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Construction In Process
''Construction in Process'' () was a series of international global exhibitions organized by artists in the 1980s and 1990s. The originator of this project was Polish artist Ryszard Wasko. Artists who were invited to participate in "Construction in Process" invite in turn, another group of participants, giving the project a dynamic, open character. Another original idea was to spur the artists to create their works on site. Construction in Process I The first CiP was titled, "The Community That Came?" (1981), curated by Anna Saciuk-Gąsowska and Aleksandra Jach and took place in Łódź, Poland. It was symbolic as the birth of the Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity movement. ''Participants'' * Carl Andre * Patrick Ireland * Richard Nonas * Hartmut Boehm * Servie Janssen * Roman Opałka * Michael Craig-Martin * :de:Kazuo Katase, Kazuo Katase * Dennis Oppenheim * Ad Dekkers (artist), Ad Dekkers * Stanislav Kolibal * David Rabinowitch * Ger Dekkers * Tomasz Konart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rabinowitch
David Rabinowitch (born March 6, 1943) is a Canadian visual artist who exhibits internationally and is best known for his non-representational steel constructionsA Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada that develop the traditions of modernist sculpture. New York Magazine said in 2008 that his work is related to Minimalism, but it comes from a different angle than most American examples such as that of Carl Andre or Richard Serra. Career Rabinowitch was born in Toronto, Ontario, and is the twin brother of sculptor Royden Rabinowitch. He studied at the University of Western Ontario and the Ontario College of Art, Toronto. Starting in 1951, he read Spinoza's ''Ethics''; in 1959 he started on Kant's ''Critique of Pure Reason''; and in 1961, on David Hume's ''Treatise of Human Nature'': he considers his reading of these books and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Martin (English Painter)
Kenneth Laurence Martin (13 April 1905, Sheffield – 18 November, 1984, London), was an English painter and sculptor who, with his wife Mary Martin (artist), Mary Martin and Victor Pasmore, was a leading figure in the revival of British Constructivists, Constructionism. Life Kenneth Martin’s father was a former soldier who worked in Sheffield as a coal clerk and supported his son at Sheffield School of Art during 1921-3. After his father's death, Martin worked in the city as a graphic designer, occasionally studying at the art school part-time. He won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1929-32 and there met Mary Martin (artist), Mary Balmford, whom he married in 1930. During the 1930s he painted in a Naturalism (arts), naturalistic style and was associated with the Euston Road School along with Victor Pasmore. During the 1940s Martin's work began to emphasise elements of structure and design until 1948–49 when, following Pasmore's lead, it became purely Abstract a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lowe (artist)
Peter Lowe (born 17 June 1938) is an English artist, born in Hackney, London. His work is systematic, constructivist and concrete. It is mainly exhibited and appreciated in Europe, where it is held in many national collections. Biography Lowe was originally inspired by Turner, his paintings gaining him entry into Goldsmiths‘ College of Art at the age of 16, where he was a student from 1954-60. Lowe was influenced by the Constructionists Kenneth Martin and Mary Martin, among others. He developed a preference for simple geometric shapes, which feature in most of his works. His early works include collage and rotational movement, while his later works include drawings, reliefs, computer prints and outdoor installations. After graduating, Lowe worked as a teacher at the Leeds College of Art with Harry Thubron from 1962 to 1964. He also assisted Kenneth Martin at the Barry Summer School in Wales, before starting to lecture at Goldsmiths‘ College in 1965, retiring from teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Sharits
Paul Jeffrey Sharits (February 7, 1943, Denver, Colorado—July 8, 1993, Buffalo, New York) was a visual artist, best known for his work in experimental, or avant-garde filmmaking, particularly what became known as the structural film movement, along with other artists such as Tony Conrad, Hollis Frampton, and Michael Snow. Paul Sharits' film work primarily focused on installations incorporating endless film loops, multiple projectors, and experimental soundtracks (prominently used in his 1975 film ''Shutter Interface''). Life Sharits was born in Denver, Colorado, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting at the University of Denver's School of Art where he was a protégé of Stan Brakhage. He also attended Indiana University Bloomington, where he received an Master of Fine Arts in Visual Design. In July 1960, he married Frances Trujillo Niekerk, and in 1965 they had a son, Christopher. They divorced in 1970. He was subsequently a teacher at the Maryland Institute College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Long (artist)
Sir Richard Julian Long, (born 2 June 1945) is an English sculpture, sculptor and one of the best-known British land artists. Long is the only artist to have been short-listed four times for the Turner Prize. He was nominated in 1984, 1987 and 1988, and then won the award in 1989 for ''White Water Line''. He lives and works in Bristol, the city in which he was born. Long studied at Saint Martin's School of Art before going on to create work using various media including sculpture, photography and text. His work is on permanent display in Britain at the Tate and Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery as well as galleries in America, Switzerland and Australia. Long's work has broadened the idea of sculpture to be a part of performance art and conceptual art. His work typically is made of earth, rock, mud, stone and other nature based materials. In exhibitions his work is typically displayed with the materials or through documentary photographs of his performances and experiences. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Serra
Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 – March 26, 2024) was an American artist known for his large-scale Abstract art, abstract sculptures made for Site-specific art, site-specific landscape, urban, and Architecture, architectural settings, and whose work has been primarily associated with Postminimalism. Described as "one of his era's greatest sculptors", Serra became notable for emphasizing the material qualities of his works and exploration of the relationship between the viewer, the work, and the site. Serra pursued English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, before shifting to visual art. He graduated with a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1961, where he met influential muralists Rico Lebrun and Howard Warshaw. Supporting himself by working in steel mills, Serra's early exposure to industrial materials influenced his artistic trajectory. He continued his education at Yale University, earning a B.A. in Art h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol LeWitt
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism. LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred to "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, painting, installation, and artist's books. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965. The first biography of the artist, ''Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas'', by Lary Bloom, was published by Wesleyan University Press in the spring of 2019. Life LeWitt was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to a family of Jewish immigrants from Russia. His father died when he was 6. His mother took him to art classes at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA from Syracuse University in 1949, LeWitt traveled to Europe where he was exposed to Old Maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Sandback
Fred Sandback (August 29, 1943 – June 23, 2003) was an American minimalist conceptual-based sculptor known for his yarn sculptures, drawings, and prints. His estate is represented by David Zwirner. Life and work Frederick Lane Sandback was born in Bronxville, New York where, as a young man, he made banjos and dulcimers. He majored in philosophy at Yale University (BA, 1966) before studying sculpture at Yale School of Art (MFA, 1969) where he studied with, among others, visiting instructors Donald Judd and Robert Morris. Sandback is primarily known for his Minimalist works made from lengths of colored yarn. The artist's early interest in stringed musical instruments led him to make dulcimers and banjos as a teenager. In 1967, he produced the sculpture that would establish the terms of his mature work. Using string and wire, he outlined the shape of a 20-foot-long 2-by-4 board lying on the floor. Though he employed metal wire and elastic cord early in his career, the artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Levine
Les Levine (born 1935) is a naturalized American Irish artist known as a pioneer of video art and as a conceptual artist working with communication media. In 1967, Levine won first prize for sculpture in the Canadian Sculpture Biennial. He collaborated with artists, critics, and poets, including Peter Schjeldahl, Jill Johnston, and Gregory Battcock, on artworks and publications in the 1960s and 1970s. Life and work A graduate of the Central School of Art and Design in London, Levine first moved to Canada in 1960. He eventually settled in New York City in 1964 and became a resident artist at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1973. Early in his career, Levine introduced the idea of a disposable art and was given the nickname Plastic Man. In 1965, Levine, with Nam June Paik, were among the first artists to buy and use portapaks. Thus he was one of the first artists to try television as a medium for the dissemination of art. He has also use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Downsborough
Peter Downsborough (13 September 1943 – 26 September 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career A centre forward as a schoolboy, he transferred into the role of goalkeeper after deputising for an injured teammate during a school match. Downsborough made his League debut for his local side Halifax Town just before his 17th birthday and went on to play in 148 games in total before being signed for Swindon Town by Danny Williams. He made his Swindon debut in the first game of the 1965/66 season, keeping a clean sheet against local rivals Oxford United at the County Ground. His confidence in his abilities and great positional strength were his most admirable qualities. With his assistance, Swindon made it to the 1969 League Cup Final against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium. Widely regarded by players and press as his finest moment, Downsborough pulled off save after save and prevented the higher division club from scoring for 86 minutes. "for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
