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1984 art
Events from the year 1984 in art.
Events
November 6 - The Turner Prize is awarded for the first time, to Malcolm Morley.https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/1984/nov/07/20yearsoftheturnerprize.turnerprize Morley wins the Turner Prize The Guardian London 1984-11-07 2015-03-12
Neue Slowenische Kunst is established.
First Nordik art historians' conference held, "Nordic art around the turn of the century" in Helsinki. The work of Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) is first revealed publicly, by Åke Fant.
Eric Hebborn admits to art forgery.
An x-ray of Jean-François Millet's 1870 painting The Young Shepherdess, in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, reveals an earlier painting previously presumed destroyed, The Captivity of the Jews in Babylon.Murphy Alexandra R. Jean-François Millet Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1984 0-87846-237-6 registration https://archive.org/details/jeanfrancoismill00murp
Awards
Archibald Prize: Keith Looby – Max Gillies
Works
Category:1984 sculptures
Alberto Burri – Cretto di Burri ("Il Grande Cretto", land art, Gibellina, Sicily, Italy; work begins)
John Doubleday – Statue of Dylan Thomas (Marina, Swansea)
Jean Dubuffet – Monument with Standing Beast (fiberglass sculpture, Chicago Loop)
Felim Egan – Battle of Hercules and Antaeus
Steve Gillman – From Within Shalom (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
Frederick Hart – Three Soldiers (bronze statue)
Nancy Holt – Dark Star Park, Rosslyn, Virginia
Keith Jellum – Electronic Poet (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
Nabil Kanso – Apocalyptic Riders (diptych)
Lee Kelly – Akbar's Garden (sculpture, Eugene, Oregon)
R. B. Kitaj – Cecil Court, London W.C.2. (The Refugees) (1983-84)
Roy Lichtenstein – Brushstrokes in Flight (sculpture, Columbus, Ohio)
Steve McCurry – Afghan Girl (photographic portrait)
Malcolm Morley - Farewell to Cretehttps://www.theguardian.com/arts/pictures/image/0,8543,-10204774275,00.html Malcolm Morley, Farewell to Crete, 1984 | guardian.co.uk Arts TheGuardian.com
Odd Nerdrum – Iron Law
Humphrey Ocean – Philip Larkin
Roland Poska – From Blue to Blue
Gleb Savinov – Nevsky Prospekt
Kenny Scharf - When the Worlds CollidePlayful Pop Surrealist Kenny Scharf Gets Serious https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kenny-scharf-brant-foundation-career-survey-2575178?amp=1
Frank Stella - Smoke Sculpture Formhttps://artsearch.nga.gov.au/detail.cfm?IRN=150853 National Gallery - Search the Collection
Paul Sutinen – In the Shadow of the Elm (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
David Wojnarowicz - F--- You F----- F----- (painting)https://artblart.com/2018/09/28/exhibition-david-wojnarowicz-history-keeps-me-awake-at-the-whitney-museum-of-american-art-new-york/ Exhibition: 'David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake' at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 28 September 2018
Exhibitions
May 20 until September 9 - American Neo-Expressionists at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut.https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/arts/art-view-a-neo-expressionist-survey-that-s-worth-a-journey.html Art View: A Neo-Expressionist Survey that's Worth a Journey The New York Times 22 July 1984 Ridgefield Grace Glueck
Births
May 4 – Joe Simpson, English figurative painter
November 29 – Yoriyas, Moroccan street photographer and breakdancer
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Deaths
January to June
January 7 – Virgilio Guidi, Italian painter (b. 1891)
February 6
Jimmy Ernst, American painter born in Germany (b. 1920)
Ronald Moody, Jamaican-born woodcarver (b. 1900)
February 12 – Tom Keating, English art restorer and forger (b. 1917)
March 16 – John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)
March 20 – Paule Vézelay, English painter (b. 1892)
April 22 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
April 23 – Sir Roland Penrose, English Surrealist painter and art collector (b. 1900)
June 3 – Peter Wilson, English art auctioneer (b. 1913)
June 19 – Lee Krasner, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1908)
July to December
July 7 – Dirk Hannema, Dutch museum director and art collector (b. 1895).http://arthistorians.info/hannemad Hannema, Dirk Sorensen, Lee Dictionary of Art Historians (arthistorians.info) 2010-02-26
July 8 – Brassaï, Hungarian photographer, sculptor and filmmaker (b. 1899)
July 9 – Peter Hurd, American artist (b. 1904)
August 2 – Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animation director and cartoonist (b. 1896).
September 16 – Meredith Frampton, English portrait painter (b. 1894)
October 7 – Arnold Akberg, Estonian painter (b. 1894)
October 29 – Jacques Adnet, French modernist designer, architect and interior designer (b. 1900).
December 1 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
December 2 - Edward James, British Surrealist art collector and poet (b. 1907)
See also
1984 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
References
Category:Years of the 20th century in art
Category:1980s in art