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Barry Le Va
Barry Le Va
Born	December 28, 1941; Long Beach, California
Died	January 24, 2021 (aged 79)
Nationality	American
Education	Otis Art Institute of LA County, Los Angeles , BA, 1964, MFA 1967; Los Angeles College of Art & Design, 1963; California State University, Long Beach,1960–63
Known for	Sculpture, Installation art
Movement	Process art
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship for Sculpture, 1974

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Barry Edward Le Va (December 28, 1941 – January 24, 2021) was an American sculptor and installation artist. Trained in his native California, he lived and worked in New York City. Le Va was among the leading figures of post-studio and process art to have emerged in the late 1960s. His abstract sculptures, installations, drawings, and editioned works are featured in major art collections around the world.^[1]

Training and early career

Le Va attended California State University, Long Beach from 1960 to 1963, continuing his studies at Los Angeles College of Art & Design, and at the Otis Art Institute of LA County, Los Angeles, where he received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in 1967.^[2]

In 1968, Le Va was awarded a Young Talent Grant from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He worked as an instructor at Minneapolis College of Art & Design from 1968 to 1970, and taught advanced sculpture at Princeton University from 1973 to 1974. From 1976 he taught graduate-level classes in sculpture at Yale University.

In 1974, Le Va received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Sculpture, and in 1976, received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

Work

Le Va's pioneering scatter pieces on the floor, started in 1966, made him one of the first of the so-called Process artists. In 1969, he started to create works with cleavers serially embedded in walls or floors.^[3] More recently, he produced monumental abstract works and site-specific installations.^[4]

Le Va's first solo exhibitions were held in 1969 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Since then, Le Va exhibited his work across the United States, as well as Canada, Europe, and Israel.^[2]

In 2005, Le Va's work was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (ICA).^[5] The exhibition, Accumulated Vision, Barry Le Va, was accompanied by the publication of a comprehensive monograph of the artist's work. The ICA described Le Va's work as: "Since the late 1960s, the American artist Barry Le Va has used broken glass, meat cleavers, wool felt, ball bearings, powdered chalk, cast concrete, paper towels, linseed oil, a typewriter and a gun, among other things, to make his art. Part of a generation intent on knocking art off its pedestal, Le Va claimed the floor as his field of operations by scattering massive amounts of materials, or forms, to create works which he called "distributions." Apparently random, even chaotic, these installations are in fact premeditated and executed according to plan. Not surprisingly, drawing plays a significant role in the work of this artist whose formative training is in architecture. Le Va's distributions make him one of the leading practitioners of Post-minimalism and Process Art. But his own, preferred frame of reference comes not from recent art history, but from mystery novels. He has likened his installations to crime scenes and invites viewers to look for clues to reconstruct the, often violent, act or concept that underlies them."^[6]

Le Va was once described as being "Like his art, he's not such an easy guy to be around, by turns challenging, gracious, explanatory and gnomic".^[7]

The estate of Le Va is represented by David Nolan Gallery, who has been exhibiting shows with Le Va since 1989. ^[8] Le Va was previously represented by the Sonnabend Gallery in New York and Galerie Rolf Ricke in Cologne, Germany.

Le Va's work is found in the following museum collections (among others):

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Art Institute of Chicago
Dallas Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

References

^ "Addio a Barry Le Va: morto a 79 anni il pioniere della Process Art". January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Barry le Va". Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ [1]^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "ICA: Accumulated Vision, Barry le Va". Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
^ "Artblog". Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
^ "Barry Le Va CV". Retrieved March 8, 2023.

External links

[1] "Addio a Barry Le Va: morto a 79 anni il pioniere della Process Art". January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[danese-2] "Barry le Va". Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2012.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] [1]^{[dead link‍]}

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "ICA: Accumulated Vision, Barry le Va". Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.

[7] "Artblog". Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2012.

[8] "Barry Le Va CV". Retrieved March 8, 2023.

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-'''Barry Le Va''' (born 1941) is a contemporary American sculptor and [[installation art]]ist. Trained in his native California, he works and lives in New York City. Le Va is among the leading figures of post-studio and [[process art]] of the late 1960s. His [[abstract art|abstract]] sculptures, installations, drawings, and editioned works are featured in major art collections around the world.
+'''Barry Edward Le Va''' (December 28, 1941 – January 24, 2021) was an American sculptor and [[installation art]]ist. Trained in his native California, he lived and worked in [[New York City]]. Le Va was among the leading figures of post-studio and [[process art]] to have emerged in the late 1960s. His [[abstract art|abstract]] sculptures, installations, drawings, and editioned works are featured in major art collections around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exibart.com/personaggi/morto-artista-barry-le-va/|title=Addio a Barry Le Va: morto a 79 anni il pioniere della Process Art|date=January 25, 2021|accessdate=January 26, 2021}}</ref>
-==Training and Early career==
+==Training and early career==
-Le Va attended [[California State University, Long Beach]] from 1960 to 1963, continuing his studies at [[Los Angeles College of Art & Design]], and at the [[Otis College of Art and Design|Otis Art Institute of LA County]], Los Angeles, where he received a [[Master of Fine Arts]] (MFA) degree in 1967.<ref name="danese">{{cite web|url=http://www.danese.com/Main/Artists/Le_Va/LEVA_bio.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=22 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820111425/http://www.danese.com/Main/Artists/Le_Va/LEVA_bio.html |archivedate=August 20, 2008 }}</ref>
+Le Va attended [[California State University, Long Beach]] from 1960 to 1963, continuing his studies at [[Los Angeles College of Art & Design]], and at the [[Otis College of Art and Design|Otis Art Institute of LA County]], Los Angeles, where he received a [[Master of Fine Arts]] (MFA) degree in 1967.<ref name="danese">{{cite web|url=http://www.danese.com/Main/Artists/Le_Va/LEVA_bio.html |title=Barry le Va |accessdate=22 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820111425/http://www.danese.com/Main/Artists/Le_Va/LEVA_bio.html |archivedate=August 20, 2008 }}</ref>
-In 1968, Le Va was awarded a Young Talent Grant from the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]].
+In 1968, Le Va was awarded a Young Talent Grant from the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]. He worked as an instructor at [[Minneapolis College of Art & Design]] from 1968 to 1970, and taught advanced sculpture at [[Princeton University]] from 1973 to 1974. From 1976 he taught graduate-level classes in sculpture at [[Yale University]].
-He worked as an instructor at [[Minneapolis College of Art & Design]] from 1968 to 1970, and taught advanced sculpture at [[Princeton University]] from 1973 to 1974. From 1976 he taught graduate-level classes in sculpture at [[Yale University]],
 In 1974, Le Va received a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] for Sculpture, and in 1976, received a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellowship.
 ==Work ==
-Le Va's pioneering scatter pieces on the floor, started in 1966, made him one of the first of the so-called [[Process art|Process]] artists. In 1969, he started to create works with cleavers embedded in walls or floors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.maryboonegallery.com/exhibitions/2008-2009/barry-leva/Barry-LeVa-2009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411003445/http://www.maryboonegallery.com/exhibitions/2008-2009/barry-leva/Barry-LeVa-2009.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> More recently, he has produced monumental abstract works and site-specific installations.<ref>http://www.artnet.com/galleries/artists_detail.asp?gid=139120&aid=10211</ref>
+Le Va's pioneering scatter pieces on the floor, started in 1966, made him one of the first of the so-called [[Process art|Process]] artists. In 1969, he started to create works with cleavers serially embedded in walls or floors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maryboonegallery.com/exhibitions/2008-2009/barry-leva/Barry-LeVa-2009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411003445/http://www.maryboonegallery.com/exhibitions/2008-2009/barry-leva/Barry-LeVa-2009.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> More recently, he produced monumental abstract works and site-specific installations.<ref>[http://www.artnet.com/galleries/artists_detail.asp?gid=139120&aid=10211 ]{{dead link|date=January 2021}}</ref>
-Le Va's first solo exhibitions were held in 1969 at the [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]] and at the [[Walker Art Center]], Minneapolis. Since then, Le Va has exhibited his work across the United States, as well as Canada, Europe and Israel.<ref name="danese" />
+Le Va's first solo exhibitions were held in 1969 at the [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]] and at the [[Walker Art Center]], Minneapolis. Since then, Le Va exhibited his work across the United States, as well as Canada, Europe, and Israel.<ref name="danese" />
-In 2005, Le Va's work was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia|Institute of Contemporary Art]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Philadelphia]] (ICA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/barry_le_va1/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=22 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315120129/http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/barry_le_va1/ |archivedate=March 15, 2012 }}</ref> The exhibition, "Accumulated Vision, Barry Le Va," was accompanied by the publication of a comprehensive monograph of the artist's work. The ICA described Le Va's work as: "Since the late 1960s, the American artist Barry Le Va has used broken glass, meat cleavers, wool felt, ball bearings, powdered chalk, cast concrete, paper towels, linseed oil, a typewriter and a gun, among other things, to make his art. Part of a generation intent on knocking art off its pedestal, Le Va claimed the floor as his field of operations by scattering massive amounts of materials, or forms, to create works which he called "distributions." Apparently random, even chaotic, these installations are in fact premeditated and executed according to plan. Not surprisingly, drawing plays a significant role in the work of this artist whose formative training is in architecture. Le Va's distributions make him one of the leading practitioners of Post-minimalism and Process Art. But his own, preferred frame of reference comes not from recent art history, but from mystery novels. He has likened his installations to crime scenes and invites viewers to look for clues to reconstruct the, often violent, act or concept that underlies them."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/past/le-va.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228204257/http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/past/le-va.php |archive-date=28 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+In 2005, Le Va's work was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia|Institute of Contemporary Art]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Philadelphia]] (ICA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/barry_le_va1/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=22 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315120129/http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/barry_le_va1/ |archivedate=March 15, 2012 }}</ref> The exhibition, ''Accumulated Vision, Barry Le Va,'' was accompanied by the publication of a comprehensive monograph of the artist's work. The ICA described Le Va's work as: "Since the late 1960s, the American artist Barry Le Va has used broken glass, meat cleavers, wool felt, ball bearings, powdered chalk, cast concrete, paper towels, linseed oil, a typewriter and a gun, among other things, to make his art. Part of a generation intent on knocking art off its pedestal, Le Va claimed the floor as his field of operations by scattering massive amounts of materials, or forms, to create works which he called "distributions." Apparently random, even chaotic, these installations are in fact premeditated and executed according to plan. Not surprisingly, drawing plays a significant role in the work of this artist whose formative training is in architecture. Le Va's distributions make him one of the leading practitioners of [[Post-minimalism]] and Process Art. But his own, preferred frame of reference comes not from recent art history, but from mystery novels. He has likened his installations to crime scenes and invites viewers to look for clues to reconstruct the, often violent, act or concept that underlies them."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/past/le-va.php |title=ICA: Accumulated Vision, Barry le Va |access-date=22 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228204257/http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/past/le-va.php |archive-date=28 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-Le Va has been described as being "Like his art, he's not such an easy guy to be around, by turns challenging, gracious, explanatory and gnomic".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fallonandrosof.com/2005/01/why-you-should-see-barry-le-va-even-if.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=22 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111150025/http://www.fallonandrosof.com/2005/01/why-you-should-see-barry-le-va-even-if.html |archivedate=November 11, 2011 }}</ref>
+Le Va was once described as being "Like his art, he's not such an easy guy to be around, by turns challenging, gracious, explanatory and gnomic".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fallonandrosof.com/2005/01/why-you-should-see-barry-le-va-even-if.html |title=Artblog |accessdate=22 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111150025/http://www.fallonandrosof.com/2005/01/why-you-should-see-barry-le-va-even-if.html |archivedate=November 11, 2011 }}</ref>
+The estate of Le Va is represented by David Nolan Gallery, who has been exhibiting shows with Le Va since 1989. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.davidnolangallery.com/attachment/en/55264b97cfaf344b688b4568/TextOneColumnWithFile/56c764a459a837a51e220f45 |title= Barry Le Va CV | accessdate=8 March 2023 }}</ref> Le Va was previously represented by the Sonnabend Gallery in New York and Galerie Rolf Ricke in Cologne, Germany.
-In 2009, Le Va exhibited at the [[Mary Boone Gallery]], New York.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.maryboonegallery.com/exhibitions/2008-2009/barry-leva/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110105744/http://maryboonegallery.com/exhibitions/2008-2009/barry-leva/index.html |archive-date=10 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 Le Va's work is found in the following museum collections (among others):
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 * [[Parrish Art Museum]], Southampton, New York
 * [[Serralves Foundation|Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art]], Porto, Portugal
+* [[Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München]]
 * [[Walker Art Center]], Minneapolis
 * [[Wexner Center for the Arts]], [[Ohio State University]], Columbus
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 ==Further reading==
-* Barry Le Va: The Aesthetic Aftermath by Michael Maizels, 2015, University of Minnesota Press
+* ''Barry Le Va: The Aesthetic Aftermath'' by Michael Maizels, 2015, University of Minnesota Press
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
 * [http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3435 MoMA | The Collection | Barry Le Va. (American, born 1941)]
-* [http://whitney.org/Collection/BarryLeVa Whitney Museum of American Art: Barry Le Va]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110930061552/http://whitney.org/Collection/BarryLeVa Whitney Museum of American Art: Barry Le Va]
+* [https://www.davidnolangallery.com/artists/barry-le-va David Nolan Gallery | Barry Le Va]
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 <!--- Categories --->
-[[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:1941 births]]
-[[Category:American contemporary artists]]
+[[Category:2021 deaths]]
-[[Category:Modern artists]]
+[[Category:Artists from Long Beach, California]]
+[[Category:American modern artists]]
 [[Category:American installation artists]]
 [[Category:Sculptors from New York (state)]]
 [[Category:Sculptors from California]]
 [[Category:Art in Greater Los Angeles]]
+[[Category:20th-century American sculptors]]
+[[Category:20th-century American male artists]]
+[[Category:21st-century American sculptors]]
+[[Category:21st-century American male artists]]
+[[Category:California State University, Long Beach alumni]]
+[[Category:Otis College of Art and Design alumni]]
+[[Category:Minneapolis College of Art and Design faculty]]
+[[Category:Princeton University faculty]]
+[[Category:Yale University faculty]]
+[[Category:National Endowment for the Arts Fellows]]

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