Sentences with phrase «pioneer environmental artist»

Louise Nevelson was a pioneer environmental artist with room - size installations composed of series of boxes, and later in her career was celebrated for her majestic, large - scale Cor - ten steel structures that are now spread all across America.

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We're reflecting on her pioneering career in the realm of site - specific, environmental art - making as she prepares for an upcoming collaborative exhibition with artist Monica Duncan, opening March 15 at the Contemporary.

Many pioneer artists of the period, like Robert Irwin and Larry Bell, began as painters, but later transitioned into more complex media and environmental installations; DeFrance stayed largely committed to examining the phenomenology of painting throughout his career.

Louise Nevelson, a pioneer creator of environmental sculpture who became one of the world's best - known artists, died Sunday evening at her home on Spring Street in Manhattan.

As a result, many new types and forms of sculpture were pioneered by American artists, including monumental stonework (Mount Rushmore), Kinetic art (mobiles), assemblage, minimalist structures, photorealist statues, pop sculptures, environmental earthworks, and multi-media sculpture.

Artist, scientist, and inventor Natalie Jeremijenko, director of the Environmental Health Clinic at NYU will be joined by Jean Case, philanthropist, investor, and pioneer in the world of interactive technologies, and Megan Smith, the United States Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Mrs. Nevelson, whose pioneering environmental sculptures made her one of the best - known artists of the 20th century, died on April 17, 1988.