James Acord
James Leroy Acord (19 October 1944 – 9 January 2011) was an artist who worked directly with
Acord was the only private individual in the world licensed to own and handle radioactive materials, and acquired
He was profiled by Philip Schuyler for
From 1998 to 1999 he was Artist in Residence at Imperial College London, a residency set up by arts commissioning organisation The Arts Catalyst, and funded by Arts Council England and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
He committed suicide in Seattle on January 9, 2011 [8] at the age of 66.[8]
His sculpture, Monstrance for a Grey Horse, is installed on the Southwestern University campus in Georgetown, Texas.
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "New Scientist". Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ James Acord at "The Influencers" conference, February 4th, 2010 (Barcelona, Spain)
- ^ Schuyler, Philip "Moving to Richland I", The New Yorker, October 14, 1991, accessed January 21, 2011.
- ^ Schuyler, Philip "Moving to Richland II", The New Yorker, October 21, 1991, accessed January 21, 2011.
- ^ Michaud, Jon "Postscript: James Acord, Alchemist for the Nuclear Age", The New Yorker, January 20, 2011, accessed January 21, 2011.
- ISBN 0-670-91492-4
- ^ a b "Postscript: James Acord, Alchemist for the Nuclear Age". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
External links
- James L. Acord memorial website, compiled by friends of the artist
- Progressive Alaska blog post by Philip Munger
- Author Fred Moody's description of his obsession with one of Acord's masterworks, "The Monstrance and me", from The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, January 14, 2001
- Author James Flint's 1998 profile of James Acord, "Looking for Acord"
- Chris Arnot's article for The Guardian, October 26, 1999, "Sculpting with nukes"
- American Nuclear Society's Nuclear News Interview, "James Acord: Atomic Artist" Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Videos of James Acord's lecture at "The Influencers" conference, February 4, 2010 (Barcelona, Spain)