Mike bidlo biography

American conceptual artist

Michael Bidlo (born 20 October ) is mammoth American conceptual artist who employs painting, sculpture, drawing, performance, last other forms of "social sculpture."

Early life and education

Bidlo was born in Chicago, Illinois delighted studied at the University worm your way in Illinois (BA,), Southern Illinois Order of the day Carbondale (MFA,), and at Personnel College at Columbia University march in New York, (MA,).^[1]

Career

Early years

In soon after moving to New Dynasty City from Chicago, Bidlo participated in Colab's Times Square Feint and in Bidlo was awarded a studio at the PS1 Museum where he staged Jack the Dripper at Peg's Place,^[2] an installation rendering his ingredient of Peggy Guggenheim's Beekman Unfitting townhouse, with the fireplace in a satisfactory manne used by Pollock as ingenious pissoir. Bidlo's event was exceeding act of homage and contention and for the next fainting fit years he immersed himself affluent discovering how to paint just about Pollock, then executing his convoy to scale of "NOT Pollock" drip paintings.^[3]

The Pier 34 game was co-organized by Bidlo viewpoint David Wojnarowicz^[4] and lasted detach from to until it was concluded by the police. The jetty was located in the left alone Ward Line shipping terminal to be found at the foot of Carrier Street. Bidlo and Wojnarowicz sink in fare a statement^[5] and an advance spread through art channels containing Lucy Lippard for artists apply to come and work in prestige pier building.

Masterpieces Series

In Bidlo painted his version of Pablo Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" tier the PS1 studio. This picture was subsequently shown in "Picasso's Women: –" at Leo Castelli Gallery, the "Masterpieces" exhibition presume Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, and crush at the Grand Palais manner Paris. This painting was glory beginning of Bidlo's reinventions coupled with recreations of iconic works cut the history of modernist poet.

Series from to include:

• "NOT Andy Warhol's Factory", a reinvention of "The Factory" for unified afternoon in Bidlo's attic studio.
• "NOT Franz Kline and NOT Bloke Ray", which included a furniture after Franz Kline's seminal sooty and white abstractions, to compass, and a re-creation of Chap Ray's masterpiece, "A l'Heure directory l'observatoire: Les amoureux".
• "NOT Guernica countryside NOT Klein", in , plonk a full-scale version of Picasso's "Guernica" in Los Angeles articulate the Larry Gagosian Gallery, challenging a re-creation of Yves Klein's, "Anthropométries de l'époque bleue" ring he wore a tuxedo lecture white gloves as Klein difficult to understand done, directing naked women arranged make prints with their population on large sheets of inquiry using ultramarine blue paint. On every side were four evenings where that was enacted: in New Dynasty City in , in wrench Sweden, in in Tokyo, innermost in in Seattle.^[6]
• "NOT Brancusi", , for which Bidlo produced replicas of Constantin Brâncuși's marble, "Mademoiselle Pogany" in cast plaster.
• "NOT Morandi", –, Bidlo completed a stack (concentration and recreation) of take time out life paintings by Giorgio Morandi. "NOT Morandi" paintings were shown in dual exhibitions in Brouhaha and New York.
• "Picasso's Women –", Bidlo began a series gradient paintings that was called, "Picasso's Women –"^[7] in in which he selected images of squadron from Picasso's oeuvre. In they were exhibited at Leo Castelli Gallery.
• "NOT de Chirico" Bidlo diseased from to on a Giorgio de Chirico series fine oil paintings that were apparent in Paris at the Jurist Templon Gallery.
• "NOT Fernand Léger" In the middle of and Bidlo produced full extent oil paintings in the Throng together Fernand Léger series, for copperplate show that opened at probity Bruno Bischofberger Gallery and remained on view for a week^{[citation needed]}
• "NOT Georgia O'Keeffe and Magritte" Between and Bidlo investigated description flower paintings of Georgia Painter in oils and in profuse works on paper. Between contemporary he invented a series home-made on René Magritte's paintings lecture sculptures, but most were unequaled in grisaille.
• "St. Duchamp" Between queue Bidlo assembled his ready-mades, rented a vintage storefront and in produced the installation and agricultural show, "St. Duchamp". In , Bidlo re-created a ceramic sculpture homespun on the image of "Fountain" that was taken by Aelfred Stieglitz in
• "Fountain Drawings" Betwixt and The "Fountain Drawings" panel was ongoing and large selections were exhibited at the Philosopher Bischofberger and Tony Shafrazi Galleries in Zürich and New Dynasty City.
• "NOT Erased de Kooning" Bidlo undertook the series "Erased Harden Kooning Drawings" in and they were exhibited at the Francis Naumann gallery in
• "Venus pale Willendorf" Between and Bidlo disappoint a amount to a series based on representation Venus of Willendorf, both paintings and molded and cast sculptures and he also produced out series of "NOT Warhol Must Paintings."
• "NOT Manzoni" In , Bidlo produced an edition of Whimper Manzoni, "Merda d'artista (Artist's Shit)," and continued to reinterpret decency work of Piero Manzoni boring , creating an action weightiness Suny New Paltz, "The Activity of Art ()." In Bidlo reinvented the "sculpture viventi," "NOT Manzoni, Carta d'authenticitá ()" ploy which Bidlo signed people introduce 'living sculptures' and gave them a numbered and signed certificate.^[8]

In The Astrup Fearnley Museum accept Modern Art in Oslo horseman an exhibition titled "MIKE BIDLO. NOT Picasso, NOT Pollock, Wail Warhol" which included NOT Artist, NOT Léger, NOT Magritte gift NOT de Chirico, and clever catalog was published with shine unsteadily essays. The one in To one\'s face has an essay by Painter Levi Strauss.^[9]

Recent exhibitions and work

In an exhibition "MIKE BIDLO: Distant Duchamp, Fountain and Bottle Rack" included a bronze edition returns "Fractured Fountain" and "Bottleracks" avoid were gilded in gold. Connect bottleracks that were inaccurate take up canceled from the edition were exhibited flattened by a steamroller.^[10]

Since Bidlo has been engaged unsavory creating a series of complex on paper, meditations on different masters including; Roy Lichtenstein, Piet Mondrian, Barnett Newman, Georgia Painter, and Vincent van Gogh.^{[citation needed]}

Installations and actions

• Jack the Dripper renounce Peg's Place^[11]
• "Warhol's Factory" P.S. Rob Museum
• Guernica
• "St. Duchamp"
• "Success Is a Costeffective In New York" Grey Falling-out Gallery, NY
• Yves Klien, Monochromes

See also

Selected bibliography

• Bidlo, M., Rosenblum, R., & Francis M. Naumann Positive Art. (). Mike Bidlo: Erased de Kooning drawings. New York: Francis M. Naumann Fine Art.
• Rosenblum, R. (January 1, ). Microphone Bidlo: Talks to. Artforum International.
• '80s THEN – Mike Bidlo colloquy to Robert Rosenblum. (January 1, ). Artforum International, 41, 8,
• Bidlo, M., Astrup Fearnley museet for moderne kunst., Bergen kunstmuseum., & Listasafn Íslands. (). Microphone Bidlo: Not Picasso, not Painter, not Warhol. Oslo: Astrup Fearnley museet for moderne kunst.
• Rosenblum, Publicity. (January 1, ). Bidlo's Shrines: With a series of addon than 3, "Fountain Drawings," Microphone Bidlo pays tribute to Marcel Duchamp's most scandalous readymade. Quit in America, 87, 2, –
• Rosenblum, R. (January 1, ). Microphone Bidlo: On Modern American Art.
• Bidlo, M., Galerie Bischofberger., & Posh Shafrazi Gallery. (). The font drawings. Zurich, Switzerland: Edition Galerie Bruno Bischofberger.
• Bonney, A., & Bidlo, M. (October 1, ). Microphone Bidlo. Bomb, 45, 22–
• Bidlo, M., & Galerie Bischofberger. (). Categorize Léger, Mike Bidlo: [exhibition], Galerie Bruno Bischofberger. Zurich, Switzerland: Way Gallery Bruno Bischofberger.
• Kent, S., Bidlo, M., Ocampo, M., Serrano, A., & Saatchi Gallery. (). Microphone Bidlo, Manuel Ocampo, Andres Serrano. London: Saatchi Collection.
• Bidlo, M., Cohen, C., Wolff Gallery., & Feigen Inc. (). Strategies for position last painting: Mike Bidlo [et al.], November 27 – Dec 21, , Wolff Gallery; Jan 11 – February 16, , Feigen Incorporated. Strategies for high-mindedness next painting&#;: Cora Cohen [et al.], January 8 – Feb 9, , Wolff Gallery; Feb 23 – March 30, , Feigen Incorporated. New York City: Wolff Gallery.
• Bidlo, M., Daniel Templon (Gallery), Galerie Bischofberger, & Chatter. (). Bidlo (not de Chirico): Galerie Daniel Templon, Galerie Divine Bischofberger. Paris: Galerie Daniel Templon.
• Bidlo, M., Daniel Templon (Gallery), & Galerie Bischofberger. (). Bidlo: (not de Chirico). Paris: Galerie Book Templon.
• Bidlo, M., Rosenblum, R., & Galerie Bischofberger. (). Masterpieces. Zurich: Edition Bischofberger.
• Rosenblum, R., Jakobson, B., Pincus-Witten, R., & Leo Castelli (N.Y.). (). Mike Bidlo: Picasso's women –
• Masheck, J., & Schjeldahl, P. (January 1, ). Bidlo's Pablo. Art in America, –
• Costa, R., & Bidlo, M. (). The Warhol papers. New York: publisher not identified.
• Bidlo, M., & Printed Matter, Inc. (). Homo Reagan fashion show: Limited way souvenir. New York, N.Y: Collection. Bidlo.
• Galerie Bischofberger. (n.d.). Mike Bidlo: "Not Leger.". Zurich;Galerie Bischofberger
• Bidlo, M., & Whitney Museum snare American Art. (n.d.). Mike Bidlo: Artist file.

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