Robert Grosvenor (artist)

Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor (born 1937)^[2][1] is an American contemporary sculptor, installation artist, and draftsman. He is known for his monumental room installations, which border between sculpture and architecture. Grosvenor is associated with minimalism.^[3]

Robert Grosvenor
Born	Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor[1] (1937-03-31) March 31, 1937 (age 88)[1] New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	École des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. University of Perugia
Known for	sculpture
Movement	minimalism

Early life and education

Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor was born March 31, 1937, in New York City, New York.^[1] He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Dijon [fr] in 1956; at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Paris in 1957 and 1959; and at the University of Perugia in 1958.^[1] In 1960, Grosvenor moved to Philadelphia.^[1]

Work

Grosvenor was one of the 10 artists that founded the cooperative Park Place Gallery in New York City, open from 1963 to 1967.^[4][5] The other founders of the gallery included Mark di Suvero, Dean Fleming, Forrest Myers, Peter Forakis, Leo Valledor, Tamara Melcher, Tony Magar, and Edwin Ruda.^[4][5]

In Grosvenor's work, he uses a mixture of industrial materials such as car body parts, plexiglass, stone, brick, concrete, and plastic.^[6][3] One of his best known sculptures is Tapanga (1965), originally exhibited in the mid-1960's and later realized in a monumental version at the Storm King Art Center.^[7] His work has helped define minimalism and was included in the seminal group exhibitions, Primary Structures (Jewish Museum, 1966), and Minimal Art (Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 1968).

Art market

Grosvenor is represented by Karma Gallery and Galerie Max Hetzler.^[8] Until 2023, he also worked with Paula Cooper Gallery.^[9]

Recognition

• 2020 – Ezratti Family Prize for Sculpture award, ICA Miami, Miami, Florida^[10]
• 1972 – American Academy of Arts and Letters grant.^[1]
• 1970, 1983 – Guggenheim Fellowship;^[1][11]
• 1970 – National Endowment for the Arts grant;^[1]

Exhibitions

List of select exhibits by Grosvenor:

Solo exhibitions

• 2019–2021, Robert Grosvenor, ICA Miami, Miami, Florida^[6]
• 1992, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland^[12]

Group exhibitions

• 2012, The Room of the Line, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
• 2010, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York^[2]
• 2006, What is plastic? 100 years - 100 heads: the century of modern sculpture, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• 2003, It happened tomorrow, Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
• 1999, Forum: Robert Grosvenor, Andreas Gursky, John Wesley, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 1995, American Sculptors in the 1960s: Selected Drawings from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
• 1987, documenta 8, Kassel, Hesse, Germany^[13]
• 1987, L'Epoque, La Mode, La Morale, La Passion: Aspects de l'art d'aujourd'hui 1977-1987, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
• 1977, documenta 6, Kassel, Hesse, Germany^[14]
• 1976, 200 Years of American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
• 1971, Sonsbeek 71, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, The Netherlands
• 1970, Preliminary Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York^[15]
• 1968, Minimal Art, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (now Kunstmuseum Den Haag), The Hague, The Netherlands^[16]
• 1967, Park Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.^[1]
• 1966, Primary Structures, Jewish Museum, New York City, New York^[16]