Dorothea Rockburne
Born 1932
Contemporary
artist Dorothea Rockburne, part of an influential 1960s circle of
artists and performers, became known for austere, yet complex and
referential works.
While bouts of pneumonia often
confined her in early childhood, Rockburne soon became an avid attendant
of weekend art classes at Montreal’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Her formal
art training continued at Black Mountain College in North Carolina,
where Rockburne found her work influenced by peers Robert Rauschenberg,
Cy Twombly, and modern-dance pioneer Merce Cunningham.
In New York City, Rockburne participated in various dance classes and joined innovative performing artists Steve Paxton, Carolee Schneemann, and former classmate Rauschenberg in the Judson Dance Theater Collective. Rockburne's first one-woman exhibition, held in New York in 1970, launched her career as a full-time visual artist.
Since then she has produced numerous series of largely monochromatic works known as painted structures, inspired by such diverse sources as the Golden Section, Italian Renaissance frescoes, and Mandelbrot's ideas about fractals. Rockburne’s body of work is unified by her desire to reveal processes; her creations are neither drawings nor paintings nor sculptures, but reside amid these categories.
Rockburne has taught in New York, Maine, and Rome; won awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts; and had important solo shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States, including a major 1989 retrospective at Brandeis University.
In New York City, Rockburne participated in various dance classes and joined innovative performing artists Steve Paxton, Carolee Schneemann, and former classmate Rauschenberg in the Judson Dance Theater Collective. Rockburne's first one-woman exhibition, held in New York in 1970, launched her career as a full-time visual artist.
Since then she has produced numerous series of largely monochromatic works known as painted structures, inspired by such diverse sources as the Golden Section, Italian Renaissance frescoes, and Mandelbrot's ideas about fractals. Rockburne’s body of work is unified by her desire to reveal processes; her creations are neither drawings nor paintings nor sculptures, but reside amid these categories.
Rockburne has taught in New York, Maine, and Rome; won awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts; and had important solo shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States, including a major 1989 retrospective at Brandeis University.
Dorothea Rockburne
Nació en Montreal, Canadá, en 1932. Vive y trabaja en Nueva York. Estudió en Montreal Museum School y en Black Mountein College. Cuando estaba en Black Mountain College, la enseñanza de Max Dehn, un famoso matemático y amigo de Abert Einstein, causó un gran impacto en la obra de Rockburne. Dehn le enseño la geometría de Pitágoras y de Euclides, teoría y topología, y los conceptos de los intervalos armónicos. La enseñaza de Dehn emergía del mundo matemático y llevó a Rockburne a complejos acercamientos a la astronomía, cosmología y a una fascinación por el uso de los antiguos egipcios de la proporción y de la luz . Trabajó con distintos materiales, incluso con pintura industrial, papel carbón, metal y varios materiales naturales como lino, papel, etc.
Se trasladó a Nueva York en 1955 donde conoció a muchos artistas y poetas -
Ha dado clases en Nueva York, Maine y Rome y ha recibido premios de la Guggenhein Foundation y de National Endowment for the Arts- Ha expuesto en Europa, Canada y en los Estados Unidos
Es miembro de la American Academy of Arts and Letters y de la National Academy of Design
Dorothea Rockburne
Born 1932
Contemporary
artist Dorothea Rockburne, part of an influential 1960s circle of
artists and performers, became known for austere, yet complex and
referential works.
While bouts of pneumonia often
confined her in early childhood, Rockburne soon became an avid attendant
of weekend art classes at Montreal’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Her formal
art training continued at Black Mountain College in North Carolina,
where Rockburne found her work influenced by peers Robert Rauschenberg,
Cy Twombly, and modern-dance pioneer Merce Cunningham.
In New York City, Rockburne participated in various dance classes and joined innovative performing artists Steve Paxton, Carolee Schneemann, and former classmate Rauschenberg in the Judson Dance Theater Collective. Rockburne's first one-woman exhibition, held in New York in 1970, launched her career as a full-time visual artist.
Since then she has produced numerous series of largely monochromatic works known as painted structures, inspired by such diverse sources as the Golden Section, Italian Renaissance frescoes, and Mandelbrot's ideas about fractals. Rockburne’s body of work is unified by her desire to reveal processes; her creations are neither drawings nor paintings nor sculptures, but reside amid these categories.
Rockburne has taught in New York, Maine, and Rome; won awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts; and had important solo shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States, including a major 1989 retrospective at Brandeis University.
In New York City, Rockburne participated in various dance classes and joined innovative performing artists Steve Paxton, Carolee Schneemann, and former classmate Rauschenberg in the Judson Dance Theater Collective. Rockburne's first one-woman exhibition, held in New York in 1970, launched her career as a full-time visual artist.
Since then she has produced numerous series of largely monochromatic works known as painted structures, inspired by such diverse sources as the Golden Section, Italian Renaissance frescoes, and Mandelbrot's ideas about fractals. Rockburne’s body of work is unified by her desire to reveal processes; her creations are neither drawings nor paintings nor sculptures, but reside amid these categories.
Rockburne has taught in New York, Maine, and Rome; won awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts; and had important solo shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States, including a major 1989 retrospective at Brandeis University.
Dorothea Rockburne
Born 1932
Contemporary
artist Dorothea Rockburne, part of an influential 1960s circle of
artists and performers, became known for austere, yet complex and
referential works.
While bouts of pneumonia often
confined her in early childhood, Rockburne soon became an avid attendant
of weekend art classes at Montreal’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Her formal
art training continued at Black Mountain College in North Carolina,
where Rockburne found her work influenced by peers Robert Rauschenberg,
Cy Twombly, and modern-dance pioneer Merce Cunningham.
In New York City, Rockburne participated in various dance classes and joined innovative performing artists Steve Paxton, Carolee Schneemann, and former classmate Rauschenberg in the Judson Dance Theater Collective. Rockburne's first one-woman exhibition, held in New York in 1970, launched her career as a full-time visual artist.
Since then she has produced numerous series of largely monochromatic works known as painted structures, inspired by such diverse sources as the Golden Section, Italian Renaissance frescoes, and Mandelbrot's ideas about fractals. Rockburne’s body of work is unified by her desire to reveal processes; her creations are neither drawings nor paintings nor sculptures, but reside amid these categories.
Rockburne has taught in New York, Maine, and Rome; won awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts; and had important solo shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States, including a major 1989 retrospective at Brandeis University.
In New York City, Rockburne participated in various dance classes and joined innovative performing artists Steve Paxton, Carolee Schneemann, and former classmate Rauschenberg in the Judson Dance Theater Collective. Rockburne's first one-woman exhibition, held in New York in 1970, launched her career as a full-time visual artist.
Since then she has produced numerous series of largely monochromatic works known as painted structures, inspired by such diverse sources as the Golden Section, Italian Renaissance frescoes, and Mandelbrot's ideas about fractals. Rockburne’s body of work is unified by her desire to reveal processes; her creations are neither drawings nor paintings nor sculptures, but reside amid these categories.
Rockburne has taught in New York, Maine, and Rome; won awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts; and had important solo shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States, including a major 1989 retrospective at Brandeis University.
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