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John McCracken Biography
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1934 |
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Born in Berkeley, CA
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1957 - 1962 |
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California College of Arts & Crafts Oakland, CA
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1964 - 1965 |
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California College of Arts & Crafts Oakland, CA
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1966 - 1968 |
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Professor, University of California Los Angeles, CA
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National Endowment for the Arts Award
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1968 - 1969 |
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Professor, School of Visual Arts New York, NY
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1975 - 1985 |
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Professor, College of Creative Studies University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
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Lives and works in New Mexico
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2009
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"Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968", Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
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2008
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"Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968", Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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1998, A Arte Studio Invernizzi, ‘John McCracken‘, Milan/I
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1997, Lisson Gallery, 'John McCracken', London/GB
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1997, David Zwirner Gallery, New York NY
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1997, L.A. Louver Gallery, 'New Dimensions', Venice CA
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1996, Galerie Froment & Putman, Paris/F
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1995, Galerie Tanit, 'John McCracken – Skulpturen', Munich/D
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1995, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, ‘John McCracken‘, Vienna/A
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1995, Kunsthalle Basel, ‘Protoplast (mit Gerhard Merz)‘, Basel/CH
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Selected Group Exhibitions:
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2005, Franklin Parrasch Gallery and Joan T. Washburn Gallery, 'Wilder. A Tribute to the Nicholas Wilder Gallery Loas Angeles, 1965-1979', New York NY
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2005, Albright-Know Art Gallery, 'Abstraction', Buffalo/NY
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2005, Godt-Cleary Projects, 'Turrell + McCracken', Las Vegas/NV
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2005, Tate Liverpool, ’Summer of Love’, Liverpool/GB
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2005, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, 'EXIT. Ausstieg aus dem Bild', Karlsruhe/D
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2005, Hauser & Wirth, ‚John McCracken/Paul McCarthy’, Zurich/CH
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2004, Museum of Contemporary Art, 'A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958-1968', Los Angeles/CA
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2004, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
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2004, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ’Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art From 1951 to the Present’, New York
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2004, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, ‚Perspectives@25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, Houston/TX
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2003, Galerie Rolf Ricke, 'Der Weite Blick', Köln/D
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2003, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, 'The Exquisite Object', New York NY
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2003, McClain Gallery, 'Space Vehicles: Allusion Objectified', Houston TX
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2003, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design 'Minimalist Works from the Museum’s Collection', Providence RI
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2003, The Norton Museum of Art, 'Minimal to the Max: The Brownstone Collection', West Palm Beach FL
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2002, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 'Multiples Objets de Désir', Nantes/FR
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2002, capc Mudsée d'art contemporain Entrepôt, 'Les années 70: l'art en cause', Bordeaux/FR
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2002, LA Louver, August 2002, Los Angels/USA
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2002, Mary Boone Gallery, 'Surface to Surface', New York
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2002, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, 'Ten Years Galerie Hauser & Wirth', Zurich
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2002, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, 'Painting Zero Degree', Cleveland OH
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2002, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, 'Pieces de Collection/Œuvres Contemporaines', Nîmes/FR
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2002, Sammlun Hauser & Wirth in der Lockremise St. Gallen, 'The House of Fiction', St. Gallen/CH
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2002, Gavin Brown’s enerprise, 'big brown bag', New York NY
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2001, Grazer Kunstverein, 'Timewave Zero/The Poitics of Ecstasy', Graz/A
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2001, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 'Künstlerräume/Sammlerräume', St. Gallen/CH
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2001, L.A. Louver Gallery, 'Sculpture', Venice/USA
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2001, Fuller Museum of Art, 'Painting Zero Degree', Brockton MA
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2001, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, CA
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2001, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore MD
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2001, Zwirner & Wirth, 'I LOVE NY', New York NY
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2000, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, ‘Chromaform. Color in Sculpture‘, Wichita
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2000, Museum of Modern Art, ’Open End’, New York
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2000, aargauer kunsthaus aarau, ’Das Gedächtnis der Malerei’, Aarau
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2000, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, ‘Chromaform. Color in Sculpture‘, South Hadley
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2000, Cranbrook Art Museum, ‘Painting Zero Degree‘, Bloomfiled Hills MI
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2000, The Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘The American Century: Art and Culture 1950-2000 (Part 2)‘, New York
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2000, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, '6th International Triennial the Ecology and the Art: "American Dreams"', cur. Nancy Buchanan, Maribor
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2000, Espace de l’Art Concret Château de Mouans-Sartoux, 'art concret', Mouans-Sartoux
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Selected Solo Exhibitions:
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2005, Zwirner & Wirth, 'Early Sculpture / John McCracken', New York NY
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2004, SMAK, ‚John McCracken’, Gent/BE
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2004, David Zwirner, 'John McCracken', New York NY
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2003, LA Louver, 'John McCracken', Los Angeles CA
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2002, Lisson Gallery, ‘John McCracken‘, London/UK
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2001, LA Louver, 'John McCracken', Los Angeles CA
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2000, Zwirner & Wirth, ‘John McCracken - Stainless Steel Sculptures‘, New York NY
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2000, L.A. Louver Gallery, 'New Sculptures', Venice, California
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2000, Lisson Gallery, London/GB
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2000, Almine Rech, 'John McCracken', Paris/F
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1999, James Kelly Contemporary, ‘John McCracken: Sculpture 1987-1999‘, Santa Fe NM
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1998, Galerie Art & Publique, ‘Flourescent Works‘, Geneva/CH
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1998, Studio la Città, ‘John McCracken‘, Verona/I
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