Dorothea Rockburne

Dorothea Rockburne ( born October 18, 1934 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada, lives in New York City, USA) is a contemporary Canadian abstract painter.

Life and work

Dorothea Rockburne attended the Ecole des Beaux -Arts in Montreal and the Montreal Museum School. In 1950 she moved to the U.S. to study mathematics at Black Mountain College was the mathematician Max Dehn, who had a lifetime impact on their work. She also studied with Franz Kline, Philip Guston, John Cage and Merce Cunningham.

She also met fellow student Robert Rauschenberg. In 1955, rock Burne moved to New York City, where she met many of the leading artists and poets of that time. In 1971 she had her first solo exhibition at the gallery Bykert in New York.

Rockburne is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design.

Dorothea Rockburne draws its artistic motivation primarily from their interest in mathematics and astronomy. In their abstract art, she uses the traditional painting and drawing techniques, but also creates collages and works that are created from mixed materials, for example, press board, paper, nails, color and crude oil.

In 1972, work was conducted by her at Documenta 5 in Kassel in the Department of Individual Mythologies: Shown processes. She was also represented at the Documenta 6 in 1977 as an artist.

Also in 1972, she won the Painting Award from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1974 she was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts ..

Literature and sources

  • Exhibition catalog: documentation fifth survey of reality - imagery today; Catalog (as folders ) Volume 1: (material); Volume 2: ( list of exhibits ); Kassel in 1972
  • Documenta Archive (ed. ); Resubmission d5 - A survey of the archive to the documenta, 1972; Kassel / Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7757-1121- X
  • Catalog for Documenta 6: Volume 1: painting, sculpture / Environment, Performance; Volume 2: Photography, Film, Video; Volume 3: drawings, utopian design, books; Kassel 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00- X
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