Talk:Ross Bleckner

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Youngest artist with a solo show at the Guggenheim?

A 1999 Guggenheim press release claims that Clemente is the youngest artist (at 47) to have a mid-career retrospective at the museum. Bleckner looks to have been younger (46 in 1995). Unfortunately, both are squarely beaten by Matthew Barney, who was 36 at the time of his 2003 exhibition: [1].

As for youngest gay artist...probably, but I can't find any sources that describe his Guggenheim show in this way.--Ethicoaestheticist (talk) 10:45, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I think Brice Marden was also 36, maybe 37 when Linda Shearer curated his first museum show; a 1975 retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York. That's hard to beat...Modernist (talk) 04:00, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Selecting an Artist: More detail on his background/work

The Life/Work section on the original Wiki can be expanded and more information can be added. I would like to also write a section on his page about his thoughts, reaction to the AIDS epidemic, and how he put it into his artwork. Maybe in this section I can add some of his more well known artwork relating to the AIDs epidemic like Throbbing Hearts, Brain Rust, etc. With these artwork I can add a picture of it and give a brief description of the painting, what it represents, and maybe were it has been exhibited.

Some sources I have found, and hopefully will be able to find more:

https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/ross-bleckner
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/19/arts/bitter-harvest-aids-and-the-arts.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.leilahellergallery.com/exhibitions/ross-bleckner-forever-overhead
Book: Arts Aids America

Chjkim94 (talk) 21:37, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Adding to Article: Changes I've made

CHANGES:

1. In the original Wiki page, the section before the table of content stated that he was an American artist, where he got his influence, listed the school he attended, and a random quote from Bleckner (no context). I deleted the information on where he went to school, his influence and the random quote. This section is suppose to summarize Ross Bleckner, and I believe that it should have information on him as an artist (style, well-known work, etc.) If you believe that information should be back on there, please let me know, but I think it would be better in the life and work section.

2. In life and work section, there wasn't a lot of information about his earlier life. I know this isn't a major problem, but I believe it would be a good idea to put information about his earlier life. I'm sure a lot of his fans would have been curious to see his upbringings. I added what his father did for a living, his views on his parents, his move to Long Island, and what High School he attended. These were all new information that was added to his page.

Sources:
-Fine Arts of San Francisco (https://art.famsf.org/node/941076)
-Big Think Interview with Bleckner: (http://bigthink.com/videos/ross-bleckner-remembers-1970s-new-york)
-Guggenheim: (https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/ross-bleckner)

3. I reworded the information on where he went to college/influence that was in the previous section. Although I reworded it, the information is consistent and stayed the same. I also was able to obtain the information on what kind of work he did during college. I thought it was interesting and put it in this section. I know for famous artists who went to school, many upcoming artists would want to know where they went.

Sources:
-Guggenheim: (https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/ross-bleckner)
-Big Think Interview with Bleckner: (http://bigthink.com/videos/ross-bleckner-remembers-1970s-new-york)

4. I wrote the 4th paragraph in the life and work section: I included the title of some of his work that relate to the AIDS epidemic. I described 8,122+ As of January 1896 and Throbbing Hearts 1994. I found it odd that a lot of his artworks were not mentioned in his wiki page. I wanted to add image of this paintings, however, Wiki would not let me due to copyright. For my sources I used the Art Aids America book and The Queer Encyclopedia book.

Chjkim94 (talk) 01:06, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

@Chjkim94: I like reading more about his work in this section. I think the addition you made shows you dedicated quite some time in researching more about his work. It is great! I really enjoyed the description of the paintings, although I am not sure that is encyclopedic language, but I really did like reading and picturing his work. Are there any more paintings or exhibitions by Bleckner that can be associated to the epidemic? Mitzin93 (talk) 04:42, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Peer-Review Response

I went to do some more research and found another painting that was associated to the AIDS epidemic. It was actually a painting done much earlier than the paintings I described before. It was interesting to see how Small Count (1980) and Throbbing Heart (1994) have the same idea/style. Chjkim94 (talk) 01:16, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Work, inspiration and background.

I think I am gonna add more background on his page. I think this is very less information on his life and work so I might expand on it. I am going to put more under title collections. I plan to put a lot of pictures on his work and explain people about his work, inspiration he drew from.Rmaharjan7cl7yp (talk) 21:29, 20 October 2017 (UTC) I planned to use this site for his page.Rmaharjan7cl7yp (talk) 18:02, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Biblography

https://www.artsy.net/artist/ross-bleckner

http://www.artnet.com/artists/ross-bleckner/

https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/ross-bleckner

http://www.leilahellergallery.com/exhibitions/ross-bleckner-forever-overheadRmaharjan7cl7yp (talk) 21:33, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Added. 1. I added a sentences under his early work and life about his first painting and the time he wanted to become an artist.

@Rmaharjan7cl7yp: Are there different sources you could use or does this belong in a different part of the article? What is the relevance of what you want to add here? Professorsmith (talk) 15:53, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@Rmaharjan7c17yp:I see that you plan on adding more background to this article, what did you have in mind? You also mentioned that you are interested in adding more about where Ross got his inspiration from. Here's a nice link on some of Ross's work on Judaism \. Athomas001 talk:Athomas001|talk]]) 01:37, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Athomas001 Thank you Angel for doing peer-review on my article. My understanding is to recognize big artist you need to provide more background about them that gives lot of information to reader and they can understand where they came from before becoming artist. Thank you for the link. I will definitely use it.Rmaharjan7cl7yp (talk) 02:04, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

References

AIDS Impact on Bleckner's Art

The aids AIDS epidemic was a big impact on Ross Bleckner's artwork. It would be a good idea to add a little more information on this. Here are some articles that will be useful to add more information. Please check them out and give feedback.

Bibliography:

HARRISON, HELEN A. “LIVES IN ART: Building Up, Taking Apart; An Artist's Investigation Of Loss and Memory.” The New York Times, 2 Jan. 2005, query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7DA1639F931A35752C0A9639C8B63

Johnson, Ken. “Searching for Light in the Darkness of the ’80s.” The New York Times, 18 Aug. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/arts/design/searching-for-light-in-the-darkness-of-the-80s.html?_r=0

Bleckner, Ross. "The Art of Endurance." Advocate, no. 729, 18 Mar. 1997, p. 9. EBSCOhost, login.proxylib.csueastbay.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9704113741&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

The Broad. “Ross Bleckner.” The Broad, www.thebroad.org/art/ross-bleckner. Ortiz7913(talk) 20:06, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

"These two sentences briefly describe what he believes to show in his artwork.  He shows how real life is through his artwork, and how it’s like being an artist and how that affects the artist and the work they show. Bleckner doesn’t consider his work to be morbid, he sees it as life, we’re born, we live, we die."- This was from an interview where he spoke about AIDS and his artwork.  Ortiz7913 (talk) 18:53, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Background Information and Art Pieces

After reading this article, I realized that there was some inconsistency with the article section Life and Work. I will try to make the sentences that other editors added in to flow better with transitional word and phrases. Furthermore, I do not understand why was the second part of the first paragraph of Life and Work bold. I would like to unbold it as well. I would want to categorize the different art pieces mentioned in the articles as different subheadings or heading, instead of putting them in one paragraph.

Bibliography that I will use for my artist

Edelson, Sharon. (2003). ROSS BLECKNER'S GENE-SPLICING.(interview with artist Ross Bleckner)(Interview). WWD, 16.

Fig, J. (2009). Inside the painter's studio (1st ed.). New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

Gregory Lewis McNamee. (2018). Bleckner, Ross. Britannica Online Academic Edition, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

John-Paul Stonard. (1996). Bleckner, Ross. Grove Art Online, Grove Art Online.

Icheelee (talk) 17:19, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Icheelee (talk) 19:30, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Ross Bleckner Article Suggestions

The article has a section for the lead but more information should be added to it, rather than it been just one sentence about when he was born. Something that can be added to the lead is for example what kind of art does he do, when did he start doing art... a quick preview to what the article contains. Overall the information that is in the article is really good. The article can benefit from some reformatting like separating his early life from his work, creation separate sections, in order to make it easier to read and understand. Eliza97 (talk) 21:03, 14 February 2018 (UTC)