Timothy Van Laar
{{Short description|American artist}}
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Timothy Van Laar (born 1951{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/van_laar_tim.html|title=Tim Van Laar|encyclopedia=Artcyclopedia|accessdate=9 June 2021}} in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American artist, writer and full-time professor{{ambig|date=June 2021}}.
Art career
Van Laar produces art works in multiple formats including, paintings, drawings and installation pieces many of which have been exhibited throughout North America and Europe.Timothy Van Laar, [http://www.timothyvanlaar.com/WebsiteCV.pdf CV]. Retrieved 9 June 2021. He has received fellowships and grants and other support from multiple organizations including Fulbright, Yaddo, the Howard Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Some of the most well known works are the postcard paintingshttp://www.thingsbetween.net/news/artists/vanlaar/{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Van Laar has been featured in exhibits at major art museums, including The Detroit Institute of Arts.
Van Laar's most recent artworks deal with the nature of representation in painting. A single painting merges multiple historical approaches to how paint is applied, how paintings create meaning, and how paintings define their subject matter.
Writing
He is the co-author of three books with Leonard Diepeveen: Active Sights: Art as Social Interaction,{{Cite book|isbn=1559349298|title=Active Sights: Art as Social Interaction|last1=Laar|first1=Timothy Van|last2=Diepeveen|first2=Leonard|year=1998|publisher=Mayfield Publishing Company }} Art with a Difference: Looking at Difficult and Unfamiliar Art{{Cite book|isbn=1559349301|title=Art with a Difference: Looking at Difficult and Unfamiliar Art|last1=Diepeveen|first1=Leonard|last2=Laar|first2=Timothy Van|year=2001|publisher=Mayfield Pub. }} and Artworld Prestige: Arguing Cultural Value.{{Cite book|isbn = 978-0199913985|title = Artworld Prestige: Arguing Cultural Value|last1 = Diepeveen|first1 = Leonard|last2 = Laar|first2 = Timothy Van|date = 31 January 2013| publisher=Oup USA }} Other works include reviews and numerous essays.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
Education and professional positions
Currently,{{when|date=June 2021}} Van Laar resides in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Calvin College for his undergraduate degree and obtained his MFA degree at Wayne State University. For 32 years, he was a professor of art in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.http://illinois.edu/ds/search?search=Van+Laar&search_type=all&skinId=&cx=&cof=&q=Van+Laar&t=1&sa=Go {{dead link|date=June 2021}} Currently,{{when|date=June 2021}} he is Professor and Chair of Fine Arts at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
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External links
- [http://www.timothyvanlaar.com Official website]
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