A work in progress, the following chronology includes major events, exhibitions, and writings in the development of reductive and concept-based art in Europe, and subsequently in South and North America. Recommendations for additional information are welcome — please contact MINUS SPACE.
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1980 |
Camille Graeser dies in Wald, Switzerland
Hubert Döllner dies in Johnson, USA |
Helio Oiticica dies on March 15 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Ree Morton mounts a posthumous retrospective at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Tony Smith dies in New York, New York |
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| 1981 |
The exhibition "Construction in Process in the Art of the 70s" is mounted in Lodz, Poland
Gerhard von Graevenitz curates the exhibition "Pier + Ocean" at Hayward Gallery in London, England; Exhibition surveys English constructive and systemic art
Marcel Breuer dies on July 1 in New York
Olle Baertling dies in Stockholm, Sweden
Marcelle Cahn dies in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Jean Gorin dies in Niort, France
Jean Legros dies in Paris, France |
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Funded by the Dia Art Foundation, Fred Sandback opens his namesake museum in Winchendon, Massachusetts |
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| 1982 |
Günter Fruhtrunk dies in Munich, Germany
Ben Nicholson dies in London, England
Heinrich-Siegfried Bormann dies in Marl
Wilhelm Jakob Hess dies on April 27 in Salzgitter
Peter Keler dies on November 11 in Weimar |
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Anne Truitt publishes her book "Daybook: The Journal of an Artist"
Philip Taaffe mounts first solo exhibiition in New York, New York
Maya Lin's "Vietnam Memorial" opens in Washington, DC
The Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, Florida organizes the first retrospective of Charmion von Wiegand
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Clement Greenberg visits Australia for the second time |
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| 1983 |
Josef Albers Museum opens in Bottrop, Germany
The book "L'Ultima Avantguardia: Arte Programmara e Cinetica 1953-1963" by Lea Vergine is published
Gerhard von Graevenitz dies in Switzerland in an airplane crash
Gunnar S. Gundersen dies in Baerum, Norway
André Heurtaux dies in Paris, France
Walter Kaitna dies in Vienna, Austria
Karl Hermann Haupt dies in Berlin |
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Funded by the Dia Art Foundation, the Dan Flavin Art Institute opens in Bridgehampton, New York
Jack Whitten mounts a 10-year retrospective at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Charmion von Wiegand dies in New York, NY |
The Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, mounts a retrospective exhibition of Gordon Walters
Elders at Yuendumu community in Central Australia paint scenes from their traditional mythology, or Dreaming, on the doors of the local school; Receiving wide critical acclaim in the art world, the creation of the "Yuendumu doors" becomes an important event in the history of contemporary Aboriginal art |
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| 1984 |
Jo Baer moved to The Netherlands
norbert Kricke dies in Dusseldorf, Germany
Kenneth Martin dies in London, England |
Gego's Dibujos sin Papel exhibition at El Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Lygia Clark participates in exhibition "Neoconcretismo 1959-1961" at Galeria de Arte Banerj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Williams College Museum of Art mounts the exhibition "Radical Painting", organized by Thomas Krens; Included the artists Raimund Girke, Marcia Hafif, Anders Knutsson, Joseph Marioni, Carmengloria Morales, Olivier Mosset, Phils Sims, Howard Smith, Frederic Thursz, Gunter Umberg, and Jerry Zeniuk |
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| 1985 |
Katt Both dies on April 21 in Kassel
Ferdinand Kramer dies on November 4 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Bruno Pollak dies
Charlotte Posenenske dies |
The Museu de Arte Moderna presents "Uma nove revisao do movimiento neoconcreto", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Peter Halley begins working with gallery International with Monument; Mounts first solo exhibiition there
Gene Davis dies in Washington, DC |
The Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, mounts the second major survey of Milan Mrkusich |
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| 1986 |
The Foundation for Constructive and Concrete Art (now Haus Konstruktiv) was founded in Zurich, Switzerland
Walter Leblanc dies in Silly, Belgium
Verena Loewensberg dies in Zurich, Switzerland
Gerd Balzer dies on March 28 in Hannover
Selman Selmanagic dies on May 7 in Berlin, Germany
Mart Stam dies on February 23 in Goldbach, Switzerland |
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Sonnabend Gallery in New York City mounts the exhibition "Ashley Bickerton, Peter Halley, Jeff Koons, and Meyer Vaisman", heralding the rise of neo-geometric conceptual art (Neo-Geo)
Anne Truitt publishes her book "Turn" |
Gretchen Albrecht's first major survey exhibition mounted at Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand |
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| 1987 |
The exhibition "Von der magischen Zahl über das endlose Band zum Computerprogramm: Mathematik in der Kunst der letzten 30 Jahre" is mounted at the William Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
The Nordic Arts Center organizes the traveling exhibition "Nordic Concrete, 1907-1960"; Travels to Amos Andersons Konstmuseum, Helsinki; Norkopings Kunstmuseum, Norkoping; Henie-Onstad Kunstcenter, Hovikodden; Listasafn Islands, Reykjavik; Kunsthallen Brands Klaedefabrik, Odense; Travels thru 1988
Hermann Glöckner dies on June 18 in West Berlin, Germany
Erich Brendel dies on December 13 in Hamburg, Germany |
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Colin McCahon dies in Auckland, New Zealand |
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| 1988 |
Richard Paul Lohse dies in Zurich, Switzerland
Henryk Stazewski dies in Warsaw, Poland |
Lygia Clark dies on April 26 in Copacabana, Brazil
Mira Schendel dies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alfredo Volpi dies
Willys de Castro dies
Gego begins to develop Tejeduras |
The book "Peter Halley: Collected Essays 1981-1987" is published
Ronald Bladen dies in New York, New York |
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| 1989 |
The book "From Science to Systems of Art" by Patricia Railing is published
Hermann Bartels dies in Düsseldorf, Germany
Hans Hinterreiter dies in Ibiza, Spain |
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Leo Valledor dies in San Francisco, CA |
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