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Born 1935 Dublin, Ireland. Known for: Mod figure, environments, collage.
Conceptual artist Les Levine, born in 1935 in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York City. He was a founder of media art, his first videotapes produced in 1964. Since then, he has created... Read full biography
Conceptual artist Les Levine, born in 1935 in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York City. He was a founder of media art, his first videotapes produced in 1964. Since then, he has created environments, installations, sculptures and mass media campaigns. He also makes plasticine models for these... Read full biography
Conceptual artist Les Levine, born in 1935 in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York City. He was a founder of media art, his first videotapes produced in 1964. Since then, he has created environments, installations, sculptures and mass media campaigns. He also makes plasticine models for these media projects. Levine's large-scale drawings on canvas are usually 6' x 8' in size and are done with oil stick or with wax on paper. Typically, his work consists of an image of an object, such as a... Read full biography
Conceptual artist Les Levine, born in 1935 in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York City. He was a founder of media art, his first videotapes produced in 1964. Since then, he has created environments, installations, sculptures and mass media campaigns. He also makes plasticine models for these media projects. Levine's large-scale drawings on canvas are usually 6' x 8' in size and are done with oil stick or with wax on paper. Typically, his work consists of an image of an object, such as a building, combined with a word, for example, "Taking a Position," is one of his large drawings. Levine was educated at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, England. His awards include First Prize at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and a grant... Read full biography
Conceptual artist Les Levine, born in 1935 in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York City. He was a founder of media art, his first videotapes produced in 1964. Since then, he has created environments, installations, sculptures and mass media campaigns. He also makes plasticine models for these media projects. Levine's large-scale drawings on canvas are usually 6' x 8' in size and are done with oil stick or with wax on paper. Typically, his work consists of an image of an object, such as a building, combined with a word, for example, "Taking a Position," is one of his large drawings. Levine was educated at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, England. His awards include First Prize at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. His work, exhibited at Documenta, Kassel, West Germany, and the Finch Colleg... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Plastics
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Environment
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Nature, Environment, Botanicals, Conservation
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art