Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed. He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures... Read full biography
Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed. He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures electronic parts He attended New York University where Sol Lewitt, Chuck Close and others were his... Read full biography
Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed. He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures electronic parts He attended New York University where Sol Lewitt, Chuck Close and others were his teachers. He graduated in 1972, then spent a year at the California Institute of Arts. His contacts in the next few years were very fortuitous; Sol Lewitt and Chuck Close, Carl Andre, David Salle, Julian... Read full biography
Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed. He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures electronic parts He attended New York University where Sol Lewitt, Chuck Close and others were his teachers. He graduated in 1972, then spent a year at the California Institute of Arts. His contacts in the next few years were very fortuitous; Sol Lewitt and Chuck Close, Carl Andre, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, etc. Bleckner is on the nervous side, beset by self-doubt, insomnia, and gloom. He is unpretentious, although he is bluntly handsome, with olive complexion, and a compact build. He is "10 percent that is superficial and 90 percent that has... Read full biography
Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed. He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures electronic parts He attended New York University where Sol Lewitt, Chuck Close and others were his teachers. He graduated in 1972, then spent a year at the California Institute of Arts. His contacts in the next few years were very fortuitous; Sol Lewitt and Chuck Close, Carl Andre, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, etc. Bleckner is on the nervous side, beset by self-doubt, insomnia, and gloom. He is unpretentious, although he is bluntly handsome, with olive complexion, and a compact build. He is "10 percent that is superficial and 90 percent that has to do with the depths and that is threatened by living. He is a very complicated individual... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (32)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Art at the Turn of the Millennium
1999
Larsen, Lars et all
561 pages (color)
Artists at Work Inside the Studios of Today's Most Celebrated Artists
1999
Seidner, David
0 pages
Birth of the Cool From Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Curiger, Brice
144 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
The Dakis Joannou Collection
1996
Deitch, Jeffrey
302 pages (color)
True Colors The Real Life of the Art World
1996
Haden-Guest, Anthony
344 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)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Critiques of Pure Abstraction (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Rosenthal, Mark
48 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Culture or Trash? A Provocative View of Contemporary Painting (etc)
1993
Gardner, James
227 pages
The City Influence (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Dayton Art Institute
56 pages (color)
American Artists In Their New York Studios
1992
Gotz, Stephan
175 pages (color)
Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945
1991
Hoffman, Katherine
400 pages (color)
Devil on the Stairs Looking Back on the Eighties (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Storr, Robert/J Tannenbaum
96 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
10 + 10 Contemporary Soviet and American Painters (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Smith, Gordon Dee (others)
170 pages (color)
Ross Bleckner (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Sobel, Dean
35 pages (color)
NY Art Now The Saatchi Collection
1988
Cameron, Dan
250 pages (color)
The Binational American Art of the Late 80s (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Fairbrother, Trevor (others)
226 pages (color)
Artwords 2 Discourse on the Early 80s
1988
Siegel, Jeanne (editor)
319 pages
Postminimalism into Maximalism American Art 1966-1986
1987
Pincus-Witten, Robert
429 pages
Blasted Allegories An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists