Background
Pincus-Witten, Robert A. was born on April 5, 1935 in New York City.
critic art gallery director art history educator
Pincus-Witten, Robert A. was born on April 5, 1935 in New York City.
Diploma, The Cooper Union, New York City, 1956; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1968.
Pincus-Witten earned his undergraduate degree at The Cooper Union, in New York City in 1956. His dissertation, on Joséphin Péladan and the Salon de la Rose + Croix was written under Joshua Taylor and John Rewald. Pincus-Witten joined the City University of New York in 1964.
In 1970 he was promoted to professor at City University of New New York Pincus-Witten retired from City University of New York in 1990.
In 1966 he began writing criticism for Artforum magazine as its senior editors He became associate editor of Artforum in.
An initial book on minimalism and the era following it was issued in 1977. His collected art criticism was published as Eye to Eye: Twenty Years of Art Criticism, in 1984.
His treatise on post-modern art, Postminimalism into Maximalism: American Art 1966-1986, appeared in 1987.
Postminimalism is an art term coined (as "post-minimalism") by Pincus-Witten in 1971 used in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop and go beyond, the aesthetic of minimalism. Pincus-Witten curated art shows for the Gagosian Gallery (East) in New York city, until 1996. That year he joined the staff of C&M Arts, New York City as Director of Exhibitions.