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John Ahearn PUBLICATIONS
Born 1951 Binghamton, New York. Known for: Sculptor-super real figure, plaster cast.
John Ahearn is best known as a sculptor who uses plaster or fiberglass to create life-casts of figures. Born in Binghampton, New York in 1951, Ahearn later attended Cornell University and settled in... Read full biography
John Ahearn is best known as a sculptor who uses plaster or fiberglass to create life-casts of figures. Born in Binghampton, New York in 1951, Ahearn later attended Cornell University and settled in the Bronx. Originally trained as a painter, Ahearn began making casts of his friends and neighbors... Read full biography
John Ahearn is best known as a sculptor who uses plaster or fiberglass to create life-casts of figures. Born in Binghampton, New York in 1951, Ahearn later attended Cornell University and settled in the Bronx. Originally trained as a painter, Ahearn began making casts of his friends and neighbors at the suggestion of his apprentice and later collaborator Rigoberto Torres. His first casts, taken of the people in his South Bronx neighborhood, were exhibited in 1980. He created his sculptures from... Read full biography
John Ahearn is best known as a sculptor who uses plaster or fiberglass to create life-casts of figures. Born in Binghampton, New York in 1951, Ahearn later attended Cornell University and settled in the Bronx. Originally trained as a painter, Ahearn began making casts of his friends and neighbors at the suggestion of his apprentice and later collaborator Rigoberto Torres. His first casts, taken of the people in his South Bronx neighborhood, were exhibited in 1980. He created his sculptures from predominantly working-class subjects near his home. His work is a social commentary on the American scene, portraying individuals in ordinary settings complete with specific attributes of the sitter, from clothing to hairstyles. He has actively... Read full biography
John Ahearn is best known as a sculptor who uses plaster or fiberglass to create life-casts of figures. Born in Binghampton, New York in 1951, Ahearn later attended Cornell University and settled in the Bronx. Originally trained as a painter, Ahearn began making casts of his friends and neighbors at the suggestion of his apprentice and later collaborator Rigoberto Torres. His first casts, taken of the people in his South Bronx neighborhood, were exhibited in 1980. He created his sculptures from predominantly working-class subjects near his home. His work is a social commentary on the American scene, portraying individuals in ordinary settings complete with specific attributes of the sitter, from clothing to hairstyles. He has actively exhibited in the United States and his works are included in many private and public collections.
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997Marquis Who's Who1,515 pagesThe Paine Webber Art Collection
1995Flam, Jack; Donald Marron304 pages (color)Art Today
1995Lucie-Smith, Edward512 pages (color)Greenville County Museum of Art The Southern Collection
1995Severens, Martha R289 pages (color)American Realism
1994Lucie-Smith, Edward240 pages (color)Devil on the Stairs Looking Back on the Eighties
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Storr, Robert/J Tannenbaum96 pages (color)Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991Wheeler, Daniel344 pages (color)Mixed Blessings New Art in a Multicultural America
1990Lippard, Lucy R279 pages (color)New, Used and Improved Art for the 80's
1987Frank, Peter/Michael McKenzie159 pages (color)An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940
1986
(Exhibition catalog)Hunter, Sam269 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesAmerican Art Now
1985Lucie-Smith, Edward160 pages (color)The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones320 pagesNew Art
1984Freeman, Phyllis207 pages (color)The Figure in 20th Century American Art Metropolitan Museum of Art
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Sims, Lowery Stokes167 pages (color)New Figuration in America John Porter Retzer Exhibition
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Milwaukee Art Museum122 pages (color)