Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor (born 1937)[2][1] is an American contemporary sculptor, installation artist, and draftsman. He is known for his monumental room installations, which border between sculpture and architecture. Grosvenor is associated with minimalism.[3]
Robert Grosvenor | |
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| Born | Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor[1] March 31, 1937[1] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. University of Perugia |
| Known for | sculpture |
| Movement | minimalism |
Early life and education edit
Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor was born March 31, 1937, in New York City, New York.[1] He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Dijon in 1956; at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Paris in 1957 and 1959; and at the University of Perugia in 1958.[1] In 1960, Grosvenor moved to Philadelphia.[1]
Work edit
Grosvenor was one of the 10 artists that founded the cooperative Park Place Gallery in New York City, open from 1963 to 1967.[4][5] The other founders of the gallery included Mark di Suvero, Dean Fleming, Forrest Myers, Peter Forakis, Leo Valledor, Tamara Melcher, Tony Magar, and Edwin Ruda.[4][5]
In Grosvenor's work, he uses a mixture of industrial materials such as car body parts, plexiglass, stone, brick, concrete, and plastic.[6][3] One of his best known sculptures is Tapanga (1965), originally exhibited in the mid-1960's and later realized in a monumental version at the Storm King Art Center.[7] His work has helped define minimalism and was included in the seminal group exhibitions, Primary Structures (Jewish Museum, 1966), and Minimal Art (Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 1968).
Art market edit
Grosvenor is represented by Karma Gallery and Galerie Max Hetzler.[8] Until 2023, he also worked with Paula Cooper Gallery.[9]
Recognition edit
- 2020 – Ezratti Family Prize for Sculpture award, ICA Miami, Miami, Florida[10]
- 1972 – American Academy of Arts and Letters grant.[1]
- 1970, 1983 – Guggenheim Fellowship;[1][11]
- 1970 – National Endowment for the Arts grant;[1]
Exhibitions edit
List of select exhibits by Grosvenor:
Solo exhibitions edit
- 2019–2021, Robert Grosvenor, ICA Miami, Miami, Florida[6]
- 1992, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland[12]
Group exhibitions edit
- 2012, The Room of the Line, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
- 2010, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York[2]
- 2006, What is plastic? 100 years - 100 heads: the century of modern sculpture, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- 2003, It happened tomorrow, Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
- 1999, Forum: Robert Grosvenor, Andreas Gursky, John Wesley, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1995, American Sculptors in the 1960s: Selected Drawings from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
- 1987, documenta 8, Kassel, Hesse, Germany[13]
- 1987, L'Epoque, La Mode, La Morale, La Passion: Aspects de l'art d'aujourd'hui 1977-1987, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- 1977, documenta 6, Kassel, Hesse, Germany[14]
- 1976, 200 Years of American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
- 1971, Sonsbeek 71, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, The Netherlands
- 1970, Preliminary Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York[15]
- 1968, Minimal Art, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (now Kunstmuseum Den Haag), The Hague, The Netherlands[16]
- 1967, Park Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.[1]
- 1966, Primary Structures, Jewish Museum, New York City, New York[16]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Strobl, Andreas (2009). "Grosvenor, Robert". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online [Artists of the World Online] (in German). De Gruyter.
- ^ a b "Robert Grosvenor". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ a b "Robert Grosvenor's Fractured Beams". Artforum.com. May 1974. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ a b ""Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York" at Blanton Museum of Art". Artforum.com. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ a b Landfield, Ronnie (June 1995). "Lyrical Abstraction". www.abstract-art.com/. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ a b Lindquist, Greg (2010-04-02). "ArtSeen: Robert Grosvenor". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ Pepe Karmel (8 March 1996), Art in Review New York Times.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (23 January 2023), Minimalist Sculptor Robert Grosvenor Leaves New York’s Paula Cooper Gallery After More Than 50 Years ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (23 January 2023), Minimalist Sculptor Robert Grosvenor Leaves New York’s Paula Cooper Gallery After More Than 50 Years ARTnews.
- ^ Galvan, Abraham (2021-03-23). "Institute of Contemporary Art issues children's video game". Miami Today. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ "Robert S. Grosvenor". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ Henderson, Linda Dalrymple (2008). La Línea Continua: The Judy and Charles Tate Collection of Latin American Art. The Blanton Museum of Art. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-9815738-0-9.
- ^ "Art in Society and Documenta 8". Art in America. F.F. Sherman. 1987. p. 256.
- ^ Contemporary Artists. Volume 9 of Contemporary Arts Series. St. James Press. 1996. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-55862-183-1.
- ^ "Preliminary Drawings, May 23–Aug 31, 1970". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ a b "Robert Grosvenor". Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
External links edit
- Oral history interview with Robert Grosvenor, 1972 Aug. 9, from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution