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 States

Education

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 : Fluxus
Land 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

Legals