biography of Charles RAY (1953)
Personal data
Birth : 1953 - Chicago IL Illinois, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Los Angeles CA California, United StatesEducation
Rutgers University – Washington DC, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Plastic - Sculpture
Photography : Black & white photograph - Photograph in colors
Audiovisual-Multimedia : 16 mm film - Film
Performing Art : Performance
Subject
abstraction/figurationallegory
Body
children
family
women
human being
men
society problems
psy
consumer society
Works
Fashions | |
Date of creation : 1996 Medium : 16 mm film Technical data : 12' | |
Firetruck | |
Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Sculpture Materials : aluminium-plexiglas Size : 12 x 8 x 46 inch | |
Fall '91 | |
Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Sculpture Size : 244 x 66 x 91 cm | |
Male Mannequin | |
Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Plastic Process : sculpture Size : 73 x 15 x 14 inch | |
Table | |
Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Sculpture Materials : iron-plexiglas Size : 35 x 35 x 52 inch | |
All my clothes | |
Date of creation : 1973 Medium : Photograph in colors Size : 9 x 60 inch | |
Blank Piece I | |
Date of creation : 1973 Medium : Black & white photograph Size : 39 x 27 inch | |
Oh! Charley, Charley, Charley... | |
Medium : Installation Process : sculpture Size : 183 x 457 x 457 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1998
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1998
1994
Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art – Malmo, Sweden
1994
1990
Newport Harbor Museum – Newport Beach CA, United States
1990
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Greengrassi – 39C Fitsrov Street – London, United Kingdom
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Donald Young Gallery – 933 West Washington Boulevard – Chicago IL, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Durham Press, Inc. – 892 Durham Road – Durham PA, United States
2001
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States
Group exhibitions
2003
Family Ties
Peabody Essex Museum – Salem MA, United States
06/21/2003 – 09/21/2003
2002
American Standard (Para)Normality and Everyday Life
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/26/2002 – 08/30/2002
2001
Let’s entertain
Miami Art Museum – Miami FL, United States
09/14/2001 – 11/18/2001
Let’s entertain
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
03/16/2001 – 07/15/2001
2000
Au delà du Spectacle / Let’s entertain
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
11/22/2000 – 01/08/2001
Let’s entertain
Portland Art Museum – Portland OR, United States
07/07/2000 – 09/17/2000
Let’s entertain
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/12/2000 – 04/30/2000
1997
Sunshine & Noir. L.A. Art 1960-1997
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
05/16/1997 – 09/07/1997
1995
Féminin-Masculin : le sexe de l’art
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1995
1992
Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992