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Biography |
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1938 |
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Born in Passaic, New Jersey |
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1953 |
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Wins scholarship to the Art Students League in New York |
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1956 |
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Studies at the Brooklyn Museum School |
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1959 |
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Taught art at the Police Athletic League in New York and had his first solo exhibition at the Artists Gallery in New York |
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1970 |
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Begins the construction of large site-specific earth work - Spiral Jetty |
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1973 |
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Died July 20th in Amarillo, Texas |
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Exhibitions |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Robert Smithson Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |
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2003 |
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Robert Smithson in Vancouver: A Fragment of a Greater Fragmentation, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada |
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2003 |
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Rundown co-organization, American Academy in Rome, Italy |
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2001 |
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Robert Smithson: Mapping Dislocations, James Cohan Gallery, New York |
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2000 |
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Robert Smithson, Kunsthalle Wein am Karlsplatz, Austria |
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1999 |
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Language to be looked at And/or Things to be Read, James Cohan Gallery, New York |
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1999 |
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Robert Smithson Retrospective: Works 1956-1973, The National Museum of Contemporary Art |
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1997 |
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Robert Smithson: Dead Tree, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York |
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1997 |
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Issues of Entropy: Robert Smithson |
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1996 |
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Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy |
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1995 |
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Robert Smithson Early WorksL Paintings, Drawing, Collage, Lawrence Markey, New York |
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1995 |
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Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty, Hotel Palenque, Kunst-Werke Berlin, Germany |
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1995 |
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Robert Smithson: Operations on Nature, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada |
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1995 |
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Photographs – Robert Smithson, John Weber Gallery, New York |
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1993 |
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Robert Smithson Photoworks, County Museum of Los Angeles, New York |
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1991 |
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Robert Smithson, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York |
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1991 |
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Robert Smithson John Weber Gallery, New York |
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1991 |
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Robert Smithson Unearthed: Works on Paper 1957-1973, September 11 - October 26, 1991, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, New York. |
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1990 |
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Dibujos (1960-1973) Galeria La Maquina Espanela, Madrid |
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1989 |
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Robert Smithson: Drawings, Salama-Caro Gallery, London |
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1988 |
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Robert Smithson: Early Works, Marlene Eleini Gallery |
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1987 |
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Robert Smithson Non-Sites, John Weber Gallery, New York |
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1986 |
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Early Works: Collage, International with Monument, New York |
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1985 |
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Robert Smithson, Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
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1984 |
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Robert Smithson, Louisianna Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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1957 |
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Robert Smithson, December 1957, Alan Brilliant Gallery, 1265 Park Avenue, New York, New York. |
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Literature |
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Eugenie Tsai, Robert Smithson Unearthed: Drawings, Collages, Writings (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991) illustration 2. |
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