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1928 Long Beach, California - 2023 La Jolla, San Diego, California. Known for: Abstract optical, light and space movement, minimalism, sculpture.
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make... Read full biography
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make viewers active participants in their experience of encountering art. Robert Irwin, an acclaimed... Read full biography
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make viewers active participants in their experience of encountering art. Robert Irwin, an acclaimed Southern California artist associated with the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, who early on stopped making paintings in favor of creating ephemeral and sometimes intangible art environments, died... Read full biography
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make viewers active participants in their experience of encountering art. Robert Irwin, an acclaimed Southern California artist associated with the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, who early on stopped making paintings in favor of creating ephemeral and sometimes intangible art environments, died on Wednesday in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He was 95. His death, at Scripps Memorial Hospital, was caused by heart failure, said Arne Glimcher, the founder and chairman of the international Pace Gallery, which has shown Mr. Irwin’s work since... Read full biography
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make viewers active participants in their experience of encountering art. Robert Irwin, an acclaimed Southern California artist associated with the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, who early on stopped making paintings in favor of creating ephemeral and sometimes intangible art environments, died on Wednesday in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He was 95. His death, at Scripps Memorial Hospital, was caused by heart failure, said Arne Glimcher, the founder and chairman of the international Pace Gallery, which has shown Mr. Irwin’s work since 1966. Mr. Irwin lived in San Diego. Within the contemporary art world, Mr. Irwin’s work on human attention a... Read full biography
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