Robert Mangold
American, 1937
Mangold was born in 1937 in North Tonawanda, New York. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and received both his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Yale University. Since the 1960s Mangold has developed an artistic vocabulary derived from the idea of geometry and asymmetry in shape and form. His use of subtle color and curvilinear abstract forms are associated with Minimalism, but also recall other sources from Ancient Greek pottery to Renaissance frescoes. Mangold’s work has been exhibited extensively worldwide, at museums and galleries including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City; the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. His work has been included several times in both Documenta in Kassel, Germany, and the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial. Mangold was also part of the Venice Biennale in 1993. He has been the recipient of many awards, including the National Council on the Arts Award, the Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and the Skowhegan Medal for Painting.
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Printmaking exists for me as another way of expanding and clarifying an idea. This visual idea may eventually be worked on as a painting, or it may remain complete as a drawing or print. Some ideas seem best served on a sheet of paper, where the paper and image become one, as opposed to the more physical presence of a painting on a wall.”
Photograph by Todd Eberle, 1992
