Troy brown cloth

Troy Brauntuch (* 1954 in Jersey City , New Jersey ) is an American photographer and draftsman .

life and work

Troy Brauntuch studied at the California Institute of the Arts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1975 . In the 1980s, Brauntuch was one of the earliest appropriation artists, working with Robert Longo and Cindy Sherman at South Street Seaport . Brauntuch is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin . He lives in Austin and New York City .

The photo-realistic images of Troy Brown Cloth are large and dark and only recognizable when the viewer's eye has slowly adjusted . Balcony / Balkon (1984) is drawn in ink and pastel on linen. Bag with Garbage (1, 2 and 3) from 2009 is a series drawn on cotton with Conté .

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2007: Currents: Recent Acquisitions Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden , Washington DC
• 2006: Whitney Biennial Day for Night Whitney Museum of American Art , New York
• 2006: Drawing from the Modern 1975-2005 Museum of Modern Art , New York
• 1998: Fast Forward Art Association in Hamburg , Hamburg
• 1995: Faith-Hope-Love-Death Kunsthalle Wien , Vienna
• 1989: Prospect '89 Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt , Frankfurt
• 1983: New York Now Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia , Düsseldorf
• 1982: documenta 7 , Kassel
• 1982: Biennale di Venezia , Venice
• 1982: New York Now Kestnergesellschaft , Hanover
• 1981: Westkunst , Cologne

Awards

• 1981-83: National Endowment for the Arts
• 1999: Joan Mitchell Foundation

Web links

• Website Troy Brown Cloth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Catalog: documenta 7 Kassel ; Vol. 1: (visual biographies of the artists); Vol. 2: (Current works of the artists); P. 412, Kassel 1982 ISBN 3-920453-02-6
2. ↑ Paper, Mary Logan Barmeyer Artists Q&A with Troy Brauntuch , accessed on May 4, 2015.
3. ↑ Art in Amerika, Ara H. Merjian Troy Brauntuch , accessed on May 4, 2015 (English).