Biografie von Buzz SPECTOR (1948)

Personal data


Birth : 1948 - Chicago IL Illinois, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Education

1972 : Southern Illinois University (BA) – Carbondale IL, United States
1978 : UIC The University of Illinois at Chicago (MFA) – Chicago IL, United States

Professional data


Grants

1982

1982 : National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship – United States
Awarded by : NEA National Endowment for the Arts – 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW – Washington DC, United States


Other professions

Art Critic

1978 – 1987 : Publisher
Whitewalls – Chicago IL, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Object
Photography : Polaroid

Works

My Ruscha
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Polaroid
 
My Fiction
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Polaroid
Size : 63 x 73 inch
Number of elements : 2
 
(All the Books in my Library) by or About Christian Boltansky
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Polaroid
Size : 24 x 30 inch
Number of elements : 5
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1999

Museum of Art – University of Iowa – Iowa City IA, United States
1999

Zolla/Lieberman Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
1999

1998

Cristinerose Gallery – New York NY, United States
1998

Cranbrook Art Museum – Cranbrook Academy of Art – Bloomfield Hills MI, United States
1998

1997

Zolla/Lieberman Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
1997

Kerlin Gallery – Dublin, Ireland
1997

1996

Marsha Mateyka Gallery – Washington DC, United States
1996

1995

Roy Boyd Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
1995

Angles Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
1995

1992

Laurence Miller Gallery – New York NY, United States
1992

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2003

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Zolla/Lieberman Gallery – 325 West Huron Street – Chicago IL, United States


Group exhibitions

2003

Painting by Letters
Cirrus Gallery – Los Angeles CA, United States
11/15/2003 – 01/10/2004

1999

The Art of Reading: Books and Non-Books
Institute of Contemporary Art – Maine College of Art – Portlan ME, United States
1999

HYPERsalon: prints and multiples
Emerson Gallery – McLean VA, United States
1999

The Other Book
Cleveland University Art Gallery – Cleveland OH, United States
1999

1997

Unbound: art in bookform/book as artform
Herron School of Art Indiana University – Indianapolis IN, United States
1997

1996

Art in Chicago: 1945-1995
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1996

1995

On Beyond the Book
The Forum for Contemporary Art – Saint Louis MO, United States
1995

Biblio Vertigo
Northern Illinois University / DeKalb School of Art – Dekalb IL, United States
1995

1993

Like a Body Without a Shadow
Marsha Mateyka Gallery – Washington DC, United States
1993

Beyond the Written Word
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art – San Jose CA, United States
1993

1992

Knowledge: Aspects of Conceptual Art
University Art Museum – UCSB University of California Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara CA, United States
1992

Bibliography (Selected)


By the artist


Books

1995

The Book Maker’s Desire
Publisher: Umbrella Editions – Santa Monica CA, United States
1995

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