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Robert Kushner BIOGRAPHY
Born 1949 Pasadena, California. Known for: Sculpture, mod figure, floral, collage, prints, architect.
A member of the Pattern and Decoration movement, Robert Kushner, creates art ranging from black and white drawings done directly on walls to paintings on stitched together pieces of fabric to... Read full biography
A member of the Pattern and Decoration movement, Robert Kushner, creates art ranging from black and white drawings done directly on walls to paintings on stitched together pieces of fabric to large-scale mosaics. Kushner began his formal education at the University of California at San Diego... Read full biography
A member of the Pattern and Decoration movement, Robert Kushner, creates art ranging from black and white drawings done directly on walls to paintings on stitched together pieces of fabric to large-scale mosaics. Kushner began his formal education at the University of California at San Diego studying with Nan Goldin, who was a visiting lecturer at the school from 1969-70. In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City where he first found work as a restorer and collector of Oriental carpets. In... Read full biography
A member of the Pattern and Decoration movement, Robert Kushner, creates art ranging from black and white drawings done directly on walls to paintings on stitched together pieces of fabric to large-scale mosaics. Kushner began his formal education at the University of California at San Diego studying with Nan Goldin, who was a visiting lecturer at the school from 1969-70. In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City where he first found work as a restorer and collector of Oriental carpets. In New York his relationship with Nan Goldin continued, and she became his mentor. The pair studied the essentials of decoration, and in 1974 they traveled to Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. In the late 1970s Kushner's work was boldly colored... Read full biography
A member of the Pattern and Decoration movement, Robert Kushner, creates art ranging from black and white drawings done directly on walls to paintings on stitched together pieces of fabric to large-scale mosaics. Kushner began his formal education at the University of California at San Diego studying with Nan Goldin, who was a visiting lecturer at the school from 1969-70. In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City where he first found work as a restorer and collector of Oriental carpets. In New York his relationship with Nan Goldin continued, and she became his mentor. The pair studied the essentials of decoration, and in 1974 they traveled to Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. In the late 1970s Kushner's work was boldly colored painted-fabric works that were inspired by the textiles of Uzbekistan in which patterned fabrics are stitched together to create... Read full biography
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A member of the Pattern and Decoration movement, Robert Kushner, creates art ranging from black and white drawings done directly on walls to paintings on stitched together pieces of fabric to large-scale mosaics.
Kushner began his formal education at the University of California at San Diego studying with Nan Goldin, who was a visiting lecturer at the school from 1969-70.
In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City where he first found work as a restorer and collector of Oriental carpets. In New York his relationship with Nan Goldin continued, and she became his mentor. The pair studied the essentials of decoration, and in 1974 they traveled to Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan.
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