1977 in art
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[edit] Events
- Starr Kempf constructs the first of his "wind sculptures".
- documenta 6 takes place.
- Douglas Crimp curates "Pictures," featuring Jack Goldstein, Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine and others, at Artists' Space in New York.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Kevin Connor - Robert Klippel
[edit] Exhibitions
- Retrospective of Valentine Hugo at the Centre Culturel Thibaud de Champagne, Troyes.
- Retrospective of Frida Kahlo at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.
[edit] Works
- Donald Judd - Untitled (Meter Box)
- Marina Abramovic and Ulay - Expansion in Space
- Lucian Freud - Naked Man with Rat
- Gordon Matta-Clark - Jacob's Ladder
- Robert Morris - Williams Mirrors
- Cindy Sherman - Untitled Film Stills (through 1980)
[edit] Births
- February 8 - Yucef Merhi, New Media Artist
[edit] Deaths
- April 27 - Charles Alston, artist and teacher
- July 27 - Lee Miller, photographer
- August 23 - Naum Gabo, sculptor
- September 23 - John Nash, painter, illustrator and engraver, brother of Paul Nash
- October 20 - Marie-Thérèse Walter, muse of Pablo Picasso and mother of his daughter (suicide)
- November 5 - René Goscinny, co-creator of the Astérix comic strip
- date unknown - Walter Pritchard, stained glass artist
- date unknown - Philip Lindsey Clark, sculptorsv:Konståret 1977
