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Monday, April 13, 2009

TJF Medalist Robert Irwin to Give Public Lecture and Hold Special Session for Students and Faculty

Robert Irwin, recipient of the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalist in Architecture, will give a public lecture, "On the Nature of Abstraction," on Tuesday, April 14 at 3pm in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium.

A special question and answer session for students and faculty with the medalist will be moderated by Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Elizabeth Meyer on Wednesday, April 15 from 12pm to 1pm in the Naug Lounge.

Robert Irwin (b. 1928), American artist of light and space "Art doesn’t reside in the object, but in the moment." [LA Times, 7/24/08] Robert Irwin was born in Long Beach, California, and studied at the Otis Art Institute (1948-50), Jepson Art Institute (1951), and Chinouard Art Institute (1952-54). He began as a painter and held his first solo exhibition in 1957. In the 1970s Irwin left studio work to pursue installation art that dealt directly with light and space: the basis of visual perception, in both outdoor and modified interior sites. Irwin’s work, both paintings and installations are exhibited widely in galleries and museums in the U.S. and internationally including MOMA, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, to name a few. In 1984 Irwin received a MacArthur Fellowship. In 1993 the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles initiated a major retrospective of his work, which subsequently traveled to Paris, Madrid, and Cologne. Among his numerous celebrated public projects is "Two Running Violet V Forms" (1983) installed in a eucalyptus grove on the campus of UC San Diego. His largest scale project to date is the 134,000 sq. ft. "Central Garden" at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, which opened in 1997. Also in 1997, Irwin consulted on the master plan for Dia:Beacon, designing the landscaping of the outdoor spaces, the entrance building and the window design. In 2004, the Guggenheim in New York gave over the entirety of one its long rectangular off-ramp side galleries to a reprise of Irwin’s 1974 Soft Wall Pace Gallery installation. He lives and works in San Diego.

	Home > Calendar > In the News > Monday, April 13, 2009 TJF Medalist Robert Irwin to Give Public Lecture and Hold Special Session for Students and Faculty Robert Irwin, recipient of the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalist in Architecture, will give a public lecture, "On the Nature of Abstraction," on Tuesday, April 14 at 3pm in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium. A special question and answer session for students and faculty with the medalist will be moderated by Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Elizabeth Meyer on Wednesday, April 15 from 12pm to 1pm in the Naug Lounge. Robert Irwin (b. 1928), American artist of light and space "Art doesn’t reside in the object, but in the moment." [LA Times, 7/24/08] Robert Irwin was born in Long Beach, California, and studied at the Otis Art Institute (1948-50), Jepson Art Institute (1951), and Chinouard Art Institute (1952-54). He began as a painter and held his first solo exhibition in 1957. In the 1970s Irwin left studio work to pursue installation art that dealt directly with light and space: the basis of visual perception, in both outdoor and modified interior sites. Irwin’s work, both paintings and installations are exhibited widely in galleries and museums in the U.S. and internationally including MOMA, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, to name a few. In 1984 Irwin received a MacArthur Fellowship. In 1993 the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles initiated a major retrospective of his work, which subsequently traveled to Paris, Madrid, and Cologne. Among his numerous celebrated public projects is "Two Running Violet V Forms" (1983) installed in a eucalyptus grove on the campus of UC San Diego. His largest scale project to date is the 134,000 sq. ft. "Central Garden" at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, which opened in 1997. Also in 1997, Irwin consulted on the master plan for Dia:Beacon, designing the landscaping of the outdoor spaces, the entrance building and the window design. In 2004, the Guggenheim in New York gave over the entirety of one its long rectangular off-ramp side galleries to a reprise of Irwin’s 1974 Soft Wall Pace Gallery installation. He lives and works in San Diego.	This Week This Month : November In the News Feature Stories Archive Lectures & Symposia Exhibits Podcasts UVa Academic Calendar UVa Events Calendar UVa Student Activities Calendar
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