Suzi Gablik
Suzi Gablik | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | September 26, 1934
Died | May 7, 2022 Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 87)
Nationality | American |
Education | Black Mountain College; Hunter College, BA |
Known for | art historian, writer, painter |
Notable work | Has Modernism Failed?, The Reenchantment of Art |
Awards | National Lifetime Achievement Award, Women's Caucus for Art, 2003 |
Suzi Gablik (September 26, 1934 – May 7, 2022) was an American visual artist, author, art critic, and professor of art history and art criticism.[1] She lived in Blacksburg, Virginia.[2][3]
Early life and education
Gablik was born in New York City on September 26, 1934.[4][5] Her interest in art was piqued after visiting museums in her hometown with her father during her childhood.[4] In 1951, after a summer studying at Black Mountain College, she entered Hunter College where she studied with Robert Motherwell. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1955.[4][6]
As a graduation gift from her parents, she travelled to Europe, but on her return she fell out with her parents over a love affair and had to rely on her own resources. Dollie Chareau, the widow of Pierre Chareau, let her stay in Chareau's studio, and she began working for George Wittenborn , a dealer in art books and small-press publisher as a clerk at Wittenborn's bookstore and assistant with his publishing. This was the beginning of her work in art publishing and art history.[7]
Writing career
Gablik wrote articles for as well as for blogs.[12]
Gablik's first book was Pop Art Redefined, co-authored with art critic
Gablik's The Reenchantment of Art announced her disenchantment with "the compulsive and oppressive consumeristic framework in which we do our work," and argued that a re-connection to the primordial and to ritual might allow "for a return of soul."[21][22] Instead of traditional forms of religion, however, Gablik sought out contemporary art that she believed broke out of the Western framework, championing the work of artists such as Frank Gohlke, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, Nancy Holt, Dominique Mazeaud, Fern Shaffer and Otello Anderson, Starhawk, James Turrell, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, in the book and in subsequent critical writing.[23]
In addition to her critical articles, Gablik conducted interviews with other artists, art critics or philosophers, such as Richard Shusterman.[24][25] She also wrote essays for exhibition catalogues of shows that she has curated.[26]
Her papers are held at the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art.[8][7]
Teaching
Gablik taught at
Collections and exhibitions
Gablik's art work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum[29] and the Black Mountain College Museum collection.[30]
Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[31]
Personal life and death
Gablik was in a brief relationship with Harry Torczyner after her graduation.[7][4] She died on May 7, 2022, at her home in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 87, and suffered from a long unspecified illness prior to her death.[4][32]
Awards and honors
In 2003, Gablik was awarded a National Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding achievement in the visual arts by the Women's Caucus for Art.[33]
References
- ^ "Suzi Gablik – Dictionary of Art Historians". arthistorians.info. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Resurgence • Author Suzi Gablik". www.resurgence.org. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ "Suzi Gablik". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Greenberger, Alex (May 12, 2022). "Suzi Gablik, Well-Connected Critic Who Asked Tough Questions, Dies at 87". ARTnews. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Interview with Suzi Gablik". jari.podbean.com. November 1, 2009. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Suzi Gablik – Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Suzi Gablik". askart.com. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ S2CID 192168719.
- ^ a b c d "Detailed description of the Suzi Gablik papers, 1954–2014". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Suzi Gablik". OverDrive. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ Gablik, Suzi. "A Catalogue of Horrors: Suzi Gablik on Edward Kienholz, in 1965 | ARTnews". www.artnews.com. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Gablik – Art and God". Scribd. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ Gablik, Suzi. "Suzi Gablik" (PDF). GreenMuseum. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ Reviews of Pop Art Redefined:
- Michelson, Annette (October 26, 1969). "Pop Art Redefined". The New York Times.
- Moffitt, John F. (1970). "Review of Pop Art Redefined". Art Journal. 29 (3): 390–392. JSTOR 775479.
- ^ Reviews of Progress in Art:
- Rose, Barbara (June 26, 1977). "Yes, but is it art?". The New York Times.
- Pariser, David (Spring 1983). "The pitfalls of progress: A review and discussion of Gablik's Progress in Art". Visual Arts Research. 9 (1): 41–54. JSTOR 20715533.
- Willmott, Elizabeth (January 1977). "Review". The Structurist. 17: 125. ProQuest 1297886011.
- Bystryn, Marcia H. (1978). Contemporary Sociology. 7 (5): 576–577. JSTOR 2065013.)
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- Dasgupta, Gautam (1977). Performing Arts Journal. 2 (2): 103–104. JSTOR 3245352.)
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- Thaw, Eugene Victor (September 30, 1984). "Art under late capitalism". The New York Times.
- de Breffny, Brian (1984). Irish Arts Review (1984–1987). 1 (3): 62. JSTOR 20491657.)
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- Fuller, Peter (1985). The Burlington Magazine. 127 (989): 542–543. JSTOR 882175.)
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link - Wiseman, Mary Bittner (1986). "Review of The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths, ; Has Modernism Failed?". Journal of Aesthetic Education. 20 (3): 122–127. JSTOR 3332444.
- ^ Reviews of The Reenchantment of Art:
- "The Reenchantment of Art by Suzi Gablik". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- Bull, Malcolm (1993). The Burlington Magazine. 135 (1081): 286. JSTOR 885535.)
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- Collins, Bradford R. (1993). "Rescuing Art and Culture". Art Journal. 52 (2): 93–97. JSTOR 777243.
- Allen, J. (February–March 1992). "Review". American Craft. 52 (1): 19.
- Goldman, Saundra (May 1992). "Review". Art Papers. 16 (3): 55.
- Allen, Pat B. (November 1994). "Review". American Journal of Art Therapy. 33 (2): 60.
- Widmer, Kingsley (June–July 1992). "The aesthetics of social ecology". American Book Review. 14 (2).
- ^ Reviews of Conversations Before the End of Time:
- Bromley, Anne C. (1996). The Georgia Review. 50 (3): 617–620. JSTOR 41401277.)
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- Bromley, Anne C. (1996). The Georgia Review. 50 (3): 617–620.
- Silvers, Anita (Fall 1999). The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 57 (4): 486–487. JSTOR 432167.)
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link - Klein, Sheri R. (Summer 1998). Studies in Art Education. 39 (4): 381–384. JSTOR 1320243.)
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link - Lachman-Chapin, Mildred (July 1998). Art Therapy. 15 (3): 207–208. doi:10.1080/07421656.1989.10759324.)
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- JSTOR 44086217.
- JSTOR 876774.
- ISBN 0500490031.
- ISBN 978-0-5002768-9-1. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ Morgan, David. "Enchantment, Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment,” in Re-Enchantment, edited by James Elkins, David Morgan. New York: Routledge, 2009, p. 16-17. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ Gablik, Suzi. "Arts and the Earth: Making Art as If the World Mattered," Orion, Autumn 1995, p. 44.
- ^ "FAU – Breaking Out of the White Cube". www.fau.edu. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ Gablik, Suzi. "The Ecological Imperative: An Interview with Fern Shaffer and Othello Anderson," Art Papers, Nov. 1991.
- ^ "apexart :: Suzi Gablik :: Sacred Wild". www.apexart.org. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ Art, Archives of American. "Detailed description of the Suzi Gablik papers, 1954–2014 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Artists/Workshops" (PDF). Mountain Lake Workshop. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ Smithsonian Institution. "Suzi Gablik: Works by this artist". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Suzi Gablik". Black Mountain College Museum. March 20, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Suzi Gablik". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Suzi Gablik (1934–2022)". Artforum. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards 2003" (PDF). National Women's Caucus for Art. Retrieved June 20, 2020.