Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) Americanminimalistartist. September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about on art and design. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Andre was born in Quincy, Massachusetts and educated in Quincy public schools and at Philips Academy, Andover, where he became friends with Hollis Frampton and Michael Chapman. Andre served in the U.S. Army in North Carolina from 1955-56. He moved to New York City and in 1958 met Frank Stella in whose studio he developed a series of wooden "cut" sculptures. From 1960-64 Andre worked as freight brakeman and conductor in New Jersey for the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1965 his first public exhibition of work was in the "Shape and Structure" show curated by Henry Geldzahler at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery. In 1970 he had a one man exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY and has had one man exhibitions and participated in group shows in major museums, galleries and kunsthalles throughout America and Europe to the present. Andre's concept of sculpture as "place" is of singular importance to the evolution of his work and "minimalist" work in general. Nickname: The City of Presidents Official website: http://ci. ...
In 1972 the Tate Gallery in London bought his Equivalent VIII (1966), which was an international "success du scandal." Andre also writes concrete poetry which has been exhibited in the United States and Europe, a comprehensive collection of which is in the collection of the Stedjlik Museum, Amsterdam. He is represented by the Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website Tate Online (1998). ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... Poetry that visually conveys the poets meaning through the graphic arrangement of letters, words, or symbols on the page. ...
In 1986 he was acquitted of murder in the death of his wife, artist Ana Mendieta. Ana Mendieta (1948 – 8 September 1985) was a Cuban-born American artist famous for her performance art and video works. ...
Andre was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and after studying art in the States and in Europe became an intelligence officer with the United States Army in North Carolina.
Andre's work has been typified by the use of natural or simple commercially available materials, such as bricks, metal plates or concrete blocks, stacked or arranged side by side in simple patterns.
Andre was marriend to the Performance Artist Ana Mendieta untill her death in 1985.
Andre was born in hamilton, Massachusetts and educated in Quincy public schools and at Philips Academy, Andover, where he became friends with Hollis Frampton and Michael Chapman.
Andre served in the U.S. Army in North Carolina from 1955-56.
Andre's concept of sculpture as "place" is of singular importance to the evolution of his work and "minimalist" work in general.
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