Robert Greene (born 1953) is an American contemporary artist known for his early Arcadian landscapes and later shift towards abstract, textured monochromatic patterns. His work, characterized by a distinctive style that blurs the boundaries between these two mediums, has been showcased in Museum of American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and others. [1][2]
Early life and education
editGreene was born in New York City. He pursued his higher education at Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts from 1971 to 1973, and later attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where he obtained his Bachelor of Industrial Design (BID) in 1976.[3]
Career
editGreene has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery for over twenty-five years. In 1996, he had a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Bureau Museum in Amsterdam and was featured in the 1987 Whitney Biennial.[4] Greene's works are included in several public collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[5]
Additionally, Greene’s work has been featured in a museum show at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau in Amsterdam and commissioned by Chanel for over 40 fashion boutiques globally.[6]
Selected solo exhibitions
edit- 2011: Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 2008: Art Link Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- 2007: Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 2003: Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1999: Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
- 1998: Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1996: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1992: Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1991: Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- 1989: Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1988: Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1987: Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 1986-87: Meredith Long & Company, Houston, TX
- 1986: Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1984: Tracey Garet Gallery, New York, NY
- 1983: Kathleen Meyer Gallery, Louisville, KY
Selected group exhibitions
edit- 2013: Suddenness + Certainty, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 2010: Summer Exhibition, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007: Gallery 1: Miriam Back, Helen Bradley, Robert Greene, Florine Stettheimer, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
- 2006: Black and Blue, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 2005-06: Zoo Story: An Exhibition of Animals in Art – For the Young and the Young at Heart, Fisher Landau Center, Queens, NY
- 2004: Ground – Field – Surface, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1999: Painting Fore and Aft, A.C.M.E., Los Angeles, CA
- 1998: A Figurative Dialogue: Summer 1998, Andrew F Sie Contemporary Art, Altamonte Springs, FL
- 1997-98: Woodwork, Fisher Landau Center, New York, NY
- 1995: Revisiting Landscape, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA
- 1993: Artists' Photographs: A Private View, Blum Helman Gallery, Inc., New York, NY
- 1991-92: American Artists of the Eighties, Palazzo delle Albere, Museo Provinciale d'Arte Sezione Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
- 1991: The 1980s: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- 1989-90: Festivities, Beth Urdang Fine Art, Boston, MA
- 1988-89: Travelling, Althea Viafora Gallery, New York, NY
- 1987: Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- 1987: Landscape: A Point of View, G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery LTD., Baltimore, MD
- 1986: 13 Americans, CDS Gallery, New York, NY
- 1984: B-Side Gallery, New York, NY
Recognition and style
editGreene describes his process as a blend of methodical and intuitive techniques, where his oil paintings celebrate color and texture through a meticulous cycle of construction, deconstruction, and repositioning. His approach aims to harmonize individual mark-making with systematic precision, reflecting his view of beauty's infinite nature.[7]
References
edit- ^ Weinstein, Matthew A. (8 April 1990). "Robert Greene". Artforum.
- ^ "Robert Greene". whitney.org.
- ^ "Robert Greene - Biography". www.askart.com.
- ^ "Robert Greene – Artists". Robert Miller Gallery. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ "Robert Greene Auction Prices". Invaluable. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ "Robert Greene – Art for Sale". Artspace. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ "Robert Greene - Interview". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved October 17, 2024.