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1934 Berkeley, California - 2011 Manhattan, New York City. Known for: Minimalist sculpture-dark lacquered, shining forms, painting.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work and which said he had been ill for most of the past year. He lived in Santa Fe, N.M., and New York. A tall, lanky man who in photographs resembled a cross between Clint Eastwood and Jack Palance, Mr. McCracken approached Minimalism — known for its... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, . "John McCracken, Sculptor of Geometric Forms, Dies at 76". By ROBERTA SMITH. Published: April 10, 2011. John McCracken, a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 76. His death was confirmed by the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents his work and which said he had been ill for most of the past year. He lived in Santa Fe, N.M., and New York. A tall, lanky man who in photographs resembled a cross between Clint Eastwood and Jack Palance, Mr. McCracken approached Minimalism — known for its literal-mindedness, industrial fabrication and resistance to interpretation — with a sense of play, craft and spirituality th... Read full biography
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Keywords (36)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Installation Art
- •Light and Space Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Fiberglass
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Metal, Metalwork, Metal Plates, Metal Point
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Neon Light, Projected Light, Illumination
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Resin
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Art School
- •California College of Arts and Crafts, Student
- •California College of the Arts (and Crafts), Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art