Background
Swanson, Warren Lloyd was born on September 2, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Martin W. and Esther Swanson.
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Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago)
( Favoring fantastical invention, biting wit, and distort...)
Favoring fantastical invention, biting wit, and distorted figuration, with roots in mid-20th-century pop culture, Jim Nutt creates wildly original work ranging from paintings on Plexiglas to phantasmagoric portraits of imaginary women. Nutt (b. 1938) first exerted his artistic influence in the 1960s as a member of Hairy Who, a group of artists who, along with other Chicago artists of the era, are more commonly referred to as the imagists. Since 1990 he has focused exclusively on rendering female heads with radically distorted features in spare line drawings and richly detailed paintings accompanied by customized frames. Working with tiny brushes and thinned acrylic paint, Nutt often spends a year creating a single portrait. Jim Nutt is the first major publication on the artist in almost two decades, as well as the first to concentrate on Nutt's portraits. Detailing 70 of the artist's works from 1966 to the present, this important selected retrospective examines these paintings and drawings through their precedents in Nutt's work and demonstrates the artist's consistent and inimitable contributions to the art world.
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Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain
(With its title taken from a signature work by Bruce Nauma...)
With its title taken from a signature work by Bruce Nauman, Life, Death, Love, Hate ,Pleasure, Pain presents a selection of approximately 190 works from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. A wide-ranging, insightful survey, arranged in roughly chronological order, it features work by such artists as Vito Acconci, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Francis Bacon, Matthew Barney, Joseph, Beuys, Christo, Iiigo Manglano-Ovalle, KerryJames Marshall, Mariko Mori, Martin Puryear, Richard Serra, Yinka Shonibare, and H. C. Westermann. In an introductory essay, chief curator Elizabeth Smith discusses key trends in art from World War II to the present and provides a brief history of the MCA and its collection. Additional, accessible short texts by the curatorial staff of the MCA focus on individiual works.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0933856733/?tag=2022091-20
Warren Lloyd Swanson
Warren Lloyd Swanson, American lawyer, writer. Bar: Illinois 1957, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1958, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1959. Recipient John Howard Association Distinguished Service award, 1961, 63.
Education
Bachelor, University Chicago, 1953. Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1957.
Career
Lecturer Northwestern University Law School, 1958-1959. Partner Stoffels & Swanson, Chicago, 1959-1963. Special assistant states attorney Cook County, Illinois, 1960-1962.
Sole practice Chicago, 1963-1980. Partner Swanson, Ross & Block, 1980-1984, Swanson & Brown, Palos Heights, Illinois, from 1984. City attorney Palos Heights, Illinois, since 1959, co-counsel City of Park Ridge, 1957-1963.
Achievements
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Bar: Illinois 1957, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1958, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1959.
Works
book
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Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago)
( Favoring fantastical invention, biting wit, and distort...)
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Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain
(With its title taken from a signature work by Bruce Nauma...)
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Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago)
Other Work
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Head writer daytime serials Another World, 1970-1972, Somerset, 1973-1975. Co-writer Another World, 1963-1966, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, 1966-1968, Edge of Night, 1968-1970. Author: Museums of Chicago, 1976, Recreation Guide to Chicago and Suburbs, 1980.
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Membership
President Easter Seal Society Metropolitan Chicago, 1970-1974. Member Chicago Crime Commission, since 1963. Trustee Illinois State History Preservation Agency, since 1994.
Member, director Congressional liaison chairman national committee Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, since 1994. Director Lawson House Young Men's Christian Association. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Writer Guild American, Cliff Dwellers Club (board directors), Chicago Yacht Club.
Connections
Married Rosalie Elaine Simpson, June 23, 1963. 1 son, Christopher; married Kathryn Ann Jasperson, October 16, 1979 (deceased September 1986).
- Father:
- Martin W.
- Mother:
- Esther Swanson
- Spouse:
- Rosalie Elaine Simpson
- Spouse:
- Kathryn Ann Jasperson
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Born
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Died
March 7, 2000 (aged 66) -
Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient John Howard Association Distinguished Service award, 1961, 63.Recipient John Howard Association Distinguished Service award, 1961, 63.