Scott Burton
Scott Burton (born June 23, 1939 in Greensboro , Alabama , † December 29, 1989 in New York City ) was an American sculptor and performance artist .
life and work
Walter Scott Burton III grew up with his mother in Eutaw , Alabama. In 1952 the two moved to Washington, DC , where Burton later studied with Leon Berkowitz (1919-87). From 1957 to 1959 he was an art student with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in Provincetown Massachusetts . Burton went to Goddard College , George Washington University events, and Harvard University . Scott Burton studied literature in New York . After graduating with a bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1962, he received a master’s degree from New York University in 1963 . He taught at the University of Iowa .
Pictures of a figure were shown at documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977 . The performance was carried out by a male model and a piece of furniture.
From 1980 "furniture art works" were created. Copper Pedestal Table (1981–1983) is both a table and a minimalist sculpture.
"Scott was as singular and unique as a person as he was as an artist. His fiercely laconic work destroyed the boundaries between furniture and sculpture, between private delectation and public use and radically altered the way we see many 20th-century masters, including Gerrit Rietveld and Brancusi . "
Scott Burton also made a name for himself as an art critic. Elizabeth C. Baker , editor of Art in America magazine from 1974 to 2008 , says:
"As a critic his enthusiasms were passionate, his dislikes were categorical, (...) He wrote as he would later cut granite, with high style, great clarity of form and a very sharp edge."
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2000 Richard Artschwager , Scott Burton, Donald Judd , Clay Ketter Ileana Sonnabend Gallery , New York City
- 1989 Scott Burton: Sculptures 1980-89 Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart , Stuttgart
- 1987 documenta 8 , Kassel
- 1986 Retrospective of the Baltimore Museum of Art , Baltimore
- 1982 documenta 7 , Kassel
- 1978 Young American Artists: 1978 National Exxon Exhibition Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York
- 1977 documenta 6 , Kassel
- 1976 Pair Behavior Tableaux Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- 1972 Group Behavior Tableaux Whitney Museum of American Art , New York
literature
- Scott Burton: Collected Writings on Art and Performance, 1965-1975 Scott Burton and David Getsy 2012 ISBN 978-0-98240-9-046
- Scott Burton by Ana-Maria Torres and Cosme de Baranano, (English and Spanish) Institut Valencià d'Art Modern Julio Gonzalez , 2000 ISBN 978-8-44823-7-530
- Scott Burton: Sculptures 1980-1989 Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia , 1989 ISBN 978-3-92597-4-076
- Scott Burton by Brenda Richardson, Scott Burton and Trish Waters, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1986 ISBN 978-0-91229-8-610
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scott Burton in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ↑ Tate Scott Burton 1939-1989 Artist biography accessed on February 3, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Scott Burton Papers in The Museum of Modern Art Archives , accessed February 3, 2015.
- ^ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 1, page 296: Painting, Plastic / Environment, Performance, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
- ↑ a b The New York Times, Roberta Smith Scott Burton, Sculptor Whose Art Verged on Furniture, Is Dead at 50, accessed on February 3, 2015 (English)
- ↑ artnet Scott Burton (American, 1939 - 1989) Chronicle accessed on February 3, 2015 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burton, Scott |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burton III, Walter Scott |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sculptor and performance artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greensboro , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1989 |
| Place of death | New York City , United States |