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1939 Chicago, Illinois - 2021 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Drawing, funk figure-faces, "Hairy Who," imagist, sculpture, drawing.
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy... Read full biography
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources. Karl Wirsum, whose avid,... Read full biography
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources. Karl Wirsum, whose avid, sometimes robotic figures in both two and three dimensions exemplified the group of disruptive artists known in the late 1960s as the Hairy Who, died on May 6 in Chicago. He was 81. His death was... Read full biography
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources. Karl Wirsum, whose avid, sometimes robotic figures in both two and three dimensions exemplified the group of disruptive artists known in the late 1960s as the Hairy Who, died on May 6 in Chicago. He was 81. His death was announced by Derek Eller, his New York gallery. His family said the cause was cardiac arrest. With titles like Lana Turner With Her Own Eyebrows Before Schrafft’s and Some Underwear Over the Rainbow,”Mr. Wirsum’s art was suffused with a great deal of humor.... Read full biography
"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021. A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources. Karl Wirsum, whose avid, sometimes robotic figures in both two and three dimensions exemplified the group of disruptive artists known in the late 1960s as the Hairy Who, died on May 6 in Chicago. He was 81. His death was announced by Derek Eller, his New York gallery. His family said the cause was cardiac arrest. With titles like Lana Turner With Her Own Eyebrows Before Schrafft’s and Some Underwear Over the Rainbow,”Mr. Wirsum’s art was suffused with a great deal of humor. But the man himself was quiet and reserved, with tastes on the spartan side. Very health conscious, he... Read full biography
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"Karl Wirsum, Dynamic and Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 81," Online obituary, The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, June 20, 2021
A member of the small but influential group known as the Hairy Who, he built his art on a highly original synthesis of multiple sources.
Karl Wirsum, whose avid, sometimes robotic figures in both two and three dimensions exemplified the group of disruptive artists known in the late 1960s as the Hairy Who, died on May 6 in Chicago. He was 81.
His death was announced by Derek Eller, his New York gallery. His family said the cause was cardiac arrest.
With titles like Lana Turner With Her Own Eyebrows Before Schrafft’s and Some Underwear Over the Rainbow,”Mr. Wirsum...But wait, there's more...
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