biography of Robert MORRIS (1931-2018)
Personal data
Birth : 02/09/1931 - Kansas City MO Missouri, United States
Death : 11/28/2018
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Gardiner NY New York, United StatesEducation
Hunter College – City University of New York – New York NY, United States
1948 – 1950 : UMKC University of Missouri – Kansas City – 5100 Rockhill Road – Kansas City MO, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1959:Moves to New York NY, USA.
Morris grew interested in dance while living in San Francisco CA, USA with his wife, the dancer and choreographer Simone FORTI.
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Steel
Performing Art : Dance - Performance - Theater
Movements and styles
1960-1964 : FluxusLand Art
Minimal Art
Conceptual Art
Abstraction
Works
Wall Hanging | |
Date of creation : 1969-1970 Medium : Installation | |
Untitled | |
Date of creation : 1968-1972 Medium : Installation Materials : wood-textile material Size : 262 x 700 x 176 cm | |
Untitled (Corner Piece) | |
Date of creation : 1964 Medium : Installation Size : 72 x 102 x 51 inch | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Threadwaste, Portland Mirrors
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
09/24/2006 – 12/31/2006
2005
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Luigi Pecci – Prato PO, Italy
2005 – 05/29/2005
Small Fires and Mnemonic Nights
Leo Castelli Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/28/2005 – 03/19/2005
2003
Blind Time Drawings
Dominique Haim Chanin Fine Arts – New York NY, United States
09/12/2003 – 11/01/2003
1995
Deichtorhallen – Hamburg, Germany
03/09/1995 – 05/07/1995
Robert Morris : The Mind/Body Problem
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
01/15/1995 – 04/04/1994
1970
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1970
1967
Robert Morris
Leo Castelli – New York NY, United States
1967
1964
Richard Green Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/16/1964 – 01/09/1965
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Pietro Sparta – 6 rue de Beaune – Chagny, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Sprüth Magers – Wormser Strasse 23 – Cologne, Germany
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Sprüth Magers – Wormser Strasse 23 – Cologne, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Sprüth Magers – Wormser Strasse 23 – Cologne, Germany
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Pietro Sparta – 6 rue de Beaune – Chagny, France
2001
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Pietro Sparta – 6 rue de Beaune – Chagny, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Sprüth Magers – Schellingstrasse 48 – Munich, Germany
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Sprüth Magers – Wormser Strasse 23 – Cologne, Germany
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Philomene Magers – Maria-Hilf-Strasse, 17 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
2003
De Mémoires
Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains – Tourcoing, France
10/18/2003 – 12/28/2003
Options Sculpture
Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain – Nîmes, France
05/06/2003 – 08/31/2003
Sculpture
Grant Selwyn Fine Art – New York NY, United States
05/03/2003 – 06/23/2003
Collection, nouvelle présentation
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
04/25/2003 – 08/03/2003
Le Cabinet de Jean-Michel Alberola : le fait accompli
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
03/07/2003 – 04/12/2003
Mémoire du visible
Chalcographie du Louvre – Paris, France
01/17/2003 – 04/14/2003
2002
Les Années 70, l’art en cause
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Bordeaux, France
2002 – 01/19/2003
L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003
XI Biennale della Scultura “Città di Carrara”
Carrare MS, Italy
07/27/2002 – 08/27/2002
From Pop to Now: selections from the Sonnabend Collection
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery – Skidmore College – Saratoga Springs NY, United States
06/22/2002 – 09/29/2002
A Measure of Reality
Kettle’s Yard Gallery – Cambridge, United Kingdom
03/09/2002 – 04/28/2002
2001
Into the Light : the Projected Image in American Art 1964-1977
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
10/18/2001 – 01/27/2002
Portraits photographiques d’artistes
Salle Rossini – Paris, France
10/04/2001 – 10/06/2001
Works on paper from Acconci to Zittel
Victoria Miro Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001
2000
Changing Perceptions: The Panza Collection at the Guggenheim Museum
Kunsthalle Bielefeld – Bilbao, Spain
2000
1999
Pascal Convert, Robert Morris et Luciano Fabro
Pietro Spartà – Chagny, France
1999
1998
Forty Years of Exploration and Innovation: The Artists of the Castelli Gallery 1957- 1997 Part III
Leo Castelli / Soho – New York NY, United States
01/10/1998 – 01/31/1998
1997
Abstraction Index
Condeso/Lawler Gallery – New York NY, United States
1997
Forty Years of Exploration and Innovation: The Artists of the Castelli Gallery 1957- 1997 Part II
Leo Castelli – New York NY, United States
11/22/1997 – 12/13/1997
1988
Arte minimal de la Colección Panza
MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
03/24/1988 – 12/31/1988
1987
Documenta 8
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/12/1987 – 09/20/1987
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
2000
Heterotopie/Heterotopias
Publisher: Editions JRP – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2000
ISBN : 2940271089
On the artist
Books
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
CD-Rom
1999
Le Centre Georges Pompidou “La Collection”
Publisher: MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou 19 rue Beaubourg – Paris, France
Publisher: Infogrames Entertainment – 1 place Verrazano – Lyon, France
1999
Dictionaries
2001
Dictionnaire des Arts Plastiques Modernes et Contemporains
Publisher: Editions Gründ – 60, rue Mazarine – Paris, France
Author: Delarge Jean-Pierre
03/2001
ISBN : 27000559