Dolores Pacileo

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Dolores Pacileo (* 1944 in New York City ) is an American installation artist who lives and works in St. James (New York) .

Life

Dolores Pacileo studied from 1964 to 1966 at the School of Visual Arts , from 1967 to 1971 at the Pratt Institute and in 1972 did his Masters at the Goddard Graduate School , Plainfield. Equipped with a Fulbright scholarship , she spent 1972 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . She received her PhD from Antioch University in Yellow Springs . In 1974 Pacileo's first solo exhibition "Botanical Art" took place in the Museum Ostwall in Dortmund. Pacileo was a founding member of the Museum of Contemporary Art for Children in Suffolk County in 1976 and the director of that museum.

For documenta 6 , Dolores Pacileo developed the work "Flipper (play area for children)", which was installed under the terrace "Schöne Aussicht" on a sloping meadow slope. On an area of ​​26 m in diameter there was a circular play area made up of simple shapes and bright colors, which appealed to all the senses of children of all ages.

literature

“The Ball” - a playground for handicapped children, Neue Galerie Sammlung Ludwig , Aachen, 1977

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Base Vienna Dolores Pacileo  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 5, 2015@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.artcriticsward.com  
  2. ^ Catalog for documenta 6. Volume 1, p. 220: hand drawings, utopian design, books. 1977, ISBN 3-920453-00-X .
personal data
SURNAME Pacileo, Dolores
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American installation artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City