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Encyclopedia > Alice Aycock

Alice Aycock (born November 20, 1946) is an American sculptor. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Aycock studied at Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey graduating with a bachelor of arts in 1968, she then went to New York where she studied for her masters at Hunter College where she was taught and supervised by Robert Morris, she graduated in 1971. Her early sculptures were site specific and were largely made from wood and stone, in the 1980s she began to use steel. Douglass College is the Womens College of Rutgers University. ... Nickname: Location of New Brunswick in Middlesex County Coordinates: Country United States of America State New Jersey County Middlesex Established December 30, 1730 Incorporated September 1, 1784 Government  - Type Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)  - Mayor James Cahill Area  - City  5. ... See also: Hunter College High School Hunter College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as simply Hunter College) is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), located on Manhattans Upper East Side. ... Bronze Gate (2005) is a cor-ten steel work by Robert Morris. ...


She has created installations at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1977), the San Francisco Art Institute (1979), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1983), and outside the United States including Israel, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, and Japan. In 1983 a retrospective exhibition was organized by the Württembergischer Kunstverein and traveled in Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ... The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) is an accredited undergraduate and graduate school of contemporary art located in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California, United States. ... There are several museums entitled the Museum of Contemporary Art. They include: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida, USA Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, California USA Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran Museum...


She is currently a member of the faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York. The School of Visual Arts Main Building, circa 1992. ... NY redirects here. ...


Her current project is theGhost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks a public sculpture placed on the Cumberland River in Nashville Tennessee. The Cumberland River is an important waterway in the southern United States. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ...


She has written several books about her work, including:

  • Alice Aycock projects and proposals, 1971-1978, Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, 1978.
  • Alice Aycock projects, 1979-1981, University of South Florida, 1981.

References

  • Hobbs, Robert. Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Projects. The MIT Press, 2005. 400pp. [ISBN 0-262-08339-6].
  • National Gallery of Art. Alice Aycock

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