- 1975 in art
Events
*The artists' community "Kollektiv Herzogstrasse" is founded by
Heimrad Prem and others.
*Mona Hatoum leaves her nativeLebanon to study at theByam Shaw School of Art in London.
*FourRonnie Landfield paintings from the collection ofPhilip Johnson were installed at theFour Seasons Restaurant (1975-1985), on the wall whichMark Rothko was initially commissioned to create paintings for, and subsequently changed his mind.
*Brice Marden retrospective at theSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum Awards
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Archibald Prize : Kevin Connor - "The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE"Exhibitions
Works
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Vito Acconci - "Plot"
*Dara Birnbaum - "Attack Piece"
*Marcel Broodthaers - "Daguerre's Soup", "La salle blanche"
*Eduardo Kingman - "Unidad"
*Gordon Matta-Clark - "Day's End", "Conical Intersect"
*Louise Berliawsky Nevelson - "Transparent Horizon"Births
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1 January -Eiichiro Oda , Japanesemangaka .
*13 June -Johannes Grenzfurthner ,Austria nartist ,writer ,curator and director.
*14 June -Chris Onstad , American writer, cartoonist and artist.
*30 July -Graham Nicholls , Britishinstallation artist , activist and speaker.Full date unknown
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Allan Cavanagh , Irishcartoonist andcaricaturist .
*Frode Fjerdingstad , Norwegian photographer.
*Paul Renaud , Frenchillustrator andcomic book artist .Deaths
January to June
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19 January - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter andmuralist (b.1889).
*2 March -Madeleine Vionnet , Frenchfashion designer (b.1876).
*9 March -Gleb W. Derujinsky ,Russian-American sculptor (b.1888).
*10 April -Walker Evans , American photographer (b.1903).
*30 April -Gen Paul , French painter and engraver (b.1895).
*20 May -Barbara Hepworth , English sculptor andartist (b.1903).July to December
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18 July -Vaughn Bodé , Americanunderground comics ,graphic design andgraffiti artist (b.1941).
*28 August -Fritz Wotruba ,Austria n sculptor (b.1907).
*2 October -Seamus Murphy , Irish sculptor (b.1907).
*25 October -Padraig Marrinan , Irish painter (b.1906).
*20 December -Heinz Henghes , German sculptor (b.1906).
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