Robert Whitman

(American, 1935–2024)

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Robert Whitman

Burning Match, 2015

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Biography

Timeline

1935
Born in New York, NY
1957
Graduated with BA, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
1958
Attended Columbia University, New York, NY
Lives and works in Warwick, NY

Exhibitions

2015
Robert Whitman Exhibitions in 2015:
Robert Whitman: Soundies, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Robert Whitman Exhibitions in 2013:
Robert Whitman: Window/Inside Out, Broadway 1602, New York, NY
2012
Robert Whitman Exhibitions in 2012:
Robert Whitman: Local Report 2012 (organized by Creative Time), Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York, NY

Public Collections

Dia Art Foundation, New York
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Musée National d´Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Literature

2017
Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952–1965 (exhibition catalogue). New York and Munich: Grey Art Gallery, New York University; Delmonico Books Prestel, 2017: 70, 110–1, illustrated.
2016
Michaud, Philippe-Alain. Sur le film. Paris: Éditions Macula, 2016: 60–90, illustrated.
2015
E.A.T.: Experiments in Art and Technology. Edited by Sabine Breitwieser. Salzburg: Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 2015.
2014
Joseph, Branden W. Joseph. “Plastic Empathy: The Ghost of Robert Whitman.” In Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2014: 147–173, illustrated; Mcdonough, Tom. “Robert Whitman’s American Moon: A Reading in Four Phases.” In Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2014: 105–127, illustrated.
2012
Selections from the Private Collection of Robert Rauschenberg (exhibition catalogue). Text by Robert Storr. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2012: 275–276, 353 illustrated.