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Larry Poons

(American, born 1937)

Larry Poons

Untitled, 1972

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Biography

Timeline

1937: Born: Tokyo, Japan
1957: Studied at the New England Conservatory of Music
1959: Studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts
1966: Subject of film Manual of Arms, produced by Hollis Frampton
1968: Instructor, Bennington College, Bennington VT
1969: Visiting Faculty, New York Studio School, NY
1970: Subject of film with Frank Stella
1972: Instructor, Cooper Union, New York, NY
1976: Guest Lecturer, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1984: Subject of film Painters Painting: a contested history 1940-1970, produced by Emile di Antonio and Mitch Tuchman
1988: Francis J. Greenbruger Foundation Award.
1999: Subject of film documentary Larry Poons produced by ART/New York, NY
: Lives in New York City, currently teaches at Art Students League, New York, NY

Exhibitions

2008: Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-75, Denver Art Museum, CO; travels to: Smithsonin American Art Museum, Washington, DC and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
"Painting: Now and Forever, Part II", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
"American Art Since 1945: In a New Light," McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
2007 - 2008: "Larry Poons: Throw, Pour, Drip, Spill & Splash", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2007: "Larry Poons: Recent Paintings", Danese, New York, NY
"Larry Poons: New Paintings", Bernard Jacobson Graphics, London, UK (solo)
Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
"When Art Worlds Collide: The 60’s", Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
2006: Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Annual Instructors Exhibition, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
War is Over, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005: Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
"Larry Poons: New Work", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2004: "Larry Poons: Five Decades", Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
"Suites From the Permanent Collection: The New York Collection for Stockholm", University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
2002: "Larry Poons: New Paintings", Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2001: "Larry Poons: New Paintings", Salander-O'Reilly Galleries. New York, NY (solo)
2000: Perilla Gallery, Johnstown, New York, NY (solo)
Theo Waddington Gallery, Boca Raton, FL (solo)
Galeria Metta, Madrid, Spain (solo)
1998: "Places for Ray", Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1997: "Larry Poons: Texas Canyon and Selected Paintings and Drawings", Larry Evans/James Willis and Fredrick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, CA(solo)
"Art in Public", Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1996: Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA (solo)
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1995: Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo)
1994: "Speaking of Paint", Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1993: University of Miami, FL (solo)
1992: Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1991: "Larry Poons: Paintings 1971-1991", Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Beverly Hills, California(solo)
Gallery Afinsa, Madrid, Spain(solo)
Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas(solo)
1990: Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida (solo)
"Larry Poons: Paintings, 1971-1991", Salander-O’Reillly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1989: Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
"Larry Poons: peintures 1976-1988", Galerie Montaigne, Paris, France (solo)
1988: Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1986: Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1985: Andre Emmerich Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
1984: Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1983: Andre Emmerich Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
1982: Theo Waddington Gallery, Montreal, Canada (solo)
Hett Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (solo)
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Meredith Long & Co. , Houston, Texas (solo)
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada(solo)
1980: Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Galerie Artline, The Hague, Netherlands (solo)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (solo)
Galerie Ninety-Nine, Bat Harbour Islands, Florida (solo)
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Richard Hins Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
Gallery One, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1979: Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Larry Poons paintings; Michael Steiner sculptures", Amerika Haus. Berlin, West Germany; Amerika Haus, Hanover, West Germany(solo)
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas (solo)
1978: M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY(solo)
Galerie Ninety-Nine, Bay Harbour Islands, Florida (solo)
1977: Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, NY(solo)
Watson/de Nagy, Houston, Texas (solo)
1976: David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo)
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, NY (solo)
1975: Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich, Switzerland( solo)
Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
1974: Knoedler Contemporary Art. New York, NY (solo)
"Larry Poons: recent paintings", Edmonton Art Gallery. Edmonton, Canada (solo)
1973: Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
1972: Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1971: Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Kasmin Ltd., London, UK (solo)
1970: Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1968: Kasmin Ltd., London, UK (solo)
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1967: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1965: Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1964: Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1963: Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Selecyed Public Collections:
: Albright-Knox Museum. Buffalo, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum. Oberlin, Ohio
American Federation of Arts, NY
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL
Bennington College. Bennington, Vermont
Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio
Denver Art Museum. Denver, Colorado
Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, Iowa
Everson Museum of Art. Syracuse, NY
Hirshhorn Museum And Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC
IIndianapolis Museum Of Art. Indianapolis, Indiana
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles). Los Angeles, California
Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum of Fine Arts - Boston. Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Palm Springs Desert Museum. Palm Springs, California
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. Waltham, Massachusetts
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art. Santa Barbara, California
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Van Abbemuseum. Eindhoven, Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, Connecticut

Public Collections

: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA
: Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN, USA
: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
: Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
: Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), CA, USA
: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, USA
: Museum Of Fine Arts (Houston), Houston, TX, USA
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C, USA
: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
: American Federation of Arts, New York, NY, USA
: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, CA
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
: Bennington College, Bennington, VT, USA
: Brighton & Hove Museums, England, UK
: Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
: Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA
: Harvard University Art Museum, MA, USA
: Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, USA
: University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA, USA
: Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA
: Wichita Art Museum, KS, USA
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA
: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA, USA
: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
: Santa Barbara Museum of art, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., USA
: Tate Gallery, London, UK
: Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, USA
: Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA USA

Literature

2007: Ebony, David, preface, and Phyllis Tuchman, essay. Larry Poons. New York: Danese.
2004: Poons, Larry and David Ebony. Larry Poons: Five Decades. New York: Jacobson Howard Gallery.
2001: Stella, Frank and David Carrier. Larry Poons: New Paintings. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries.
1994: Geldzahler, Henry. Making It New : Essays, Interviews, and Talks. Turtle Point Press. New York, New York.
1990: Robbins, Daniel. Larry Poons, Paintings 1963-1990. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries.
1989: Larry Poons: peintures 1976-1988. Paris, France: Galerie Montaigne.
1987: Auping, Michael. Abstraction, Geometry, Painting: Selected Geometric Abstract Painting in America Since 1945. H.N. Abramsin with Albright-Knox Art Gallery. New York, New York.
1983: Griffith, Laura Susan. Larry Poons and the Evolution of Stylistic Diametrics. Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, Ohio.
: Griffith, Laura Susan. Larry Poons and the Evolution of Stylistic Diametrics. Cleveland, Ohio: Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University.
1982: Contemporary Art : The Properties of the Abrams Family Collection, Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, the Makler Family Collection, Mr. and Mrs. C. David Robinson, the Estate of Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and from Various Sources. Christie's: New York, New York.
1981: Moffett, Kenworth and Larry Poons. Larry Poons: paintings, 1971-1981. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
1979: Poons, Larry and Michael Steiner. Larry Poons paintings; Michael Steiner sculptures. Berlin, Germany: Amerika-Haus Berlin.
1974: Larry Poons:recent paintings. Edmonton, Canada: Edmonton Art Gallery.
: Carmean, E.A. The Great Decade of American Abstraction; Modernist Art 1960 to 1970. Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas.
1971: Lippard, Lucy R. Changing: Essays in Art Criticism. Dutton Publishers. New York, New York.
1969: Art Students League, Centennial Decade: 1968-1969. Art Students League. New York, New York.
1966: The Current Moment in Art: A Symposium Sponsored by the San Francisco Art Institute, April 15, 16, 17.
: The Institute. San Francisco, California.
1964: Wagstaff, Samuel J. Ten works + Ten painters: X + X. Wadsworth Atheneum. Hartford, Connecticut.

Larry Poons

(American, born 1937)

Larry Poons

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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