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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About Robert Kushner: Books
Books & Publications (34)
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The Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Center
2006
Roussel, Christine
159 pages (color)
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 Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press
1996
Brown, Kathan
287 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990
1995
Hansen, Trudy (others)
248 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992
Kurtz, Bruce D
256 pages (color)
Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945
1991
Hoffman, Katherine
400 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
The New Subjectivism Art in the 1980s
1988
Kuspit, Donald
578 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Robert Kushner (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Kardon, Janet
64 pages (color)
The New Image Painting in the 1980s
1986
Godfrey, Tony
159 pages (color)
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hunter, Sam
269 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
50 New York Artists
1986
Marshall, Richard
118 pages (color)
The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984
DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones
320 pages
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 American Artist as Printmaker (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Walker, Barry
144 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
American Artists on Art from 1940 to 1980
1982
Johnson, Ellen H (editor)
274 pages
Shift L A / N Y (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Newport Harbor Art Museum
64 pages (color)
The International Trans-avantgarde
1982
Oliva, Achille Bonito
320 pages (color)
1981 Biennial Exhibition Whitney Museum (Exhibition catalog)