Edit DeAk
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Born | Edit Deak September 16, 1948 Printed Matter, Inc |
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Early life and education
DeAk was born Edit Deak in Budapest, Hungary, to Elvira (née Csutkai) and Béla Deak.[1]
In 1968, DeAk escaped Communist Hungary in the trunk of a car into Yugoslavia. She and her husband, Peter Grosz, eventually came to New York City via Italy.[1]
In 1972, DeAk received a B.A. in Art History from Columbia University.[1]
Career
After taking an art criticism class taught by
In its conception, DeAk aimed for Art-Rite to have "a whole new tone and attitude," by addressing issues with humor and promoting unconventional forms of art, such as street art and performance art.[3][5] Furthermore, DeAk and her colleagues created a very symbiotic relationship between Art-Rite and the artistic community, as the magazines were freely given away, "in recognition of the community which nurtures it.”[3]
In 1974, DeAk initiated a series dedicated to video, performance art, and readings at the Artists Space gallery, where she was working as a part-time assistant.[1]
In 1976, while Art-Rite was still regularly published, DeAk, along with Robinson, Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre, Lucy Lippard, Pat Steir, Irena Von Zahn, Mimi Wheeler, and Robin White, founded the art space, organization, and publication company Printed Matter Inc.
DeAk wrote for many New York-based arts magazines. Through their connection and close association at
Personal life
At the age of 18, DeAk married an artist named Peter Grosz, who later was known as Peter Grass. They eventually divorced.[1]
The penultimate decades of DeAk's life were plague with poor health heavy drug use. At the age of 68, DeAk died of pneumonia and acute respiratory stress syndrome-related complications in New York City.[1][7]
Works and publications
- DeAk, Edit, ed. (1989). Domenico Bianchi, Gianni Dessì, Giuseppe Gallo (in English, Italian, and Japanese). Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin. OCLC 758714266. – Art Random, no. 15
- DeAk, Edit (1974). "New York: Mel Bochner at Sonnabend". OCLC 888754797.
- deAk, Edit (April 1982). "New Again: Francesco Clemente". Interview Magazine.
- DeAk, Edit; Smith, Duncan (1984). Motives – Exhibition catalog. Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery. OCLC 950121822. – Exhibition from February 28, 1984 to April 1, 1984
- deAk, Edit (September 1987). "25 Years of Stephen Sprouse". Interview Magazine.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Grimes, William (22 June 2017). "Edit DeAk, a Champion of Outsider Artists, Dies at 68". The New York Times.
- OCLC 972429558.
- ^ a b c d "The Rite Stuff. (on Art-Rite)" by Frankel, David - Artforum International, Vol. 41, Issue 5, January 2003". Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ "Art Net: The Life and Times of Walter Robinson". Observer. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ "A Hungarian in New York: the Life of Edit Deak". Flatpack Films. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ "Edit deAk (1950–2017)". Artforum. 13 June 2017.
- ^ Speegle, Trey (9 June 2017). "#RIP: Art Critic, Edit DeAk". The WOW Report.
Further reading
- Robinson, Walter; Deak, Edit (2019). "Franklin Furnace Artist File: Miscellaneous Uncataloged Material – Edit DeAk". OCLC 84523181.
- Robinson, Walter; Deak, Edit (1973). "Art-Related Ephemera – Edit DeAk". OCLC 81330906.
External links
- Edit DeAk at Printed Matter, Inc