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John Harvey McCracken BIOGRAPHY
1934 Berkeley, California - 2011 Manhattan, New York City. Known for: Minimalist sculpture-dark lacquered, shining forms, painting.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work and which said he had been ill for most of the past year. He lived in Santa Fe, N.M., and New York. A tall, lanky man who in photographs resembled a cross between Clint Eastwood and Jack Palance, Mr. McCracken approached Minimalism — known for its... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work and which said he had been ill for most of the past year. He lived in Santa Fe, N.M., and New York. A tall, lanky man who in photographs resembled a cross between Clint Eastwood and Jack Palance, Mr. McCracken approached Minimalism — known for its literal-mindedness, industrial fabrication and resistance to interpretation — with a sense of play, craft and spirituality th... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist,
"John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76"
By ROBERTA SMITH
Published: April 10, 2011
John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76.
His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work and which said he had been ill for most of the past year. He lived in Santa Fe, N.M., and New York.
A tall, lanky man who in photographs resembled a cross between Clint Eastwood and Jack Palance, Mr. McCracken approached Mi...But wait, there's more...
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