Kim MacConnel was a leader in the Pattern and Decoration movement that flourished on the coasts (particularly California) in the 1970's and 1980's, against the prevailing tide of Minimalism. Born in... Read full biography
Kim MacConnel was a leader in the Pattern and Decoration movement that flourished on the coasts (particularly California) in the 1970's and 1980's, against the prevailing tide of Minimalism. Born in Oklahoma City in 1946, MacConnel studied painting at the University of California, San Diego,... Read full biography
Kim MacConnel was a leader in the Pattern and Decoration movement that flourished on the coasts (particularly California) in the 1970's and 1980's, against the prevailing tide of Minimalism. Born in Oklahoma City in 1946, MacConnel studied painting at the University of California, San Diego, receiving his BA in 1969 and his MFA in 1972. He then taught at the school from 1975 to 2009. The loose-knit group of artists working in the Pattern and Decoration style, including MacConnel, was influenced... Read full biography
Kim MacConnel was a leader in the Pattern and Decoration movement that flourished on the coasts (particularly California) in the 1970's and 1980's, against the prevailing tide of Minimalism. Born in Oklahoma City in 1946, MacConnel studied painting at the University of California, San Diego, receiving his BA in 1969 and his MFA in 1972. He then taught at the school from 1975 to 2009. The loose-knit group of artists working in the Pattern and Decoration style, including MacConnel, was influenced by global textiles, ancient pattern motifs, and folk and kitsch culture, putting a bohemian spin on American traditional crafts. The lyrical abstraction of twentieth century artists such as Arthur Dove, Sonia Delaunay and the later works of Henri... Read full biography
Kim MacConnel was a leader in the Pattern and Decoration movement that flourished on the coasts (particularly California) in the 1970's and 1980's, against the prevailing tide of Minimalism. Born in Oklahoma City in 1946, MacConnel studied painting at the University of California, San Diego, receiving his BA in 1969 and his MFA in 1972. He then taught at the school from 1975 to 2009. The loose-knit group of artists working in the Pattern and Decoration style, including MacConnel, was influenced by global textiles, ancient pattern motifs, and folk and kitsch culture, putting a bohemian spin on American traditional crafts. The lyrical abstraction of twentieth century artists such as Arthur Dove, Sonia Delaunay and the later works of Henri Matisse also figured prominently into the bright colors, rhythmic compositions and approachability of the works. MacConnel’s paintings ar... Read full biography
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About Kim MacConnel: Books
Books & Publications (19)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Parrot Talk: A Retrospective of Works by Kim MacConnel (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Duncan, Goldin, Kushner & MacC
48 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992
Kurtz, Bruce D
256 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972
1987
Krane, Susan
379 pages (color)
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hunter, Sam
269 pages (color)
American Art Now
1985
Lucie-Smith, Edward
160 pages (color)
American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marshall, Richard
124 pages
The Pluralist Era: American Art 1968-1981
1984
Robins, Corrine
246 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
1981 Biennial Exhibition Whitney Museum (Exhibition catalog)