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Ross Bleckner (born May 12, 1949) is an American artist. He currently lives and works in New York City. In 1965 a viewing of The Responsive Eye, the first exhibit he ever saw, made a huge impact on him. He decided to become an artist and went on to study with Sol LeWitt and Chuck Close during his time at New York University where, in 1971, he graduated with a BA. He then went on to earn an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 1973.〔Bleckner, Ross. ''Ross Bleckner'', (''Guggenheim'' ).〕 "'I always absolutely thought there was a difference between being a young artist and an important young artist,'"〔Shaw, Dan. ("Bachelor of Arts" ), ''The New York Times'', August 29, 1993.〕 ==Life and work== He was born in New York City and grew up in Hewlett, L.I. In 1974, when Bleckner moved back to New York, he moved into a Tribeca loft building. Three of the floors were rented to the painter Julian Schnabel and from 1977 to 1983 the Mudd Club, a nightclub frequented by musicians and artists, was in the same building. In 2004 Bleckner sold the building. He held his first solo exhibition in 1975 at Cunningham Ward Gallery in New York. Then In 1979 he began what was to become a long association with Mary Boone Gallery in New York. In 1981 Bleckner met Thomas Ammann, who was an influential Swiss art dealer who went on to collect Bleckner's work. For the last 20 years, his art has been largely an investigation of change, loss, and memory, often addressing the subject of AIDS. Mr. Bleckner uses symbolic imagery rather than direct representation, and his work is visually elusive, with forms that constantly change focus.〔Harrison, Helen, "An Artist's Investigation of Loss and Memory, The New York Times, January 2, 2005〕 While much of Bleckner's work can be divided into distinct groups or series with motifs repeated from painting to painting, he is also in the habit of redeploying and combining old motifs.〔Schwabsky, Barry, ''Memories of light - Ross Bleckner, Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York''], ''Art in America'', December, 1995〕 In 1993, Bleckner bought Truman Capote’s modern beach house on a five-acre property in Sagaponack, New York for $800,000,〔Steven Kurutz (July 24, 2013), (Ross Bleckner Wipes the Canvas Clean ) ''New York Times''.〕 then owned by The Nature Conservancy.〔Irina Aleksander (October 21, 2008), (Truman Capote’s Sagaponack Home on the Market for $14.6 Million ) ''New York Observer''.〕 Over 20 years and two major renovations, he doubled the house's size, and had a matching 1,900 square-foot studio built on an adjoining field.〔Bob Colacello (January 2000), (Studios by the Sea ) ''Vanity Fair''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ross Bleckner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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