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|  Mark di Suvero is a sculptor, combining Abstract Expressionist
instincts with assemblage techniques. Born in Shanghai, China, where
his father, an officer in the Italian navy, was stationed, he came to
San Francisco in 1941. After studying art from 1953 to 1957 at the
University of California, he moved to New York City and became a
predominant figure in establishing the Park Place, an early cooperative
gallery.
Until the mid-1960s, di Suvero combined large
weathered timbers, rope, wire, and found objects such as tires in
large-scaled, open compositions without bases (Champion, 1960). These
works have been called the three-dimensional equivalents to paintings
by Willem De Kooning and Franz Kline.
Due to severe injuries in
1960, di Suvero was forced to create smaller pieces using welded steel
and wood. He recovered within a few years and in the mid-1960s, he
began to use "clean" rather than used materials. In the mid-1960s he
began combining sections of wooden beams and structured steel I-beams
to create monumental sized outdoor abstract constructions (Falk, 1999).
In the 1970s, di Suvero began to integrate fewer components in
his larger pieces, "so that they seem to be a strange and aggressive
race of giants striding and cavorting on their slender steel supports
across the land (Baigell, 1979)." Several outdoor pieces can be seen at
the Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, N.Y.
Source:
Matthew Baigell Dictionary of American Art, 1979
Peter Hastings Falk (Editor), Who Was Who in American Art, 1999
Monte, J. Mark di Suvero, exhibit. cat., WMAA
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Sculptor Mark di Suvero was awarded the 2005 Heinz Award for Arts and Humanities.
Source: ARTnews, September 2005
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