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Robert Morris 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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| Selected 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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| Links to further information |
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