Robert Grosvenor (artist)

Robert Grosvenor
Born
Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor[1]

(1937-03-31) March 31, 1937 (age 87)[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationÉcole des Beaux-Arts de Dijon,
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.
University of Perugia
Known forsculpture
Movementminimalism

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]

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 [fr] 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]

Exhibitions[edit]

List of select exhibits by Grosvenor:

Solo exhibitions[edit]

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Grosvenor". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  3. ^ a b "Robert Grosvenor's Fractured Beams". Artforum.com. May 1974. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  4. ^ a b ""Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York" at Blanton Museum of Art". Artforum.com. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Landfield, Ronnie (June 1995). "Lyrical Abstraction". www.abstract-art.com/. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Lindquist, Greg (2010-04-02). "ArtSeen: Robert Grosvenor". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  7. ^ Pepe Karmel (8 March 1996), Art in Review New York Times.
  8. ^ Alex Greenberger (23 January 2023), Minimalist Sculptor Robert Grosvenor Leaves New York’s Paula Cooper Gallery After More Than 50 Years ARTnews.
  9. ^ Alex Greenberger (23 January 2023), Minimalist Sculptor Robert Grosvenor Leaves New York’s Paula Cooper Gallery After More Than 50 Years ARTnews.
  10. ^ Galvan, Abraham (2021-03-23). "Institute of Contemporary Art issues children's video game". Miami Today. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  11. ^ "Robert S. Grosvenor". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Art in Society and Documenta 8". Art in America. F.F. Sherman. 1987. p. 256.
  14. ^ Contemporary Artists. Volume 9 of Contemporary Arts Series. St. James Press. 1996. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-55862-183-1.
  15. ^ "Preliminary Drawings, May 23–Aug 31, 1970". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  16. ^ a b "Robert Grosvenor". Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Retrieved 2021-09-16.

External links[edit]

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