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Robert Heinecken

(American, 1931–2006)

dark stairway by robert heinecken

Robert Heinecken

Dark Stairway, 1965

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t.v. network newswomen corresponding barbara walters/faith daniels by robert heinecken

Robert Heinecken

T.V. network newswomen corresponding Barbara Walters/Faith Daniels, 1986

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misc...newswoman (purple) by robert heinecken

Robert Heinecken

Misc...Newswoman (Purple), 1984

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mattress/floating 'c' by robert heinecken

Robert Heinecken

Mattress/Floating 'C', 1986

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iconographic art lunches #3: the school of the museum of fine arts, boston. salami and cheese sandwich by robert heinecken

Robert Heinecken

Iconographic Art Lunches #3: The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Salami and Cheese Sandwich, 1984

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Biography

Timeline

1931
Born in Denver, USA
1953 - 1957
Fighter Pilot, U.S. Marine Corps
1960
MFA, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
1971 - 1972
Chair, Society for Photographic Education
1976
Recipient, Guggenheim Fellowship in Art
1977
Recipient, National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist’s Grant
1981
Recipient, National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist’s Grant
1986
Recipient, National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist’s Grant
1992
Honored Educator, Society for Photographic Education
2006
Died in Albuquerque, USA

Exhibitions

2014
Robert Heinecken Exhibitions in 2014:
Robert Heinecken: Lessons in Posing Subjects, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium (solo exhibition)
Robert Heinecken, Museum of Modern Art, NY & Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
2013
Robert Heinecken Exhibitions in 2013:
Sensing the Technological Banzai, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
Newswomen Corresponding, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
Robert Heinecken: Le Paraphotographe, Musee d’art modern et contemporain, Geneva,Switzerland (solo exhibition)
The Photographic Object 1970, Le Consortium, Dijon, France (forthcoming)
The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook, Museum of Modern Art, NY
The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Sinister Pop, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
2012
60 from the 60s: George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, USA
Figure and Form in Contemporary Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945 - 1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, USA
2011
Robert Heinecken, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, USA
Object Matter, Cherry and Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Robert Heinecken, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
2008
Robert Heinecken, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Robert Heinecken: Dream/Circles/Cycles, Vintage Works 1964-1973, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA
2007
Image as Object, Andrew Roth Gallery, New York, USA
Robert Heinecken, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
2006
Robert Heinecken: Magazines, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
2002
Robert Heinecken, Robert Rauscheneberg, Pace Macgill Gallery, New York, USA
2000
Media Amnesia, Robert Heinecken, Les Rencontres, Arles, France
Making Light: Photography and Humor, Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, USA
1999
Robert Heinecken Photographist: A 35 Year Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Robert Heinecken: Editions. Suites, Portfolios, Artist Books, Magazines, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA
The Big G stands for Goodness: Corida Kent 1960s Pop, Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, USA

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Center for Creative Photography, University of New Mexico, Tucson, AZ
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Cotemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, MA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Literature

1999
“Robert Heinecken Photographist: A 35 Year Retrospective,” Exhibition Catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
“American Photography: A Century of Images,” p. 176, 217.
“Photography from 1839 to Today,” George Eastman House, p. 41.
“Seizing the Light: A History of Photography,” pp.385, 397, 388-389.
“Rattling the Frame: The Photographic Space 1974-1999,” Exhibition Catalogue, Camerawork, San Francisco, reproduction on p. 27 (78-13).
“Ghost in the Shell: Photography and the Human Soul 1850-2000,” Exhibition Catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, reproduction on p. 41 (65-23).
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