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Michael Murphy (born March 22, 1975) is an American artist, sculptor and pioneer of the perceptual art movement. Murphy became widely known during the 2008 U.S. presidential election, after creating the first portrait of candidate Barack Obama in 2007 that influenced thousands of artists [1] to contribute to the "Art for Obama" movement, [2] documented in Shepard Fairey's book Art for Obama ...
The Art Institute of New York City was a for-profit college in New York City. The school was one of a number of Art Institutes , a franchise of for-profit art colleges with many branches in North America, owned and operated by Education Management Corporation .
Allan McCollum (born 4 August 1944) is a contemporary American artist who lives and works in New York City. In 1975, his work was included in the Whitney Biennial, and he moved to New York City the same year. In the late 1970s, he became especially well known for his series, Surrogate Paintings.
Portrait of America, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA Opening Exhibition “Inter-Racial Art”, International Print Society, New York, USA 1942 The 8th Annual Group Exhibition by American Artists, Montross Gallery, New York, USA 1941 Art for China, Ritz Tower, New York, USA
Shimon Attie (born 1957) is a contemporary visual artist based in New York City. He is known for nuanced, often deeply researched projects situated between installation art, video and photography. He is known for nuanced, often deeply researched projects situated between installation art, video and photography.
Joseph Cornell Untitled (Dieppe) c. 1958, Museum of Modern Art, (New York City).. Cornell's most characteristic art works were boxed assemblages created from found objects. These are simple shadow boxes, usually fronted with a glass pane, in which he arranged eclectic fragments of photographs or Victorian bric-a-brac, in a way that combines the formal austerity of Constructivism with the ...
Glenn David Lowry (born September 28, 1954) [1] is an American art historian and director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City since 1995. His initiatives there include strengthening MoMA's contemporary art program, significantly developing the collection holdings in all media, and guiding two major campaigns for the renovation, expansion, and endowment of the museum. [2]
After finishing school, Robert Gwathmey was a professor at several colleges: Temple University in Philadelphia (1930-1932), [5] Beaver College in Glenside, PA (1930–1937), Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA (1939–1942), the Cooper Union School of Art, New York City (1942–1968), New School for Social Research, New York (1946 ...