Esteban Vicente's Collages and Sculptures at NYU Grey Art Gallery
Between January 11 and March 26, 2011, the Grey Art Gallery at New York University presented 'Concrete Improvisations: Collages and Sculpture by Esteban Vicente.' This exhibition celebrated the collages and small sculptures of Vicente, who worked across five decades. A Modernist and colorist born in 1903 and passing in 2001, Vicente began his collage work in 1949, inspired by Elaine de Kooning. His pieces, such as 'Orange, Red Black' and 'Kalani Hawaii,' showcased an evolution in color depth. The display included collages and sculptures from the late 1980s and 1990s, along with works titled 'Divertimiento' from 1960 to 1979. Vicente, who believed teaching was vital to his art, received the Premio Arcale in 1999 but was unable to attend the award ceremony. The gallery is situated at 100 Washington Square East, NYC.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Concrete Improvisations: Collages and Sculpture by Esteban Vicente' ran from January 11 to March 26, 2011 at NYU's Grey Art Gallery
- Esteban Vicente (1903-2001) was a Spanish-born abstract painter and Modernist known for vivid colorism
- Vicente began making collages in 1949 while teaching at Berkeley, inspired by Elaine de Kooning
- His collages used newsprint, magazine clippings enhanced with gouache, charcoal, and colored pencil on board or canvas
- Notable 1962 collages include 'Orange, Red Black' and 'Black, Red, and Brown' from Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente in Segovia
- Vicente created sculptures called 'Divertimiento' (1960-1979) from gessoed foam core or painted wood, rarely exceeding a foot in height
- He taught at Black Mountain College, University of Michigan, Berkeley, Yale, and New York Studio School
- In 1999, Vicente received the Premio Arcale award from the Municipality of Salamanca
Entities
Artists
- Esteban Vicente
- Elaine de Kooning
- Jack Tworkov
- Bradley Walker Tomlin
- Eduardo Chillida
- Michael Goldberg
- Robert Motherwell
- Dorothea Rockburne
Institutions
- Grey Art Gallery
- New York University
- Black Mountain College
- University of Michigan
- Berkeley
- Yale
- New York Studio School
- Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente
- Municipality of Salamanca
- Carlsberg Glyptotek
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Taregano
- Segovia
- Spain
- Honolulu
- Hawaii
- Salamanca
- Copenhagen
- Denmark