1997 in art
Overview of the events of 1997 in art
Events from the year 1997 in art .
Events
Full date unknown
Exhibitions
Awards
-The Venice Biennial -
Artworks
Matthew Barney - The Erich Weiss Suite [ 10]
Louise Bourgeois – Eye Benches I, II and III (Seattle)
Maurizio Cattelan – Turisti (installation, first version)
Thornton Dial - The Bridge dedicated to Congressman John Lewis at John Lewis Plaza in
Freedom Park in Atlanta, Georgia [ 11]
Lucian Freud – Eight Months Gone
Zenos Frudakis – Statue of Ellis Arnall (Atlanta)
Antony Gormley – Another Place (sculpture)
Rodney Graham – Vexation Island (film loop)
Philip Jackson
Larry Kirkland – Garden Wreath (installation, Portland, Oregon)
Gabriel Koren - El-Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X placed at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, New York City[ 12]
Sarah Lucas – Bunny Gets Snookered (installation, including Pauline Bunny )
Ron Mueck – Dead Dad , Angel , Big Baby II and III , Man in a Sheet and Mask (Self Portrait) (sculptures)[ 13]
Odd Nerdrum
Cornelia Parker
Mass (Colder Darker Matter) (installation)
The Negative of Whispers (sculpture of found material)
Pornographic Drawings
Martin Puryear – Bearing Witness (sculpture, Washington, D.C.)
Richard Serra - Snake (completed)[ 14]
Gillian Wearing – 10–16 (video)
Films
Deaths
January to June
January 23 – Jeremy Maas , English art dealer and historian of Victorian painting (b. 1928 ).
January 25 – Dan Barry , American cartoonist (b. 1923 )
February 2 – Theodoros Stamos , Greek American abstract expressionist painter (b.1922 ).
March 7 – Martin Kippenberger , German artist (b.1953 ).
March 11 – Sam Golden , paint maker (b.1915 ).
March 15 – Victor Vasarely , Hungarian-French artist (b.1906 ).
March 19 – Willem de Kooning , Dutch born American abstract expressionist painter (b.1904 ).
March 31 – Nandor Glid , Yugoslav and Serbian sculptor (b.1924 ).
April 16 – Roland Topor , French illustrator , painter , writer and filmmaker (b.1938 ).
April 20 – Jean Louis , French costume designer (b.1907 ).
April 22 – Reg Gammon , English painter and illustrator (b.1894 )
May 23 – James Lee Byars , American artist (b.1932 ).
July to December
July 15 – Gianni Versace , Italian fashion designer , murdered (b. 1946 ; murdered)[ 15]
July 16 – Dora Maar , French photographer , poet and painter , lover of Pablo Picasso (b. 1907 )[ 16]
August 4 – Tom Eckersley , English poster artist (b. 1914 )
September 6 – Jean-Pierre Sudre , French photographer (b. 1921 )[ 17]
September 29 – Roy Lichtenstein , American pop artist (b. 1923 )
October 22 – Leonid Amalrik , Russian animator and animation director (b. 1905 )
October 23 – Claire Falkenstein , American sculptor and painter (b. 1908 )[ 18]
November 26 - Philip Berman , art collector, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania (b. 1915 [ 19]
December 16 – Lillian Disney , American artist and wife of Walt Disney (b. 1899 )[ 20]
Full date unknown
References
^ "Portrait of a Lady: Painting found in wall confirmed as stolen Klimt" . BBC News . 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2020-01-28 .
^ "Art crimes: Myra" . Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13 .
^ Gibbons, Fiachra (2006-06-13). "Istanbul set to stamp its culture credentials" . International Herald Tribune . Retrieved 2012-06-01 .
^ Lubelski, Abraham (2006-12-22). "Contemporary Istanbul" . Art Fairs International . Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2012-06-01 .
^ "The art of science" . Times Higher Education . London. 1997-10-10. Retrieved 2012-07-25 .
^ "Find Your Primitive Streak" . Evening Times . Glasgow. 2003-08-07. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2012-07-25 .
^ Kohn, Marek (2011). Helen and Kate Storey: science and art engaging the public . London: Wellcome Trust .
^ "Jackie Winsor: Sculpture" . Retrieved 4 September 2024 .
^ "Harmony in Green by Dan Hays (born 1966) - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums" . Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk . Retrieved 28 November 2018 .
^ "At the Jewish Museum, 'Houdini' Makes Pigeons Appear" . The New York Observer . 16 June 2010.
^ "City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs | OCA's Public Art Program Restores Sculpture Dedicated to Congressman John Lewis" .
^ "Projects Detail Viewer - Percent for Art" .
^ Hurlston, David; et al. (2010). Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog) . Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria.
^ "Richard Serra | Snake" . The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation . Retrieved 2024-08-20 .
^ "FBI – Serial Killers, Part 6: Andrew Cunanan murders a fashion icon" . FBI. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016.
^ "Dora Maar ( 1907 - 1997 )" . www.lemondedesarts.com .
^ Jean-Pierre Sudre (2003). Jean-Pierre Sudre . Actes Sud. p. 202. ISBN 9782742743940 .
^ Oliver, Myrna (October 25, 1997). "Claire Falkenstein; Prolific and Innovative Sculptor" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2011 .
^ Pace, Eric (1997-12-02). "Philip I. Berman, Art Collector And Museum Benefactor, 82 (Published 1997)" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-01-13 .
^ Weinraub, Bernard (December 18, 1997). "Walt Disney's Widow, Lillian, Dies at 98" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved September 6, 2016 .