1987 in art
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Events from the year 1987 in art.
Events[]
- 10 December – Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne) opens as a separate institution.
- 22 July – Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali is shot in London; he dies 28 August.
Awards[]
- Archibald Prize – William Robinson, Equestrian self-portrait
- John Moores Painting Prize - Tim Head for "Cow mutations"[1]
- Turner Prize – Richard Deacon
- Shortlisted were: Patrick Caulfield, Helen Chadwick, Richard Long, Declan McGonagle and Thérèse Oulton.
Works[]
- Alice Aycock – Three-Fold Manifestation II (sculpture)[2]
- Wayne Chabre – John von Neumann (gargoyle, Eugene, Oregon)
- Martin Creed – Work No. 1
- Rose Finn-Kelcey – Bureau de Change (installation)
- Ulrich Rückriem – Untitled (granite sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago)
- Richard Serra – Fulcrum (Cor-Ten steel sculture, Broadgate, City of London)[3][4]
- Andres Serrano – Piss Christ (photograph)
- Frank Stella – Decanter (sculpture, Houston, Texas)
- Werner Tübke – Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany
- Ernest Zobole – House Interior in Landscape
Births[]
- 1 August – CJ de Silva, Filipino art director, painter, graphic designer and illustrator[5]
- Xyza Cruz Bacani, Filipina street photographer
- Ibrahim Mahama, Ghanaian installation artist
Deaths[]
January to June[]
- 14 February – Else Halling, Norwegian tapestry weaver (b. 1899)
- 18 February – William Coldstream, English realist painter (b. 1908)
- 22 February – Andy Warhol, American artist, director and writer (b. 1928)
- 26 March – Georg Muche, German painter (b. 1895)
- 19 April – Milt Kahl, American animator (b. 1909)
July to December[]
- 30 July - Michel Tapié, French artist, critic, curator, and art collector (b. 1909)
- 29 August – Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist (b. c1938)
- 25 September - Harry Holtzman, American artist (b. 1912).
- 4 October – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947).
- 27 October – Jean Hélion, French painter (b. 1904)[6]
- 28 October – André Masson, French artist (b. 1896)[7]
- 4 November – Raphael Soyer Russian-born American painter, (b. 1899).
- 15 November – Ernő Goldfinger, Hungarian-born architect and furniture designer (b. 1902).
- 2 December – Robert Filliou, French Fluxus artist (b. 1926)
- 18 December - Dimitrije Bašičević, Serbian painter and sculptor (b. 1921)
Full date unknown[]
- Roland Ansieau, French Art Deco graphic artist (b. 1901).
- Huang Yao, Chinese artist (b. 1917)
- Raymond Moore, English landscape photographer (b. 1920).
- Myron Stout, American abstract painter (b. 1908).
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Tim Head - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Storm King Art Center : Archival Item : Alice Aycock, Three-Fold Manifestation II, 1987 (Refabricated 2006) (Installation view) [AycockThreefoldManifestOrigLoc]".
- ^ Sudjic, Deyan (2015). London in Fifty Design Icons. London: Conran. p. 66. ISBN 978-1840916928.
- ^ Sudjic, Deyan (2015-09-04). "London's greatest design icons". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "CJ de Silva". CJ de Silva. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
- ^ Hélion, J. (2004). Jean Hélion. London: Paul Holberton Pub. ISBN 1-903470-27-7
- ^ McCloskey, Barbara. Artists of World War II. London: Greenwood Press, 2005, ISBN 0313321531, page 34.
External links[]
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