Biografie von Leon GOLUB (1922-2004)
Personal data
Birth : 1922 - Chicago IL Illinois, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesFamily relations
Husband of Nancy SPERO [ 1926-2009 ]Education
1942 : The University of Chicago (BA Art history) – 5811 South Ellis Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
1947 – 1950 : School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA) – 111 South Wabash Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1959 – 1964:Moves in Paris, France, with his family
Lives and works in New York NY, USA
Involved in the Chicago’s figurative movement and the group of painters called “Monster Roster” in the 1950’s
In the mid-seventies he nearly abandons painting and destroys nearly every work produced in this period
Comes back in New York during the Vietnam War
Affiliated to an association
American Academy of Arts and Letters – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Subject
actualitycontestation
war
society problems
Movements and styles
Abstract ExpressionismPop Art
Figurative Art
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2003
Maison d’Art Contemporain Chaillioux – Fresnes, France
2003 – 11/22/2003
Griffin Contemporary – Venice CA, United States
04/05/2003 – 05/17/2003
2002
Small works on paper & canvas
Seraphin Gallery – Philadelphia PA, United States
2002
2001
Leon Golub: Paintings, 1950-2000
Irish Museum of Modern Art – Dublin, Ireland
2001
Leon Golub: Paintings, 1950-2000
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
05/18/2001 – 08/19/2001
2000
While the Crime is Blazing: Paintings and Drawings, 1994-1999
Museum of Art – University of Maine – Orono ME, United States
11/03/2000 – 12/16/2000
1991
World Wide
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1991
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Anthony Reynolds Gallery – 37 Cowper Street – London, United Kingdom
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Crown Gallery Brussels – Kanal 20 – 7, rue du Houblon – Brussels, Belgium
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Anthony Reynolds Gallery – 60 Great Marlborough Street – London, United Kingdom
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Crown Gallery Brussels – Kanal 20 – 7, rue du Houblon – Brussels, Belgium
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Crown Gallery Brussels – Kanal 20 – 7, rue du Houblon – Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Ronald Feldman Fine Arts – 31 Mercer Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Crown Gallery Brussels – Kanal 20 – 7, rue du Houblon – Brussels, Belgium
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Anthony Reynolds Gallery – 37 Cowper Street – London, United Kingdom
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Crown Gallery Brussels – Kanal 20 – 7, rue du Houblon – Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Ronald Feldman Fine Arts – 31 Mercer Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Christine König Galerie – Schleifmühlgasse 1 A – Vienna, Austria
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Anthony Reynolds Gallery – 60 Great Marlborough Street – London, United Kingdom
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Anthony Reynolds Gallery – 60 Great Marlborough Street – London, United Kingdom
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Crown Gallery Brussels – Kanal 20 – 7, rue du Houblon – Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Ronald Feldman Fine Arts – 31 Mercer Street – New York NY, United States
2000
ART2000 – The 12th London Contemporary Art Fair
London, United Kingdom
01/19/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : James Hyman Fine Art Limited – 39 Belsize Square – London, United Kingdom
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Barbara Gross – Thierschstrasse 51 – Munich, Germany
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Burnett Miller Gallery – 2800 North Beechwood Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States
Group exhibitions
2003
Artists without Borders
Nielsen Gallery – Boston MA, United States
10/25/2003 – 11/29/2003
M_Ars Art and War
Neue Galerie Graz – Graz, Austria
01/10/2003 – 03/26/2003
2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
1996
Identidad Múltiple. Obras del Whitney Museum of American Art
MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
12/20/1996 – 03/31/1997
1994
Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1994
1972
Chicago Imagist Art
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1972
1963
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1963
1959
New Images of Man
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1959
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Exhibition catalogues
2000
Leon Golub: Echoes of the Real
Publisher: Reaktion Books – London, United Kingdom
Author: Bird Jon
2000
Periodicals
2003
GRYNPAS NGUYEN Alberte – Les stigmates du réel
in: Art Press n° 290 p. 45
Paris, France
05/2003
2002
MÜLLER Silke – Documenta 11
in: Art das Kunstmagazin p. 14
Hamburg, Germany
06/2002
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