20.08.2015 Views

Galerie Enrico Navarra

Dwellings - Charles Simonds

Dwellings - Charles Simonds

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Travaillant I Working, Lower East Side on Dwellings, New York, 1 g72"Dwelling", East Houston Street, New York, 1g72"Dwelling• et passants I and passersby,East Houston Street, New York, 1972Travels alone to French Riviera, Rome, Florence, Venice, Vienna, Salzburg, lnnsbruck, and Zurich.1963-1967 Attends The University of California at Berkeley Meets and later marries Joanne Maude Oakes.Participates in Free Speech movement.Works as teamster on assembly line.Studies with James Melchert who showed that clay can be anything, even a zipperAlso studies with Harold Paris who made eroticized rubber sculpture.1967 Received Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of California, Berkeley1967-1969 Attends Rutgers University graduate school. Plays ping-pong, pours wax and water on the floor, and writes thesis of22 questions beginning with, "What is art ... ?" Receives Master of Fine Arts degree.1969-1971 Teaches Sculpture and Art History at Newark State College.Refurbishes a loft at 131 Chrystie Street with Gordon Matta-Ciark and Harriet Korman.Works on sculpture, Fragments of the Colossal Dream, using hair, bodily fluids, fantasy, and traditional art historical imagery.Works in the streets of New York and environs with Gordon Matta-Ciark helping each other with projects.Creates tarot cards, some of which develop from working in clay pits of Sayreville, New JerseyFilms Birth and LandscapeBodyDwelling. Meets Christo, Holly Solomon, and Jeffrey Lew.101

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!