Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110
Chicago, IL 60603-6110
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Museums page for Allan McCollum ((Born 1944)), known for Sculptor, collage, abstract painter, printmaker. Showing 20 museum collections and exhibitions.
Allan McCollum MUSEUMS
Born 1944 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Sculptor, collage, abstract painter, printmaker.
Allan McCollum is best known for his arrangements of small, solid black paintings surrounded by white matte and framed in wood. McCollums idea for this expression grew out of his interest in defining... Read full biography
Allan McCollum is best known for his arrangements of small, solid black paintings surrounded by white matte and framed in wood. McCollums idea for this expression grew out of his interest in defining painting and reducing it to a few elements. This pursuit has allowed him to produce a consistent... Read full biography
Allan McCollum is best known for his arrangements of small, solid black paintings surrounded by white matte and framed in wood. McCollums idea for this expression grew out of his interest in defining painting and reducing it to a few elements. This pursuit has allowed him to produce a consistent body of work that changes very little. His "Surrogates" as these small framed paintings are called, represent a universal sign of painting; they remove the identifiable image or the art from the viewer.... Read full biography
Allan McCollum is best known for his arrangements of small, solid black paintings surrounded by white matte and framed in wood. McCollums idea for this expression grew out of his interest in defining painting and reducing it to a few elements. This pursuit has allowed him to produce a consistent body of work that changes very little. His "Surrogates" as these small framed paintings are called, represent a universal sign of painting; they remove the identifiable image or the art from the viewer. His original idea of creating only one painting to exhibit repeatedly was altered to accommodate the potential for the art piece to be bought and sold as a true art object. His early "Surrogates" varied slightly in material and frame color. His... Read full biography
Allan McCollum is best known for his arrangements of small, solid black paintings surrounded by white matte and framed in wood. McCollums idea for this expression grew out of his interest in defining painting and reducing it to a few elements. This pursuit has allowed him to produce a consistent body of work that changes very little. His "Surrogates" as these small framed paintings are called, represent a universal sign of painting; they remove the identifiable image or the art from the viewer. His original idea of creating only one painting to exhibit repeatedly was altered to accommodate the potential for the art piece to be bought and sold as a true art object. His early "Surrogates" varied slightly in material and frame color. His later versions, cast from molds into plaster, expand upon the idea of a mass-produced generic object. In the first part of his career, McCo... Read full biography
Allan McCollum - Artist Info
About Allan McCollum: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (20)
All MuseumsCincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45202Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Grey Art Museum, New York University
100 Washington Square East
New York City, NY 10003High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution: 7th Street & Independence Ave. Sw
Mail To: Po Box 37012/Hmsg Mrc 350
Washington, DC 20013-7012Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651Long Beach Museum of Art
2300 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90803Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet
Po Box 6826
Houston, TX 77005Museum of Fine Arts-Santa Fe
107 West Palace Avenue
P.O. Box 2087
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG
U of North Carolina, Spring Garden At Tate Street
Po Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014