6/17/2023 0 Comments Famous minimalist artists 70s![]() ![]() Robert Morris’s 3 Configurations in anticipation of the Equinox Sunset from Pier 18 (1971) Photo: © Robert Morris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York "As both artist and critic, much of his work during the 1960s and 70s was foundational to so-called Minimal, post-Minimal, and conceptual art, which means that his legacy is far-reaching and indelible." "Robert Morris was a complicated, restless, often controversial, sometimes misunderstood, and utterly crucial figure in the history of art after 1960," says Jeffrey Weiss, the Guggenheim's former senior curator who worked with Morris to catalogue his early sculpture. ![]() His first solo exhibition was held at the Green Gallery in 1963. After moving to New York, the artist began to make the conceptual Minimalist sculptures that he is best-known for. Morris had a multitude of influences, ranging from dance and performance art-his wife was the choreographer Simone Forti and together they were involved in the Judson Dance Theater-to Abstract Expressionism. After serving with the United States Army Corp of Engineers between 1951-52, he received his Master’s in art history from Hunter College in 1963. Later, he studied philosophy at Reed College in Portland. Morris first studied engineering at the University of Kansas before turning to art there and at the Kansas City Institute. The American Minimalist sculptor, painter and art critic Robert Morris died of pneumonia yesterday (28 November) in Kingston, New York, the New York Times reports. ![]()
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