1968 - Art

Art

Painting: Townscape Madrid by German painter Gerhard Richter, 46; American Love by Robert Indiana; Untitled by Frank Stella; The Beatles (photo montage) by Richard Hamilton; Female Model on Oriental Rug with Mirror by Pittsburgh-born painter Philip Pearlstein, 44. German-born art historian Erwin Panofsky dies at Princeton, N.J., March 14 at age 75; painter Kees van Dongen of pneumonia at Monte Carlo May 28 at age 91; Marcel Duchamp at Neuilly, outside Paris, October 1 at age 81.

Sculpture: Orchestra of Rags by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, 35, of the "arte povera" movement is possessed of a minimalist aesthetic but employs found materials (earth, cloth, used industrial objects) in an unaltered state, whereas U.S. minimalists use rigorous industrial fabrications; the French sculptor César creates a sensation during a black-tie reception at London's Tate Gallery by mixing chemicals to produce a liquid-foam expansion onto the floor; La Fillette (latex) by Louise Bourgeois; Sans II (fiberglass) and Accession III (fiberglass and plastic tubing) by Eva Hesse; Thirty-five Feet of Lead Rolled Up, Prop (lead antimony) and Hand Catching Lead (16 mm. black-and-white film) by Richard Serra; The Last Ray of Hope by H. C. Westermann; Earthwork by Robert Morris; Montevideo-born New York sculptor Gonzalo Fonseca, 46, creates a 40-foot cast-concrete tower for the Olympic Games at Mexico City.