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Robert Morris (American, 1931)
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Robert Morris VETTI III 1983
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Robert Morris UNTITLED 1976
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Robert Morris UNTITLED 1969
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Robert Morris UNTITLED 1969
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Robert Morris UNTITLED 1976-1980
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Robert Morris UNTITLED 1978
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Biography |
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1931 |
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Born in Kansas City Missouri, USA. |
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1948 - 1950 |
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Studies at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Kansas City |
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1950 - 1951 |
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Studies at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco |
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1962 |
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Graduate studies in Art History at Hunter College; studies with Ad Reinhardt |
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1964 |
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Begins teaching Art History at Hunter College |
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1998 |
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Appointed Distinguished Professor of Art, Hunter College, New York. |
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Exhibitions |
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2003 |
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The Lemma LeadsM, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Blind Time Drawings, Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York. |
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2001 - 2002 |
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Finch College Project, 1969, recreated and installed in the Whitney Museum exhibition “Into the Light,” |
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2002 |
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Drawings, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Melencolia II, a permanent site-specific installation in marble, Collaboration with Claudio Parmiggiani, Collection of Giuliano Gori, Fattoria di Celle, Santomato, Pistoia, Italy. Hegel’s Owl, a permanent site-specific installation in Carrara, Italy. |
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2000 |
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Robert Morris: Early Felts, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. White Nights, Le Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon, France. Fiberglass, Lead, Felt 1963-1966, Ileana Sonnabend Gallery, New York. |
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1999 |
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Robert Morris: Retrospective of Prints and Multiples 1952-1998, Maison Levanneur, Centre national de l'estampe et de l'art imprimé, Chatou, France. Labyrinth, Le Musée d'art contemporain, Lyon, France. |
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1997 - 1998 |
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Steel sculptures, Pietro Sparta Gallery, Chagny, France |
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1998 |
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Robert Morris: Retrospective of Prints and Multiples 1952-1998, Cabinet des estampes du Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, Switzerland. Mirror Works and the film Mirror, 1969, Le Musée d'art contemporain, Lyon, France. Robert Morris: The Rationed Years and Other New Work, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. |
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1997 |
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Horizons Cut: Between Clio and Mnemosyne, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Tar Babies of the New World Order, Nuova Icona, Venice, Italy. |
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1995 |
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Mirrors, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Mass. Work in the collection of Williams College Museum of Art. Robert Morris: The Mind/Body Problem, Retrospective Exhibition, the Deichtorhallen Museum, Hamburg, Germany. Steam, site-specific work filling the interior courtyard of the Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France. Tempora Caeca, installation of wall drawings and Blind Time IV: Drawing with Davidson, 1991, Fattoria di Celle, Santomato, Pistoia, Italy. Robert Morris: The Mind/Body Problem, Retrospective Exhibition, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. |
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Literature |
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1998 |
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TELEGRAM / THE RATIONED YEARS, published by JRP Editions, Geneva, Switzerland. |
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1993 |
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Publication of Continuous Project Altered Daily: The Writings of Robert Morris, Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press. |
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1966 |
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February – 'Notes on Sculpture,' published in Artforum. |
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