Carl Andre
American minimalist artist known for ordered linear and grid format sculptures
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Andre is known for sculptures made from industrial materials like bricks and metal squares arranged in simple linear or grid formats.[1][2] Born on September 16, 1935, in Quincy, Massachusetts, Carl Andre was a minimalist sculptor.[3][4]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 16 September 1935
- Birthplace
- Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Died
- 24 January 2024
- Place of death
- New York City, U.S.
- Field
- Sculpture, Poetry
- Movement
- Minimalism
- Education
- Phillips Academy
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Stella told Andre that uncarved wood from his sculpture was also sculpture, a remark that changed Andre's life.[2] From 1960 to 1964, Andre worked as a freight brakeman and train conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad.[5] Andre's work Lever, a line of 137 firebricks, brought him recognition at the 1966 Primary Structures exhibition.[6] He married artist Melissa Kretschmer in 1999.[7][2]
Between 1951 and 1953, Andre pursued art studies at Phillips Academy located in Andover, Massachusetts.[3] The Shape and Structure exhibition at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1965 marked Andre's debut public showing.[8] Andre entered into marriage four times; his initial two marriages concluded with divorce.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Guardian obituary notes that Andre's father was a carpenter and marine draughtsman who took Carl to the museum in Quincy.[2] After his 1988 acquittal for the death of Ana Mendieta, Andre said "Justice has been served" as he left court.[2] The Guardian states that in 1992, 500 protestors gathered outside the SoHo Guggenheim holding a banner asking "Where is Ana Mendieta?"[2] The galeriacayon.com account describes how Andre explores boundaries of sculpture and space through modular elements.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Carl Andre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hartford Advocate November 13, 1997 "Twenty Years After Stone Field Sculpture shook the Insurance City, Carl Andre Returns" by Patricia Rosoff; "Lament for the Children by Carl Andre on artnet", artnet.com; "144 Magnesium Square", Tate Etc.; "Carl Andre", galeriacayon.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- McNay, "Carl Andre obituary", The Guardian, 2024-01-25. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
- Wikipedia, "Carl Andre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tomkins, "The Materialist", 2011-11-27; Kennedy, "Carl Andre, 88, Austerely Minimalist Sculptor, Is Dead", The New York Times, 2024-01-24; Naked by the Window, by Robert Katz published 1990 by The Atlantic Monthly Free Press; 12 Dialogues, Carl Andre and Hollis Frampton 1962–1963 published by Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Press and New York University Press, edited by Benjami; Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties, edited by James Meyer, published 2004 by Yale University Press , (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Carl Andre", galeriacayon.com. facts only, no text reused. galeriacayon.com
- Wikipedia, "Carl Andre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Naked by the Window, by Robert Katz published 1990 by The Atlantic Monthly Free Press (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Carl Andre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Belcove, "My work doesn't mean a damn thing", Financial Times, 25 Jan 2013; "Carl Andre – Lever", gallery.ca; Tompkins, "The Materialist – Carl Andre's eminent obscurity", 28 Nov 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Carl Andre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McNay, "Carl Andre obituary", The Guardian, 2024-01-25 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Carl Andre" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Oral history interview with Carl Andre, 1972 Sept", Research collections, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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