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'''Barbara M. Zucker''' (born 1940) is an [[United States|American]] artist known for her sculpture. {{As of| |
'''Barbara M. Zucker''' (born 1940) is an [[United States|American]] artist known for her sculpture. {{As of|2018}} she was Professor Emerita, University of Vermont,<ref>{{cite web |title=Publications and Creative Works 2018 |url=https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/Division-of-Enrollment-Management/2018Publications_Web.pdf |publisher=University of Vermont |accessdate=April 30, 2020 |page=2}}</ref> and based in [[Burlington, Vermont]]. |
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Born in [[Philadelphia]], Zucker received a Bachelor of Science degree at the [[University of Michigan]]; she also studied at the [[Cranbrook Academy of Art]] and the [[Kokoschka School of Vision]] before receiving a Master of Arts from [[Hunter College]]. She has taught at [[La Guardia Community College]]; [[Fordham University]]; [[Philadelphia College of Art]]; the [[University of Vermont]] as a professor on the studio art faculty from 1979, being chair of the Department of Art from 1979 to 1985; and [[Yale University]]. She has served as an artist-in-residence at [[Florida State University]] and [[Princeton University]]. Zucker began a series of works based on the shape of chairs in the 1960s; the following decade saw her move into [[installation art]]. She has since come to explore fan shapes, and more recently began to create works with motors. She is a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellow for 1975, and was awarded a fellowship from ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' in 1990 to work in Giverny. She has had numerous solo shows, and co-founded the [[A.I.R. Gallery]], the first women's co-operative gallery in the U.S., in New York City in 1972. From 1974 to 1981 she was an editorial assistant at ''[[Art News]]'', and she has written for that publication, ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Art Journal (College Art Association journal)|Art Journal]]'', and ''[[Women's Studies]]''. Her work may be found in the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] and in numerous private and corporate collections.<ref name="HellerHeller2013">{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schlegel|first1=Amy Ingrid|title=Barbara Zucker's Beauty Myths|journal=Sculpture|date=December 1997|volume=16|issue=10|url=http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag97/zucker/sm-zuckr.shtml}}</ref> |
Born in [[Philadelphia]], Zucker received a Bachelor of Science degree at the [[University of Michigan]]; she also studied at the [[Cranbrook Academy of Art]] and the [[Kokoschka School of Vision]] before receiving a Master of Arts from [[Hunter College]]. She has taught at [[La Guardia Community College]]; [[Fordham University]]; [[Philadelphia College of Art]]; the [[University of Vermont]] as a professor on the studio art faculty from 1979, being chair of the Department of Art from 1979 to 1985; and [[Yale University]]. She has served as an artist-in-residence at [[Florida State University]] and [[Princeton University]]. Zucker began a series of works based on the shape of chairs in the 1960s; the following decade saw her move into [[installation art]]. She has since come to explore fan shapes, and more recently began to create works with motors. She is a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellow for 1975, and was awarded a fellowship from ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' in 1990 to work in Giverny. She has had numerous solo shows, and co-founded the [[A.I.R. Gallery]], the first women's co-operative gallery in the U.S., in New York City in 1972. From 1974 to 1981 she was an editorial assistant at ''[[Art News]]'', and she has written for that publication, ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Art Journal (College Art Association journal)|Art Journal]]'', and ''[[Women's Studies]]''. Her work may be found in the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] and in numerous private and corporate collections.<ref name="HellerHeller2013">{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schlegel|first1=Amy Ingrid|title=Barbara Zucker's Beauty Myths|journal=Sculpture|date=December 1997|volume=16|issue=10|url=http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag97/zucker/sm-zuckr.shtml}}</ref> |
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Barbara Zucker | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Hunter College |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Awards | Giverny Fellowship, Lila Acheson Wallace Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Sculpture, The UCross Foundation, Yaddo, National Academy Museum Proctor Award. |
Barbara M. Zucker (born 1940) is an American artist known for her sculpture. As of 2018[update] she was Professor Emerita, University of Vermont,[1] and based in Burlington, Vermont.
Born in Philadelphia, Zucker received a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Michigan; she also studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and the Kokoschka School of Vision before receiving a Master of Arts from Hunter College. She has taught at La Guardia Community College; Fordham University; Philadelphia College of Art; the University of Vermont as a professor on the studio art faculty from 1979, being chair of the Department of Art from 1979 to 1985; and Yale University. She has served as an artist-in-residence at Florida State University and Princeton University. Zucker began a series of works based on the shape of chairs in the 1960s; the following decade saw her move into installation art. She has since come to explore fan shapes, and more recently began to create works with motors. She is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow for 1975, and was awarded a fellowship from Reader's Digest in 1990 to work in Giverny. She has had numerous solo shows, and co-founded the A.I.R. Gallery, the first women's co-operative gallery in the U.S., in New York City in 1972. From 1974 to 1981 she was an editorial assistant at Art News, and she has written for that publication, The Village Voice, Art Journal, and Women's Studies. Her work may be found in the Whitney Museum of American Art and in numerous private and corporate collections.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Publications and Creative Works 2018" (PDF). University of Vermont. p. 2. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
- ^ Schlegel, Amy Ingrid (December 1997). "Barbara Zucker's Beauty Myths". Sculpture. 16 (10).
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