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American artist (1947-2016)

United StatesArtistsLived 1947 to 2016 · aged 69
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Houston Eugene Conwill was an American multidisciplinary artist known best for large-scale public sculptural installations. Conwill was a sculptor, painter, and performance and conceptual artist whose site-specific works explore and celebrate spirituality and African-American artists, activists, and intellectuals.

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ARC (1986) by Houston Conwill - composed of African brass in concrete, whose shadow tracks etched and inlaid metal circles in the pavement beneathARC (1986) by Houston Conwill - composed of African brass in concrete, whose shadow tracks etched and inlaid metal circles in the pavement beneath

Awards 2

Guggenheim Fellowship
Rome Prize

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Houston Eugene Conwill was an American multidisciplinary artist known best for large-scale public sculptural installations. Conwill was a sculptor, painter, and performance and conceptual artist whose site-specific works explore and celebrate spirituality and African-American artists, activists, and intellectuals. Studio Museum in Harlem recognised his body of work as a "lasting monument to black culture."

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Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2016 · aged 69
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