• Comment: If we leave out the 'Exhibitions' section, because the sources cited there only support individual entries, and none of those entries seem significant enough to make the subject notable, then for notability per WP:GNG we only need to analyse the sources cited in the earlier sections. These are a mix of galleries and one interview, all of which are primary sources. The best of the lot is the SFNM obit, but whether it's independent or not, I don't know, and in any case it alone isn't enough. Please produce either more secondary sources to satisfy GNG, or evidence that the subject clearly and objectively meets at least one criterion in WP:ARTIST. DoubleGrazing (talk) 14:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: The section titled 'Exhibtions', which looks like a list of some sort, is causing a flag for copyright violations of this page. As lists of this kind could be seen as unduly promotional, my advice would be to remove the list from the article body, and maybe add a simple External Link at the bottom of the article linking to the said page. - RichT|C|E-Mail 15:31, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

  • Comment: The section titled 'Exhibtions', which looks like a list of some sort, is causing a flag for copyright violations of this page. As lists of this kind could be seen as unduly promotional, my advice would be to remove the list from the article body, and maybe add a simple External Link at the bottom of the article linking to the said page. - RichT|C|E-Mail 15:31, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Gandalf Gavan

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Gandalf Gavan (1975 – 2014) was a German-American artist known for his interdisciplinary work and installations encompassing painting, drawing, glass, neon, and mirrors. Gavan's diverse body of work was underpinned by his interest in material experimentation, collaboration, and an "attract[ion] to art that has that sense of humour and tension between seriousness, ambivalence and play."[1]

Biography

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Gandalf Gavan was born in 1975 in West Berlin, Germany. He was raised between Germany and New Mexico, USA. Gavan studied at the Repin Academy, St. Petersburg in Russia (1995-96) and the Santa Fe Art Institute (1997).[2] He received his BFA from Bard College in 1998, studying under Judy Pfaff and William G. Tucker, and his MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University in 2005.[3][4] He taught at Columbia University for several years as an adjunct professor in printmaking.[5]

He was the recipient of various awards including the Joan Mitchell MFA Grant, the Mortimer-Frank Travel Fellowship at Columbia University, and a Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists.[2][6][7] During his time at Columbia University he was a fellow at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies.[8]

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Gavan also lived and worked extensively in Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Morocco and Germany. His work has been exhibited in a variety of venues such as MoMa PS1, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, the Museo Nacional De Arte in Mexico City, and the Cornell Museum of Fine Arts.[9][10]

Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

2015 Homage to Gandalf Gavan, N2 Galeria, Barcelona, Spain[11]
2011 Knots, October Gallery, London, UK
2010 Teaching a Chicken How to Fly III, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY[12]
2009 Pollos, Peligros y Otras Cárceles II, Corporación Andina de Fomento Gallery, Caracas,Venezuela [9]
2008 Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
2007 Incorporated Dementions, Bertrand and Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland[9]
Infinite Affinities, MoMa P.S.1, Long Island City, NY[13]
Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY[14]
Expo, N2 Galeria, Barcelona, Spain[15]
2003 Daedalus' Song (Son para Daedalos), MACO (Museo de Arte Comtemporaneo Oaxaca), Oaxaca, Mexico[6]

Selected Group exhibitions

2010 Zegache, Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico[16]
2009 Party at Chris's House, Curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY[17]
State of the Art: New York, Urbis, Manchester, UK[18]
Fresh from Chelsea, University Gallery and Grinter Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL[19]
2008 Stable Scrawl, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY[20]
erraUnFirma, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY[9]
Cutaway, Anna Kustera, New York, NY[21]
2007 CECUT, En TijuanArte Art Fair, Tiajuana, Mexico[22]
National and International Projects, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY[13]
2006 Eo Ipso, Match, New York, NY[9]
Symposium II, Hotel Pupik, Schrattenberg, Austria[23]
Joan Mitchell MFA Grant Recipients, Cue Foundation, New York, NY[24]
2005 Curvaceous, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY[25]
2004 Merry Merry, Side Show Gallery, Williamsburg, NY[26]
Re: New Frontiers in Creativity, Columbia University, New York, NY[27]
The Thomas Edison Project, LMCC & the Builders Association, New York, NY[26]
The Book, Neiman Gallery, New York, NY[26]
2001 The Worst of Gordon Pym Continued, Printed Matter, New York, NY[28][29]
Symbiotic Dialogue, Goliath, Brooklyn, NY[30]
Public Artwork
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2004 Outdoor sculpture-installation at Collegio La Salle, Oaxaca, Mexico

References

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  1. ^ Bui, Phong (2010-05-04). "GANDALF GAVAN WITH PHONG BUI". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  2. ^ a b "Gandalf Gavan Obituary (2014) - Tesuque, NM - Santa Fe New Mexican". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  3. ^ Bui, Phong (2010-05-04). "GANDALF GAVAN WITH PHONG BUI". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  4. ^ "Visual Arts Alumni | School of the Arts". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  5. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  6. ^ a b "Gandalf Gavan". Joan Mitchell Foundation. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  7. ^ "Nancy Graves Foundation grant program". Nancy Graves Foundation. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  8. ^ "Past Neiman Fellows". LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  9. ^ a b c d e "OCTOBER GALLERY | GANDLF GAVAN | ART | BIOGRAPHY | ART FOR SALE". octobergallery.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  10. ^ "N2Galeria | Gandalf Gavan". Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  11. ^ "N2 Galería, artistas emergentes y consolidados nacionales e internacionales". Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  12. ^ Weeks, Ishmael Randall (2014-05-06). "Remembering Gandalf Gavan (1975 – 2014)". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  13. ^ a b "International and National Projects Summer 2007: Victor Alimpiev, Jim Denevan and Ari Marcopoulos, Gandalf Gavan, Jonathan Hartshorn, Molly Larkey, Prema Murthy, and Adam Putnam". www.MoMa.org. June 24 – September 24, 2007. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  14. ^ "Larissa Goldston Gallery | Exhibitions". 2007-05-25. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  15. ^ "N2Galeria | Gandalf Gavan". Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  16. ^ Rico, Pablo J. (2009). Taller Gráfica Actual (ed.). Zegache (in Spanish). Mexico: Taller Gráfica Actua. ISBN 978-970-94-265-3. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
  17. ^ "Party At Chris's House". Janet Kurnatowski Gallery. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  18. ^ "State of the Art: New York". The Urbis Archive. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  19. ^ Hackett, David. "'Chelsea' showcases great art". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  20. ^ "Larissa Goldston Gallery". 2008-08-19. Archived from the original on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  21. ^ "Anna Kustera". 2008-01-12. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  22. ^ "Catalogo entijuanarte 2007, p46 by 13punto8 - Issuu". issuu.com. 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  23. ^ "Hotel Pupik_archiv06_alles liebe". hotelpupik.org. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  24. ^ "Exhibition of 2010 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Program…". Joan Mitchell Foundation. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  25. ^ "Curvaceous - Exhibition - Andrea Rosen Gallery". m.andrearosengallery.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  26. ^ a b c www.artnet.com https://www.artnet.com/artists/gandalf-gav%C3%A1n/biography. Retrieved 2024-04-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  27. ^ "Re:NEW Frontiers in Creativity". c250.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  28. ^ "Ian Cooper, curators and Peter Crump - The Worst of Gordon Pym Continued..." Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  29. ^ Smith, Roberta (2001-11-16). "ART IN REVIEW; 'The Worst of Gordon Pym Continued'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  30. ^ "N2Galeria | Gandalf Gavan". Retrieved 2024-05-06.