Dorothea Rockburne

Dorothea Rockburne
Born October 18, 1932
Montreal, Canada
Education Black Mountain College
Known for Mathematics, Astronomy, Abstract Art, Mannerism
Website dorothearockburne.com

Dorothea Rockburne (born c.1932 in Montreal, Canada) is an abstract painter drawing inspiration primarily from her deep interest in mathematics and astronomy. “I wanted very much to see the equations I was studying, so I started making them in my studio,” she has said. “I was visually solving equations.”[1] Rockburne's attraction to Mannerism has also influenced her work.[2]

In 1950 she moved to the United States to attend Black Mountain College,[3] where she studied with mathematician Max Dehn, a lifelong influence on her work. In addition to Dehn, she studied with Franz Kline, Philip Guston, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham. She also met fellow student Robert Rauschenberg. In 1955, Rockburne moved to New York City where she met many of the leading artists and poets of the time. She was influenced by the minimalist dances of Yvonne Rainer and the Judson Dance Theater.[4]

Throughout her career, she created paintings that expressed mathematical concepts.[1] In 1958, a solo show of her work was critically and financially successful but deemed "not good enough" by Rockburne herself.[1] She did not publicly show her work again for more than a decade. During that time she supported her daughter, Christine, by working as a waitress and a studio manager for her friend Robert Rauschenberg.[1] Bykert Gallery, in New York, which also represented Chuck Close and Brice Marden, began showing her work in 1970.[1] In 2011, a retrospective exhibition of her work was shown at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, N.Y., and in 2013, the Museum of Modern Art hosted a solo show of her drawings.

Rockburne is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design, and The Century Association.

Awards and Honors

Exhibitions

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List of Works

Scalar. 1971. Chipboard, crude oil, paper and nails. Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Locus. 1972. Series of six relief etching and aquatints on folded paper. Museum of Modern Art, New York.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Works in Progress". The New York Times. 2015-05-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ↑ Bui, Phong (October 2007). "Isabelle Dervaux and Dorothea Rockburne with Phong Bui". The Brooklyn Rail.
  3. ↑ http://blackmountaincollege.org/content/view/123/60/
  4. ↑ Chadwick, Whitney (2002). Women, Art, and Society. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 345. ISBN 0-500-20354-7.
  5. ↑ Karen Rosenberg, "Mathematical Ratios, Papered, Folded and Cut" (review of exhibition), New York Times, Dec. 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.nyss.org/exhibition/dorothea-rockburne/
  7. ↑ http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/dorothea-rockburne-15623/profile.html

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