Richard Simmons DuPont Jr. (born October 5, 1968) is a postdigital American artist and educator whose installations, sculptures, paintings and prints examine the social implications of 21st century digital technology. He is a member of the Du Pont family.
Richard DuPont | |
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 Portrait of DuPont, c. 2013 | |
| Born | Richard Simmons DuPont Jr. October 5, 1968 New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (AB) |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Multimedia Arts |
| Spouse |
Lauren Martinez (m. 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (4x great-grandfather) Arthur C. Martinez (father-in-law) |
| Family | Du Pont family |
| Website | Official website |
Early life and education
editDuPont was born October 5, 1968 in New York City, to Richard Simmons DuPont Sr., a private investor of the Du Pont family, and Emily T. Frick (née Troth).[1][2] His mother would later marry Henry Clay Frick II and become chair of the Frick Collection.[3][4] He is a direct descendant of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, founder of the Du Pont Company.
He received an AB degree from the Departments of Visual Art and Art and Archeology at Princeton University in 1991. He has lived in New York City since 1991. He has been a member of the faculty at School of Visual Arts since 2015.[5]
Artistic practice
editA pioneer in the field of Digital Art, Dupont began using scanners and 3D printing in 2002 to capture and replicate distorted images of his body. Dupont had his whole body scanned at a General Dynamics facility on The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2004. Dupont's work examines the degree to which the primacy of the human gesture has been radically altered by the onset of digital technology. He also uses his art to interrogate expressions of power and control, and to examine how anthropometry, the Victorian science of mapping the body, has morphed over the past century into biometrics.[6]
Exhibitions and awards
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In 2005, Dupont was invited to present a solo project at Art Basel Miami in the Art Positions sector. In 2008, Dupont was commissioned by The Lever House Art Collection to present a major installation at Lever House. The installation was widely acclaimed.[7] Between 2008 and 2015, Dupont's work was exhibited at The Middlebury College Museum of Art,[8] The Flag Art Foundation,[9] The Queens Museum, The Museum of Arts and Design, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The Powerhouse Museum, and The Underground Museum, Los Angeles. In 2014, Dupont was awarded the Museum of Arts and Design Visionary Award.
In 2024, Richard Dupont's work was included in Every Sound Is a Shape of Time: Selections from PAMM's Collection, curated by museum director Franklin Sirmans at the Pérez Art Museum Miami alongside the artworks by other sixteen artists from the institution's holdings.[10]
Collections
editDupont's works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art,[11] New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; Pérez Art Museum Miami,[12] Florida; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; The Brooklyn Museum, New York; The Hammer Museum, California; The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California; and the New York Public Library print collection. among others.
Personal life
editOn July 27, 1997, DuPont married Lauren Martinez (born 1970), the daughter of Arthur C. Martinez, former chair and chief executive of Sears, Roebuck & Co, of Chicago, Illinois.[13] They have two daughters and a son;
- Lila Francis DuPont (born 2003)
- Ava Martinez DuPont (born 2000)
They previously lived in Manhattan before relocating to Connecticut.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Patrick McMullan". www.patrickmcmullan.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Emily G Troth m R S Du Pont - News Journal Wilmington 3 may 1965 p 12". The News Journal. 1965-05-03. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "SOCIAL STAR'S MA IN 'POOR' HOUSE". 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ reservedmagazine-admin (2019-02-23). "Richard Dupont". Reserved Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Milchman, Kari. "The Many Faces of Richard Dupont".City Arts, May 18-June 15, 2011, Volume 3, Issue 10, p.8-9.
- ^ Braithwaite, Hunter. "Surveilling The Relics". World Sculpture News, Winter 2012.
- ^ Green, Elliott. "Richard Dupont Lever House Gallery". ARTnews, June 2008.
- ^ Woodward, Christian. "College Art Museum a Treasure to Community". Addison County Independent, December 2011.
- ^ Wolin, Joseph. "Size Does Matter". Time Out New York, April 2010.
- ^ "Pérez Art Museum Miami Presents "Every Sound Is a Shape of Time" • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Fang, Alexander. "Fandon for Phantom". MoMA Inside Out, March 3, 2011.
- ^ "Every Sound Is a Shape of Time: Selections from PAMM's Collection • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "Lauren Martinez, Richard duPont Jr". The New York Times. 1997-07-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Step Inside a Cozy Connecticut Home by AD100 Designer Stephen Sills". Architectural Digest. 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
External links
edit- Richard Dupont at Queens Museum
- Richard Dupont at Tracy Williams
- Richard Dupont at Carolina Nitsch
- The Lever House Art Collection | Richard Dupont
- MoMA Collection | Richard Dupont
- MoMA Inside Out
- Middlebury College Museum of Art | Four Works by New York Artist Richard Dupont
- Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art | Richard Dupont Between Stations
- The Lever House Art Collection Video
- The New York Times Art in Review