Adrian Piper papers

Alloway, Lawrence, 1926-1990

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Lawrence Alloway, born in England in 1926 and largely self-educated, became a major 20th century critic of American art, known for his pluralism and inclusiveness. As a young man he was associated with the Independent Group in England, a circle of artists, critics and writers that included Reyner Banham, and that questioned conventional distinctions between high and low art. As a director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in London from 1954 to 1959, he introduced American Abstrac...

Mayer, Rosemary

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Piper, Adrian, 1948-....

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Piper, Adrian, 1948, Conceptual artist, educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Adrian Piper 1990 Sept. 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398341 Conceptual artist, educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Adrian Piper 1990 Sept. 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83636693 Conceptual artist, philosophy professor; b. 1948. From the description of Adrian Piper pap...

Buchanan, Nancy, 1946-

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Nancy Buchanan (b. Nancy Page Ridenour, Aug. 30, 1946, Boston, MA) is an artist best known for her work in installation, performance, and video art. She played a central role in the feminist art movement in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Her father was physicist Louis Ridenour. Buchanan earned her B.A. and M.F.A. at the University of California, Irvine and studied with Larry Bell, Vija Celmins, David Hockney, and Robert Irwin. Buchanan has made videos and performances that combine the personal and t...

LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007

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Sol LeWitt (1928 – 2007) Sol LeWitt was born on September 9th, 1928 in Hartford, Connecticut to Eastern European immigrants. His father, a doctor and inventor, died when he was 6. Soon after, he moved with his mother, a nurse, to live with an aunt in New Britain, Connecticut. His mother took him to art classes at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford and he would draw on wrapping paper from his aunt’s grocery store. LeWitt received a BFA from Syracuse University in 1949 (where he made his f...