NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1993 in art

See also: 1992 in art, other events of 1993, 1994 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. See also: 1991 in art, other events of 1992, 1993 in art, list of years in art, List of art events. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... See also: 1993 in art, other events of 1994, 1995 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

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4 Births
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Events

Jay Jopling opens the London gallery White Cube.
Beavis and Butt-head first appears on MTV.
The comic book collecting boom achieves its peak.

Jay Jopling (born 1963) is a British contemporary art dealer and gallerist. ... White Cube is a contemporary art venue in Hoxton in the East End of London. ... Comic book collecting is the result of an interest in antiquity, and nostalgia, as is all collecting by its very nature. ...

Awards

Archibald Prize - Garry Shead
Schock prize in Visual Arts]] - Rafael Moneo
Turner Prize - Rachel Whiteread
Wolf Prize in Arts - Bruce Nauman

The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize, and is the most prominent of all arts prizes, in Australia. ... The Schock Prizes were instituted by the will of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933-1986). ... José Rafael Moneo (born 1937) is a Spanish architect. ... The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ... Whiteread at work Rachel Whiteread (born 1963) is a British artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. ... Past winners of the Wolf Prize in Arts: 1981 Painting¹: Marc Chagall, Antoni Tapies 1982 Music¹: Vladimir Horowitz, Olivier Messiaen, Josef Tal 1983/4 Architecture¹: Ralph Erskine 1984/5 Sculpture¹: Eduardo Chillida 1986 Painting: Jasper Johns 1987 Music: Isaac Stern, Krzysztof Penderecki 1988 Architecture: Fumihiko Maki, Giancarlo de Carlo 1989... Bruce Nauman (born 1941) is a contemporary American artist. ...

Works

Births

Deaths

January 9 - Svetoslav Roerich, painter
February 19 - Pietro Pezzati, portrait painter
March 30 - Richard Diebenkorn, painter
May 30 - Henry Heerup, painter and sculptor
December 7 - Abidin Dino, painter

Categories: 1993 | Years in art January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Svetoslav Roerich (1904-January 9, 1993) Russian painter, son of Nicholas Roerich, studied from a young age under his fathers tutelage. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Pietro Pezzati (September 18, 1902 - February 19, 1993) was a noted American portrait painter who was located in the Boston area. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... Henry Heerup (November 4, 1907 - May 30, 1993) was a painter and sculptor born in Fredericksberg, Denmark. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Abidin Dino, (1913 - 1993) was a Turkish artist and a well-known painter. ...

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Art Quotes - The Quotations Page (660 words)
	Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
	Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
	Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

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	Several art educators have drawn on feminism, neo-Marxism, and poststructuralism, to challenge the claim of art's neutrality (Duncum, 1989; Hicks, 1990; Hagaman, 1990; Garber, 1995; Honeychurch, 1995).
	Art was part of their daily lives and included (but was not restricted to) a substantial amount of needlework and sewing--work characterized by a high level of skill but not distinguished by great originality.
	Collins and Renee Sandell (1984) was particularly useful in its celebration of multiple art forms and aesthetic practices and interrogations of their social origins.1 The work of Pierre Bourdieu (1984) in regard to the social distinctions inherent within art practices helped me to locate the source of the aesthetics of the women in my study.

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