Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor (born 1937) 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

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Early life and education

Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor was born March 31, 1937, in

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. He studied at the in 1956; at the

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, Paris in 1957 and 1959; and at the University of Perugia in 1958. In 1960, Grosvenor moved to Philadelphia.

Work

Grosvenor was one of the 10 artists that founded the cooperative Park Place Gallery in New York City, open from 1963 to 1967. The other founders of the gallery included

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, Dean Fleming,

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, Peter Forakis,

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, Tamara Melcher, Tony Magar, and Edwin Ruda. In Grosvenor's work, he uses a mixture of industrial materials such as car body parts, plexiglass, stone, brick, concrete, and plastic. 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. 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

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. Until 2023, he also worked with

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Recognition

* 2020 – Ezratti Family Prize for Sculpture award, ICA Miami, Miami, Florida *1972 – American Academy of Arts and Letters grant. *1970, 1983 –

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; * 1970 –

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grant;

Exhibitions

List of select exhibits by Grosvenor:

Solo exhibitions

* 2019–2021, ''Robert Grosvenor'', ICA Miami, Miami, Florida * 1992, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Group exhibitions

References

External links

Oral history interview with Robert Grosvenor, 1972 Aug. 9
from the

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, Smithsonian Institution {{DEFAULTSORT:Grosvenor, Robert 1937 births Living people Artists from New York City École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs alumni Minimalist artists 20th-century American sculptors American male sculptors Sculptors from New York (state) 21st-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists