User:Marilyn Nix/Robert Wilhite

Robert Wilhite (born May xx, 1946 in Santa Ana, California) is an American sculptor who works with sound, objects and performance. He received a B.A. degree in art from the University of California at Irvine where he studied artists including Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman and Robert Irwin; he studied with Chris Burden, Richard Newton, Barbara Smith and Alexis Smith. He received an M.F.A. degree from California State University at Northridge. He was a competitive swimmer and diver in high school and college (note).

Key points:

Gagosian's first gallery in Westwood
diving
worked at pace
Shows in Europe
Getty
Art in America
Life magazine
collaborations with Guy de Cointet

References

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/15/local/me-bomb15
[http://www.welcometolace.org/static/files/OneSheet_2pg.pdf Recollecting Performance at LACE]

External links

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