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Alvin D. Loving Jr. (September 19, 1935 – June 21, 2005), better known as Al Loving, was an
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painter. His work is known for hard-edge abstraction, fabric constructions, and large paper collages, all exploring complicated color relationships.


Biography

Alvin Demar Loving Jr. was born on September 19, 1935, in
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. Loving earned a BFA from the
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in 1963 and an MFA from the
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. His mentor at the University of Michigan was Al Mullen, who helped him get involved with the Once Group organization. In 1968 Loving moved to New York City, where he moved into the infamous
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"Al Loving"
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Within a year of moving to New York City, Loving had his first solo show at the
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. He received
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fellowships in 1970, 1974, and 1984. In 1986 Loving was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Loving created large-scale commissioned public works throughout his career; a 208' x 80' mural painting ''A Message to Demar and Lauri'' (1972) on The First National Bank Building in Detroit, MI (removed 1989), a 54' x 7' painting ''New Morning 1'' (1973) for the Empire State Collection in Albany, NY, a ceramic mural ''Detroit New Morning'' (1987) in one of Detroit's People Mover stations and another ''Life, Growth, Continuity'' (1998) in the David Adamany Library at Wayne State University. In 1996, he created a collage painting ''Sacramento New Morning'' for the Sacramento Convention Center, and in 2001 he designed 70 stained-glass windows and mosaic walls for the Broadway Junction subway station in Brooklyn. Loving exhibited steadily throughout his life in solo and group exhibitions at numerous venues, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Studio Museum in Harlem;
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, Purchase, New York;
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, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France; and
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, Queens, New York. Loving died on June 21, 2005, in New York, New York.


Artistic style


Hard-edge abstraction

In the 1960s, Loving grew increasingly interested in
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's paintings of squares within squares. In an interview, he explained: "For me at the time, it was about painting the square until it was 'enough,' and that meant until it obtained form. The square that I started with would always be gone; only I knew it was a square, that that reference was there. That freed me to just paint and let things evolve... he squarewas pure energy and focus.” These geometric abstractions conveyed the brilliance of refracted light; they were not just experiments in color. Loving would often make polyhedrons of the same size, with different colors, and hang them together in different arrangements on the wall. The result was sometimes dozens of canvases stretching out over several feet; to view an entire composition would take time, more than just a glance, making his paintings a powerful expression of time, too. Loving's geometric paintings were featured in his first solo exhibition at the
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. Loving later abandoned hard-edged abstraction painting.


Fabric constructions

Inspired by a visit to the
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's exhibition ''Abstract Design in American Quilts'', in the early 1970s, Loving began to experiment with fabric constructions. He started hanging strips of canvas from the walls and ceilings, playing with our perception of pictorial and sculptural ideals. Then, he reattached the fragments together with a sewing machine, creating large flowing fabric constructions. At first he painted the pieces of canvas, but later switched to dying the fabric. Other artists, including
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, Alan Shields, and Richard Moch, were also using the sewing machine at this time to create fabric constructions. In fact, Loving considered himself within the context of abstract expressionism at this phase in his career; though he was not a painter but a material abstractionist.


Large paper collages

In the 1980s, Loving began to integrate other materials into his constructions, such as corrugated cardboard and rag paper. Loving quickly took a liking to the casualness of tearing cardboard and gluing it onto other pieces; in fact, he considered this practice abstract expressionist as well. Unlike the fabric constructions, the large paper collages gave him a sense of freedom because he was trekking through uncharted territory (although this work has been likened to
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's curvilinear metal reliefs and Elizabeth Murray's shaped canvases). Loving integrated circles and spirals into these collages as a nod to his African roots and as an expression of growth and continued life. In the piece
''Perpetual Motion'' (1994)(DASNY)
Loving integrated materials such as cardboard and print. The cardboard is cut and overlapped to form a series of spirals. Each spiral has been carefully painted and placed to create dynamic color relationships. They do not have conventional matting under them, glass to cover them or frames to surround them: instead they cling flatly to the wall. Sandra Yolles, reviewing an exhibition in 1990, explained "Loving’s work is about earth, wind, fire, and water: some pieces might be considered atmospheric maps of life at full blast—stretching the possibilities of the human spirit by delineating its directions, currents, and eddies.'”


Exhibition history


Solo exhibitions

Alvin Loving has had several solo exhibitions throughout his life. ''Alvin Loving'' at the Gertrude Kasle Gallery in Detroit (June 15 – July 7, 1969), ''Alvin Loving: Paintings'' at the
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in New York (December 19, 1969 – January 25, 1970), ''Alvin Loving'' at William Zierler, Inc. in New York (March 11 – April 1, 1973), at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (1977), ''Al Loving: Departures'' at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (February 23 – June 9, 1986), ''Al Loving: Maker of Art'' at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. (April 10 – June 15, 1991), ''Al Loving: Material Abstraction'' at June Kelly Gallery in New York (November 5 – December 1, 1992), ''Al Loving in the Nineties: The Collaged Wallworks'' at the Fine Arts Center Galleries of the
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(January 21 – March 8, 1997), ''Al Loving: Detwiller Visiting Artist'' at the Art Gallery of the Williams Center for the Arts at
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in Pennsylvania (February 6 – March 1, 1998), ''Al Loving: Color Constructs'' at the Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College in New York, (September 27, 1998 – January 24, 1999), ''Al Loving: Elegant Ideas'' at the G.R. N’Namdi Gallery in Michigan (April 30 – June 4, 1999), ''Al Loving: Lighter Than Air'' at the G.R. N’Namdi Gallery in Chicago (September 9 – October 29, 2004), ''Al Loving: Affirmations of Life'' at the Kenkeleba House in New York (December 6, 2005 – January 11, 2006), ''Al Loving: Torn Canvas'' at the Gary Snyder Gallery in New York (November 8 – December 29, 2012), ''Al Lovin''g at the Garth Greenan Gallery in New York (May 21—June 27, 2015), ''Spiral Play: Loving in the '80s'' at Art+Practice in Los Angeles (April 22 – July 29, 2017) and at the
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(October 18, 2017 – April 15, 2018).


Group exhibitions

1968 *''Afro-American Art'',
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*''National Acrylic Show'',
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, Ypsilanti, Michigan 1969 *''Afro-American Art After 1950'', Brooklyn College Art Gallery, City University of New York *''5+1'', Art Gallery, State University of New York, Stony Brook, October 16–November 8; Art Museum, Princeton University, New Jersey, November 12–23 1970 *''Lamp Black: African-American Artists'', New York and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 19–June 23 *''L’art vivant aux États-Unis,'' Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul, France, July 16–September 30 1971 *''Contemporary Black Artists in America'', Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 6–May 16 *'' The De Luxe Show'', DeLuxe Theatre, Houston, August 15–September 12 1972 *''1972 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting'', Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 25–March 19 1973 *''1973 Biennial Exhibition: Contemporary American Art,'' Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 10–March 18 1975 *''Image, Color, and Form: Recent Paintings by Eleven Americans'',
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, Ohio, January 12–February 9 *''34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting'',
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, Washington, D.C., February 22–April 6 *''Selected Works from the Dillard Collection: An Exhibition of Works on Paper from the Weatherspoon Art Gallery,'' University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama, April 15–May 18 1977 *75, ’76, ’77: Painting, Part I,'' Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Bronxville, New York, February 19–March 10; American Foundation for the Arts, Miami, April–May; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, June–July 1979 *''Another Generation'', The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York 1981 *''Afro-American Abstraction,''
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, July 1–August 30 1982 *''Color, Material, Form: Bowling, Loving, Mohr'',
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, Manchester, New Hampshire, January 9–February 14 1983 *''Seven American Artists'',
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, January 11–February 13 *''New Work, New York: Newcastle Salutes New York,'' Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery,
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, United Kingdom, October 8–November 4 1984–1985 *''Since the Harlem Renaissance: 50 Years of Afro-American Art'', Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1984 – November 1, 1985 1985 *''Recent Acquisitions,'' The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York 1987 *''New York, New Venue,'' Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 10–May 31 1989 *''The Appropriate Object: Maren Hassinger, Richard Hunt, Oliver Jackson, Alvin Loving, Betye Saar, Raymond Saunders, John Scott'', Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, March 5–April 23 1990 *''Legacies: African-American Artists'', New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, September 16–October 27 1991 *''The Search for Freedom: African-American Abstract Painting, 1945–1975'', Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, May 19–July 14 2000 *''An Exuberant Bounty: Prints and Drawings by African Americans,'' Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 5–April 16 2002 *''Six American Masters'', Sugar Hill Art Center, New York, May 17–June 27 *''No Greater Love: Abstraction'', Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, September 12–October 12 2003 *''Layers of Meaning: Collage and Abstraction in the Late 20th Century,'' Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, February 8–April 27 2004 *''Something to Look Forward to,'' Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 26–June 27 2005 *''The Chemistry of Color: African-American Artists in Philadelphia, 1970–1990,'' Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, January 11–April 10 2006 *''Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964–1980,'' The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, April 5–July 2 *''Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75,'' Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 29–September 3 2006–2007 *''High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting, 1967–1975'', Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, August 6–October 15, 2006; American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, D.C., November 21, 2006 – January 21, 2007; National Academy Museum, New York, February 13–April 22 2008–2009 *''New Acquisitions: African-American Masters Collection'', Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska, December 16, 2008 – March 2, 2009 2009 *''Target Practice: Painting Under Attack, 1949–1978'',
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, June 25–September 7 2011 *''Paper Trails: Selected Works from the Collection, 1934–2001'', Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, July 19–November 27 2012 *''Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop'', Philadelphia Museum of Art, September 7–November 25 2015 *''New Acquisitions'', Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, February 11–June 7 *''America Is Hard to See'', Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 1–September 27 2016 *''Marrakech Biennale 6'', Morocco, February 24–May 8 2019 * ''Abstraction, Color, and Politics: The 1960s and 1970s,'' University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 8, 2019–February 9, 2020 * ''Collection Ensemble'', University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 2–present *''Pattern, crime & Decoration'', Le Consortium, France, Dijon.


Collections

Loving's work can be found in prominent collections in America, including the following: * Akron Art Museum, Ohio *
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, Bentonville, Arkansas *
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, Manchester, New Hampshire *
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* Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York * Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection, Albany, New York *Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York * Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
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, Ithaca, New York * Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign *
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*
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, New Jersey *Museum of African-American Art, Detroit * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston *
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* National Gallery of Art *
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, New Jersey *
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, Trenton *
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, West Palm Beach, Florida *
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, Philadelphia * Pérez Art Museum, Miami * Philadelphia Museum of Art *
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,
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*
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, Lincoln, Nebraska * The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York *
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, Ohio *
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, Ann Arbor *
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, Richmond *
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, Minneapolis *
Weatherspoon Art Museum The Weatherspoon Art Museum is located at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary art in the southeast with a focus on American art. Its programming includes fifteen or more ...
, University of North Carolina, Greensboro *
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, New York


Works


Rational Irrationalism
(1969)
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(1970) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Perpetual Motion
(1994)
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NY Times obituaryLA Times obituary
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