Les Levine was born on 1935 and is a naturalized American Irish artist known as a pioneer of video art and as a conceptual artist working with communication media.
12 Facts About Les Levine
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In 1967, Levine won first prize for sculpture in the Canadian Sculpture Biennial.
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Les Levine collaborated with artists, critics, and poets, including Peter Schjeldahl, Jill Johnston, and Gregory Battcock, on artworks and publications in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Les Levine eventually settled in New York City in 1964 and became a resident artist at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1973.
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Early in his career, Les Levine introduced the idea of a disposable art and was given the nickname Plastic Man.
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Les Levine has used the telephone for this purpose, as well.
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Whilst Les Levine regarded the installation as a great success, this view was not shared by all the patrons.
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In 1984, Les Levine produced the short film Made in New York in collaboration with fashion designer Willi Smith.
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Les Levine designed a T-shirt for Smith's label WilliWear Productions that was featured in the film.
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Also in 1969, Les Levine presented the durational environment Process of Elimination.
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Les Levine has written on art for Arts, The Village Voice, Art in America and the Saturday Review.
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Les Levine was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1974 and again in 1980.