1972 in art
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Events
- May 21 – In St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City), Laszlo Toth attacks Michelangelo's Pietà statue with a geologist's hammer, shouting that he is Jesus Christ.
- June 8 - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark, designed by Alvar and Elissa Aalto and Jean-Jacques Baruël, is completed.[1]
- September 15 – Release in France of Luis Buñuel's surrealist film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
- September 16 – Opening of A.I.R. Gallery at 97 Wooster Street, SoHo, New York, the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States.
- September – Release in the United Kingdom of Ken Russell's biographical film about Gaudier-Brzeska, Savage Messiah.
- date unknown
- BBC Television broadcasts Ways of Seeing, a four-part series by John Berger on art.[2]
- Costantino Nivola becomes the first non-American member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser publishes his architectural manifesto, Your window right – your tree duty.
- Portmeirion Pottery brings out its best-selling "Botanic Garden" design.
- Oliver Millar becomes the first full-time Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures in the United Kingdom, succeeding Anthony Blunt.[3]
Awards
Works
- Bronisław Chromy – Wawel Dragon (statue) installed in Kraków
- Marcelle Ferron – Untitled stained glass panel at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Helen Frankenthaler – Coral Wedge
- Barbara Hepworth – Minoan Head and Assembly of Sea Forms
- Joan Jonas – Vertical Roll
- Paul McCarthy – Black and White Tapes
- Clifton Pugh – Death of a Wombat
- John Raimondi – David
Births
- January 29 - Brian Wood, American author and illustrator
- April 4 – Jørgen Larsson, Norwegian musician, sound artist and curator.
- April 29 – Roman Dirge, American comic book artist and magician.
Full date unknown
- Duncan Campbell, Irish-born video artist.
- Jules de Balincourt, French painter.
- Gilles Tréhin, French artist and author.
Deaths
January to June
- January 19 – Suzanne Malherbe, French illustrator and designer (b. 1892).
- February 19 – Tedd Pierce, American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist (b. 1906).
- March 13 – Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941).
- March 23 – Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895).
- March 27
- M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist (b. 1898).
- Ricco Wassmer, Swiss painter (b. 1915).
- April 26 - Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
July to December
- July 31 – Dod Procter, English painter (b. 1890)[4]
- October 23 – Clarice Cliff, English ceramic artist (b. 1899)
- October 31 – Beta Vukanović, Serbian painter (b. 1872).
- December 23 – Norman Clyde, American mountaineer, nature photographer and naturalist (b. 1885).
- December 24 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (b. 1882).
- December 29 – Joseph Cornell, American artist and sculptor (b. 1903).
Full date unknown
- Gerard Curtis Delano, American painter (b. 1890).
- Ilija Bašičević, Serbian painter (b. 1895)[5]
References
- ↑ Pedersen, Simon Ostenfeld. "KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg". 1001 stories of Denmark. Danish Agency for Culture. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
- ↑ Berger, John (1972). Ways of Seeing. London: British Broadcasting Corporation and Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-021631-6.
- ↑ The Guardian obituary
- ↑ James, Alison (2007). A Singular Vision: Dod Procter 1890-1972, Sansom & Company Ltd. ISBN 1-904537-78-2
- ↑ mangelos biography
See also
- 1972 in Fine Arts of the Soviet Union