Allen Ruppersberg

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Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944) is an American conceptual artist based in Los Angeles and New York City.

He is one of the first generation of American conceptual artists that changed the way art was thought about and made.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} His work includes paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, installations and books.

Early life and education

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ruppersberg graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts) in Los Angeles, California.

Career

During his early years in Los Angeles, he began significant relationships with John Baldessari, William Leavitt, Ed Ruscha, William Wegman and Allan McCollum. He participated in the 1969 exhibition When Attitudes Become Form,Szeemann, Harald (1969). When Attitudes Become Form (exhibition catalog). Bern: Kunsthalle Bern. and is recognized as a seminal practitioner of installation art, having produced works including Al's Cafe (1969), Al's Grand Hotel (1971) and The Novel that Writes Itself (1978).

He moved to New York in 1985.

=Exhibitions=

Since the late 1960s, his work has been the subject of over sixty solo exhibitions and nearly 200 group shows. In 1985, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles organized an exhibition of Ruppersberg's work, which subsequently traveled to the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City.Singerman, Howard (1985). Allen Ruppersberg: The Secret of Life and Death. Volume I: 1969–1984. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles catalog (edited by Julia Brown). Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press.

His work can be found in permanent collections of museums internationally, including:

Foundation de Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, United States
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York, United States

=Artist's philosophy=

Ruppersberg's philosophy is to use language as a means of expression in its own right. He drew on all the different sectors of the mass media and the consumer society from a critical viewpoint.{{Cite web|url=https://www.artpractical.com/column/allen_ruppersberg/|title=The Visiting Artist Profile Allen Ruppersberg|last=Mallouk|first=Elyse|date=2011-10-05|website=Art Practical Artist Profiles|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190725010015/https://www.artpractical.com/column/allen_ruppersberg/|archive-date=July 25, 2019|access-date=24 July 2019|url-status=live}}

=Works=

The New Five Foot Shelf. The installation consists of 50 books and 44 posters. Dimension of the installation: variable. Limited edition of 10 copies and 2 artist’s proofs. Produced and published in 2001 by Editions Micheline Szwajcer & Michèle Didier. Voir [http://www.micheledidier.com/index.php/gb/ mfc-michèle didier]
"The New Five Foot Shelf of Books"{{spaced ndash}} installation, produced and published in 2003 by Editions Micheline Szwajcer and Michèle Didier, Brussels. Voir [http://www.micheledidier.com/index.php/gb/ mfc-michèle didier]
"Chapter VI"{{spaced ndash}} artist book, produced and published in 2009 by [http://www.micheledidier.com mfc-michèle didier], Brussels

The Novel That Writes Itself, artist book, produced and published in 2014 by [http://www.micheledidier.com/ mfc-michèle didier], Brussels

=Awards=

United States Artists 2011 Oliver Fellow for Visual Arts{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120110210242/http://www.usafellows.org/fellow/allen_ruppersberg United States Artists Official Website]}}

Personal life

Ruppersberg lives and works in Los Angeles and New York City. Ruppersburg is in a long term relationship for the past 12 years with Annette Leddy.

References

External links

Ruppersberg's work at [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926233441/http://catsearch.atomz.com/search/catsearch/?sp-q=allen%20ruppersberg&sp-a=sp10021fcc&sp-f=ISO-8859-1 The Museum of Modern Art, New York]
Ruppersberg's project at [http://www.diacenter.org/ruppersberg/ Dia Art Foundation]
Ruppersberg's work at [http://www.baeditions.com/allen-ruppersberg-artwork.htm Brooke Alexander Gallery]
[https://kadist.org/people/allen-ruppersberg/ Ruppersberg's profile] at Kadist Art Foundation
Cheryl Donegan, [http://bombmagazine.org/article/3330/allen-ruppersberg Allen Ruppersberg], interview in BOMB magazine, Oct 1, 2009

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