Ross Bleckner was born on May 12,1949 and is an American artist.
22 Facts About Ross Bleckner
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Ross Bleckner's artistic focus is on painting, and he held his first solo exhibition in 1975.
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In 1965, Ross Bleckner saw his first art exhibition, The Responsive Eye, at the Museum of Modern Art, which went on to have a huge impact on his artwork.
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Ross Bleckner went on to study at New York University, where he studied alongside fellow artist Sol LeWitt and Chuck Close.
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In 1974, when Ross Bleckner moved back to New York, he moved into a Tribeca loft building.
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Ross Bleckner held his first solo exhibition in 1975 at Cunningham Ward Gallery in New York.
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In 1981 Ross Bleckner met Thomas Ammann, who was an influential Swiss art dealer who went on to collect Ross Bleckner's work.
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Early 1990s, Ross Bleckner did his first painting called Cell painting which showed an example of human body cell diseases.
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Ross Bleckner uses symbolic imagery rather than direct representation, and his work is visually elusive, with forms that constantly change focus.
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One of Ross Bleckner's earliest artwork that reflected the AIDS epidemic was a painting called Small Count.
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Ross Bleckner doesn't consider his work to be morbid, he sees it as life, we're born, we live, we die.
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Ross Bleckner has posited that a painting is never finished, provided it is still in his studio, because it can always be improved.
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Ross Bleckner was one of the youngest artists to be featured at the Guggenheim.
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Ross Bleckner's works are held in collections around the world including Museum of Modern Art, New York, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Collezione Maramotti Museum, Reggio, Italy, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum, New York, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.
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Ross Bleckner is on the board of AIDS Community Research Initiative of America, a non-profit community-based AIDS research and treatment education center.
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Ross Bleckner is currently a Clinical Professor of Studio Art at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
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In May 2009 Ross Bleckner was awarded the title of Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
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Ross Bleckner was the first fine artist to receive the position.
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Later that year Ross Bleckner travelled to Gulu, Uganda to work with former children soldiers and abductees.
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Together the children and Ross Bleckner created portraits and paintings, which were sold at a United Nations benefit and through his exhibition, Welcome to Gulu, at Lehmann Maupin Gallery.
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Ross Bleckner has been living in New York's West Village since 2004.
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Ross Bleckner's lawsuit was terminated in 2019 and consolidated with Gilman's action.