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Marilyn Levine
Born(1935-12-22)22 December 1935
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Died2 April 2005(2005-04-02) (aged 69)
Oakland, California
NationalityCanadian
Known forCeramics
MovementTrompe-l'œil, funk art
Websitewww.marilynlevine.com

Marilyn Levine (born 22 December 1935 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, died 2 April 2005 in Oakland, California) was a Canadian ceramics artist known for her trompe-l'œil art. She built a reputation making ceramic works of art that looked like leather handbags, garments, and briefcases.[1][2] She was associated with the funk art movement.[3]

Career

Levine grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and moved to Edmonton to study chemistry at the University of Alberta where she earned a master's degree in 1959.[3] In 1961, she moved to Regina with her husband, Sidney Levine.[4] Because she was unable to find sufficient employment in the field of chemistry, Levine enrolled in drawing, painting, art history, and pottery courses through the University of Saskatchewan Extension Program.[3][5]

After a trip to California in 1968, she decided to make pottery her career, and she moved to California a year later. She studied sculpture at University of California, Berkeley, under the tutelage of Peter Voulkos.[3] It was during this time that she began to develop her trademark realistic style. It was during her time in California that she became associate with the funk art movement.[6] She completed two degrees at the University of California, Berkeley (MA, 1970; MFA, 1971). During her second year at Berkeley, she became focused on inanimate objects (particularly leather items) as "records of human experience and activity."[5] Levine quickly developed this talent for creating highly realistic representations of leather objects using ceramics, with attention to the fine details of aging, wearing, and shaping of the leather.[5]

She taught art a number of universities including UC Berkeley, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Utah. In 1975 she divorced Sidney Levine.[6] In 1976, she moved to Oakland, California, and established a studio with Peter Voulkos.[3]

During her career she had around 40 solo shows. Her work is held in the

Montreal Museum of Fine Art.[1]

Levine died on 2 April 2005 in Oakland, California, due to mucosal melanoma.[6]

Her work, RK Briefcase, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[7][8]

Awards

Levine was awarded the Louise and Adolph Schwenk Memorial Prize for Sculpture in 1969. She received a medal at the International Academy of Ceramics in 1973.[9]

Sources

  • Marilyn Levine Website. http://www.marilynlevine.com/ Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  • Beatty, Greg. "Marilyn Levine, Une rétrospective, A Retrospective." Espace, #47, Montreal, Spring 1999: pp. 32–35. ill.
  • Bismanis, Maija, Timothy Long, and Sam Jornlin. Marilyn Levine: A Retrospective. (1998).
  • Cowin, Dana. "Leather ? Marilyn Levine’s Ceramic Pieces Elevate Luggage to the Status of Art." Showcase, July/August 1986: p. 10. R.
  • Donaldson, Judy. "Marilyn Levine: A Comprehensive Review," Fusion Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 1, January 2000: pp. 10–12, ill.
  • Timothy Long, ed., Regina Clay: Worlds in the Making (2005)
  • Long, Timothy and Maija Bismanis. Marilyn Levine: A Retrospective. MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK. 1998: ill.
  • Peterson, Susan. "Ceramics of Marilyn Levine." Craft Horizons, February 1977: pp. 40–43, 63–64, ill. pp. 40, 42, 43.
  • Prokopoff, Stephen. "Marilyn Levine: A Decade of Ceramic Sculpture," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1981: ill.
  • Treib, Marc, "On Reading Marilyn Levine," Ceramics: Art & Perception, Issue 59, March 2005: pp. 44–47, ill. pp. 44–47.
  • Zhou, Guangzhen Poslin. "Marilyn Levine: The Master Makes Reminiscent Leather Products." Ceramic Art, 15, (Taiwan), 1997: pp. 90–93, ill.
  • "Oral history interview with Marilyn Levine", 2002 May 15, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

References

  1. ^ a b Oliver, Myrna (11 April 2005). "Marilyn Levine, 69; Her Ceramic Works Looked Like Real Leather". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ Stewart, Iain. "Levine, Marilyn (1935–2005)". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e Gotlieb, Rachel. "Marilyn Levine". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Marilyn Levine". Saskatchewan NAC. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Toth, Cory. "The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan". esask.uregina.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  6. ^
    New York Times
    . Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  7. ISBN 9781913875268
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  8. ^ "RK Briefcase". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Saskatchewan NAC Artists: Marilyn Levine". www.sknac.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
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