Gary Kuehn

Background

Gary Kuehn was born in 1939, in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States to a working-class family.

Education

In 1962 Gary Kuehn received his Bachelor of Arts degree in the department of Art History at the Drew University. He also received his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1964 from Rutgers University.

Career

In Gary's early life, Kuehn worked as a steel worker and a roofer, which made him acquainted with physicality of raw materials and shaped his future. He lives in New York City and Wellfleet, Massachusetts with his wife.

Achievements

• Gary Kuehn has played a significant role in Process Art and Post-Minimalism, having participated in the groundbreaking exhibitions Eccentric Abstraction in 1966 curated by Lucy Lippard and When Attitudes Become Form in 1969 curated by Harold Szeeman. His work is held in the collections of the Musuem of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hamburger Bahnhof, and the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, etc.

Works

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• painting

  • Untitled

    1968

  • Futile Exercises

    1974

  • Bolt Piece

    1965

  • Melt Piece

    1966

  • Melt Piece

    1967

  • Practicioner's Delight

    1966

  • Black Painting

    1972

  • Straw Piece

    1963

  • Plank Piece

    1967

  • Untitled

    1969

  • Saw Horse Piece

    1967

  • Untitled

    1969

  • Stair Piece

    1963

Connections

Gary Kuehn is married Suzanne McConnell.

Spouse:

Suzanne McConnell

References

• Gary Kuehn: Five Decades
• Gary Kuehn: Sculpture (January 19 - February 18, 1968)
• Gary Kuehn Berliner Serie 1979