SAN JOSE, California (September 22, 2011)—Artist Chester Arnold will speak at the San Jose Museum of Art on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at 12 p.m. Arnold’s talk, part of SJMA’s monthly Lunchtime Lecture series, is offered in connection with the exhibition Book-ish. His 2008 painting The Fate of the Written Word is included in the exhibition. Lunchtime Lectures are offered on the first Wednesday of each month. Visitors may bring food and beverages or purchase lunch from Café Too at the Museum. The lecture is free with Museum admission. 

The October 5 Lunchtime Lecture is presented in honor of Doris Burgess, in gratitude for her service as a trustee. 

Chester Arnold was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1952, and lived in Germany for much of his youth. Inspired by the work of Max Beckmann, he returned to the United States and began his art studies at the College of Marin, Kentfield, CA. In 1982 he was accepted into the San Francisco Art Institute. He is known for the skewed linear perspectives of his landscapes, which often depict the debris of human accumulation. Works by Arnold are in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; the Pasadena Museum of California Art; and the San Jose Museum of Art. 

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART

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Programs at the San Jose Museum of Art are generously supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, by operating support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; the James Irvine Foundation; the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; the Adobe Foundation; and the Koret Foundation; the MetLife Foundation; and a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose.