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Michael Hurson BIOGRAPHY
1941 Youngstown, Ohio - 2007 Nyack, New York. Known for: Whimsical drawings and paintings-cubism.
A modernist, innovative painter and sculptor whose styles ranged from Cubism to Pop Art, Michael Hurson was born in Youngstown, Ohio and beginning in the late 1960s, became a part of the New York art... Read full biography
A modernist, innovative painter and sculptor whose styles ranged from Cubism to Pop Art, Michael Hurson was born in Youngstown, Ohio and beginning in the late 1960s, became a part of the New York art scene. His longtime dealer was Paula Cooper, and his first one-person exhibition in New York was in... Read full biography
A modernist, innovative painter and sculptor whose styles ranged from Cubism to Pop Art, Michael Hurson was born in Youngstown, Ohio and beginning in the late 1960s, became a part of the New York art scene. His longtime dealer was Paula Cooper, and his first one-person exhibition in New York was in 1974 at the Museum of Modern Art. Although he was more associated with painting, his MOMA entries were 'Projects', "seven meticulously detailed, balsa-wood models of modern interiors. Placed at eye... Read full biography
A modernist, innovative painter and sculptor whose styles ranged from Cubism to Pop Art, Michael Hurson was born in Youngstown, Ohio and beginning in the late 1960s, became a part of the New York art scene. His longtime dealer was Paula Cooper, and his first one-person exhibition in New York was in 1974 at the Museum of Modern Art. Although he was more associated with painting, his MOMA entries were 'Projects', "seven meticulously detailed, balsa-wood models of modern interiors. Placed at eye level throughout the gallery, the works were like miniature stage sets for plays waiting to take place." . Eight years later, at the Public Theatre in New York, he created "a sort of immobile puppet show, a gosspipy conversation between two... Read full biography
A modernist, innovative painter and sculptor whose styles ranged from Cubism to Pop Art, Michael Hurson was born in Youngstown, Ohio and beginning in the late 1960s, became a part of the New York art scene. His longtime dealer was Paula Cooper, and his first one-person exhibition in New York was in 1974 at the Museum of Modern Art. Although he was more associated with painting, his MOMA entries were 'Projects', "seven meticulously detailed, balsa-wood models of modern interiors. Placed at eye level throughout the gallery, the works were like miniature stage sets for plays waiting to take place." . Eight years later, at the Public Theatre in New York, he created "a sort of immobile puppet show, a gosspipy conversation between two lightbulbs, one red, the other blue---two sides of the same persona." It is likely that Hurson was influenced... Read full biography
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A modernist, innovative painter and sculptor whose styles ranged from Cubism to Pop Art, Michael Hurson was born in Youngstown, Ohio and beginning in the late 1960s, became a part of the New York art scene. His longtime dealer was Paula Cooper, and his first one-person exhibition in New York was in 1974 at the Museum of Modern Art. Although he was more associated with painting, his MOMA entries were 'Projects', "seven meticulously detailed, balsa-wood models of modern interiors. Placed at eye level throughout the gallery, the works were like miniature stage sets for plays waiting to take place."
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