' elephant dung from Chris Ofili. © Christian Scheidemann

We are happy to share that Christian Scheidemann, who teaches our Suzanne Deal Booth Conservation Seminar, is featured in Spike Magazine. This article provides a great overview of his conservation practice and work with contemporary artists.

"Today, Christian is a leading conservator of contemporary art and the first one in his field to have built his expertise on art made from non-traditional materials. Elephant dung, bananas, potatoes, pound cake, chocolate, cheese, bread, dust, blood, liverwurst, latex, soil, chewing gum, petroleum jelly, and human hair are just some of the challenging materials he has worked with. He even once gave a lecture called “The Significance of Dirt, Dust, and Bird Droppings in Contemporary Art.”"

See full interview here.