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North American Art

North American Art
Cold
War

1960 to 1985

(part 3 of 4)

 


David Hockney

born: Bradford, Yorkshire, UK; 9 July 1937
lives: West Los Angeles, CA, US

 

 

1953-57 Bradford College of Art
1959-61 Royal College of Art London
1963 Move to Los Angeles

 

Hockney, David: Shower

Shower
about 1975

Hockney, David: Furstenberg -- Paris

Furstenberg, Paris
about 1985

 

Nine more Hockney pictures.

 


Edward Ruscha

born: Omaha, Nebraska, US; 1937
lives in: Los Angeles, CA, US

 

 

Ruscha, Edward: Large Trademark with Eight Spotlights

Large Trademark
with Eight Spotlights

1962
Whitney Museum
New York, NY, US

Ruscha, Edward: Noise

Noise
1963
Private Collection

 


Larry Poons

born: Tokyo, Japan; 1937
lives in New York and Florida

 

Poons, Larry: [untitled] P26

[Untitled P26]
1974
Private Collection

 


Brice Marden

born: Bronxville, NY, US; 15 October 1938

 

Marten, Brice: Cold Mountain 6 (Bridge)

Cold Mountain 6 (Bridge)
1991

 


Dennis Oppenheim

born: Mason City, WA, US; 5 September 1938
lives in New York

 

 


Richard Serra

born: San Francisco, CA, US; 2 Novemeber 1939
lives in New York and Nova Scotia

American Sculptor

 

Serra, Richard: [sculpture] Tilted Arc

Tilted Arc
1981
[as it was installed in]
Federal Office Plaza
New York, NY, US



Judy Chicago
Judy Shapiro

born: Chicago, IL, US; 1939

1964 MA University of California, Los Angeles

 

Chicago, Judy: The Feminist Dinner Party

The Feminist Dinner Party
1979
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brooklyn, NY, US



Chuck Close

born: Monroe, Washington, US; 1940
lives in: New York

 

1958-1962 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1962-1964 Yale University
1964/65 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
1967 Lectureship at School of Visual Arts and at NYU

Close, Chuck: Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait
1968
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN, US

Close, Chuck: Linda

Linda
1976
Art Museum
Akron, OH, US


Robert Uzgalis  Uzgalis: [photo] self

born: Chicago, IL, US; 29 September 1940
lives: Los Angeles, CA, US

 

Uzgalis: Up a Tree

Up a Tree
1961

more

 


Bruce Nauman

born: Fort Wayne, Indiana, US; 1941
lives: New Mexico

 

 

Nauman, Bruce: Window or Wall Sign

Window or Wall Sign
1967
Leo Castelli Gallery
New York, NY, US

 


Richard Tuttle

born: Rahway, New Jersey, US; 1941
lives in New York

 

 


Robert Wilson

born: Waco, Texas, US; 1941

 

 


Gordon Matta-Clark

born: New York, NY, US; 1943
died: New York, NY, US, 1978 (of cancer)

 

 

Matta-Clark: Splitting

Splitting
1977
Private Collection

 

Gordon Matta-Clark was trained as an architect, subsidized by his father he started with films and performance art and then turned to architectural destructive endeavors. He invented "anarchitecture" maybe even "antiarchitecture" in which buildings are deconstructed; it this example sawn in two.

 

 


Allan McCollum

born: Long Beach, CA, US; 1944
Lives: New York

 

 

McCollum, Allan: Plaster Surrogates

Plaster Surrogates
1983
Enamel on cast hydrostone
[as installed in the
Marian Goodman Gallery
New York, NY, US]

 


George Trakas

born: Quebec, Canada; 1944
lives in:

 


Don Eddy

born: Long Beach, CA, US; 1944
Lives: New York

 

1965-70 Studied at the University of Hawaii and at UCSB. Hyper-realistic style mainly from photographs of chromium-plated car parts. From 1972 professor of art at NYU

 

 

Eddy, Don: Private Parking II

Private Parking II
1971

 


Joseph Kosuth

born: Toledo, Ohio, US; 1945
lives in: Gand, Belgium

 

Kosuth, Joseph: Titled (Art as Idea as Idea), [idea]

Titled (Art as Idea as Idea), [idea]
1967
[a B&W photograph 121 x 121 cm]
Private Collection


Paul McCarthy

born: Salt Lake City, Utah, US; 1945
lives in: Los Angeles

 

McCarthy, Paul: [installation] [sculpture] The Garden

The Garden (detail)
1992
[Plants and Motorized Figure
in an Artificial Garden]
Private Collection


Charles Simonds

born: New York, NY, US; 14 November 1945
lives in:

 

 


James Browning Wyeth
Jamie Wyeth

born: Wilminton, Deleware, US; 6 July 1946
lives in: Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

 

Wyeth, Jamie:  Giant Clam

Giant Clam
1977

Three more Jamie Wyeth pictures.

 

 


Mark Tansey

born: San Jose, CA, US; 1949
lives in: New York

 

Tansey, Mark: Action Painting II

Action Painting II
1984
Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal, Canada

Four more Tansey pictures.

 

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2004-06-04