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WILLIAM ANASTASI Born in 1933 in Philadelphia WILLIAM ANASTASI Born in 1933 in Philadelphia (PA), lives and works in New York. An important exponent of American !oncept"al Art and Minimal Art, he st"died in Philadelphia at the $niversit% of Pennsylvania &efore movin' to New York in 19(). *n 19(+ he met ,ohn !age and was impressed &% his m"sical theories, and the omponent of so"nd &ecame a fre-"ent presence in his works. .tartin' in 1963 he anal%/ed the relationship &etween so"nd, time and the "nconscio"s in his Blind Drawings, works made with the e%es closed, lettin' the movements of the pencil on paper &e '"ided &% m"sic. 0he result of the operation is a drawin' with an essential form, rendered forcef"ll% d%nami &% the 'raphi si'n. A 'reat admirer of 1"champ, Anastasi often &"ilds on his work, espe iall% in terms of the random factors that intervene in the artisti operation. 0his theme re "rs fre-"entl% in Anastasi2s works, as in the case of the Subway Drawings made &% allowin' the arm and the pencil to &e freel% shaken &% the movements of the su&way, tracin' a contin"o"s, fl"id line on a &lank sheet of paper. 0he drawin' &ecomes the visual translation of the perception of that parti "lar movement. 0he automatic creation of the drawin' caused &% the movement of the &od% is also a factor in the Walking Drawings, prod"ced &% the motion of the artist in space, and the Pocket Drawings, created &% r"&&in' a small pencil against a piece of paper placed in the artist2s pocket. 3or Anastasi the 'raphic si'n &ecomes the imprint and memor% of the movement of his own &od%. 0he idea of the drawin' created thro"'h mnemoni automatism appears in the Donald Ducks, shown in his first exhi&ition in 1964 at 5ashin'ton .-"are Park in New York. Because as a child the artist always drew Donald 1"ck, this &ecame the most automati thin' he co"ld depi t. 0he su&6ect is placed against &ack'ro"nds of different kinds, which are often also made with some de'ree of randomness. *n 1971 he made his first work in which the word 8,ew9 appears, a word char'ed with historical and "lt"ral meanin'. Anastasi inserts it in the work paintin' it on its own, on a ne"tral &ack'ro"nd, or overlaid with other su&6ects such as his photo'raphi self:portrait ; tho"'h he was raised as a !atholic ; or the fi'"re of !hrist. 0he insertion of the word in the work of art is also fo"nd in the Bababad series &e'"n in 1976 and &ased on a neolo'ism of 10< letters that appears on the first page of ,o%ce2s Finnegans Wake. 0his "nprono"nceable word is the so"nd of the divine th"nder that marks the fall of man from paradise and his descent into hell. =ver% canvas in the series contains a small portion, painted with livel% olors applied in a partiall% random way. 1"rin' his career Anastasi has worked in vario"s media, makin' man% different t%pes of pieces: paintin's, sculpt"res, photo'raphs, so"nd works, installations, architect"ral works, works on the &od%, films, performances, lin'"isti and literar% works. ?is works are incl"ded in the ollections of the most important m"se"ms, incl"din' the Metropolitan #"se"m of Art, the Mo#A, the @"''enheim #"se"m and the 5hitne% #"se"m of New York, 5alker Art !enter in Minneapolis, the National @aller% of Art of 5ashin'ton and the Art *nstit"te of !hicago. ?e has had exhi&itions in man% international m"se"ms and instit"tions, incl"din' the 5hitne% #"se"m of American Art, the Metropolitan #"se"m of Art, #oMA and the @"''enheim #"se"m in New York, !astello di Aivoli in 0"rin, !entre Pompido" in Paris and the Philadelphia #"se"m of Art. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Puzzle, .andra @erin' *nc. New York (NY), $.A Continuum, @alerie 6ocel%n 5olff, Paris, 3rance William Anastasi, 0homas Aeh&ein @alerie, !olonia, @erman% 2013 William Anastasi: Sound Works, 1 !"#$%1", ?"nter !olle'e Art @alleries, New York (NY), $.A 2012 Jarry'Du Joy, ,ocel%n 5olff @aller%, Pari'i, 3rance 2010 DrawingsB @erin' C Dope/ @aller% New York (NY),$.AB traveled to *sabelle 1" #o"lin "nd Nils Borch ,ensen @alerie, Berlin, @erman% 2007 Raw, 0he Drawin' !enter, New York (NY), $.A Paintings and drawings, 0he Eran'e @ro"p, Dos An'eles (!A), $.A 2006 Works )rom the !%+s to the ,resent, B6orn Aessle @aller%, New York (NY), $.A You+re .*roug*, Baum'artner @aller%, New York (NY), $.A 2005 Drawings 1 /%#$%%0, .talke @aller%, !openha'en, Denmark Blind, Art A'ents @aller%, ?am&"r', @erman% 1*ne Titel, Aeh&ein @aller%, !olo'ne, @erman% 2004 .olway,ones, Dos An'eles (!A), $.A 2003 Blind, 0he Annex, New York (NY), $.A 2001 William Anastasi 1 !1#$%%%> A Aetrospe tive, Nikolaj !ontemporar% Art !enter, !openhagen, Denmark 2000 Werksc*au 1 !!#$%%%; Art A'ents @aller%, ?am&"r', @erman%B traveled to Niels Bor h ,ensen, Verlag "nd Dr"ck, Berlin, @erman%B 5hite Box @aller%, New York (NY), $.A 3nd Pa,ers: Drawings 14 %#1 %%, 1 %#$%%%, 0he Ne"&er'er #"se"m of Art, New York (NY), $.A 1999 Drawings, @ar% 0atintsian @aller%, New York (NY), $.A Per)ect, .talke @alleri and @alleri .pe ta, !openhagen, Denmark 5556or me*r als einem *alben Ja*r*undert, Dandes #"se"m, Din/, A"stria 1998 7 Am A &ew, 0he Philadelphia #"se"m of ,"daica, Philadelphia (PA), $.A 1997 .*e Painting of the Word JewB .andra @erin' @aller%, New York (NY), $.AB traveled to ?"&ert 5inter @aller%, Vienna, A"stria; Martin Dawrence @aller%, Dos An'eles (!A), $.AB .prin' Benefit Aeffle, . "lpt"re !enter, New York (NY), $.A 1995 Abandoned PaintingsB .andra @erin' @aller%, New York (NY), $.AB travelled to 0he Pier @aller%, Erkne%, .cotland Ten manuscri,t ,ages )rom me innerman monop*one: Jarry in Joyce, Aosen&ach #"se"m and Di&rar%, Philadelphia (PA), $.A William Anastasi: A (etros,ecti6e 81 !%# 09, Moore !olle'e of Art and Desi'n, Philadelphia (PA), $.A 1994 :e inner man monop*one, 3aculte de la .or&onne, Paris, 3rance 1993 Du Jarry and me inner man monop*one, , .andra @erin' @aller%, New York (NY), $.A Drawing Sounds> An *nstallation in ?onor of ,ohn !age, the Philadelphia #"se"m of Art, Philadelphia (PA), $.A 1992 Works 1 !"#1 $, Anders 0orn&er' @aller%, D"nd, .weden 1991 Sink, Tres,ass, 7ssue, 7ncision, .andra @erin' @aller%, New York (NY), $.A 1990 7ncidents and Coincidents> A Aetrospe tive, Ball .tate $niversit%, #"ncie (*N), $.A 1989 A Selection of Works )orm 1 !% to 1 4 ; 0he .cott ?anson @aller%, New York (NY), $.AB traveled to 0he Mattress 3actor%, Pittsb"r'h (PA), $.A 1982 Diary Paintings, =ricsonGs @aller%, Des Moines (*A), $.A 1981 Coincidents, 0he 5hitne% #"se"m of American Art, New York (NY), $.A Colla,se, Sculpture )or a Public S,ace, 0he 5hitne% #"se"m of American Art, New York (NY), $.A 1979 Re#6isions: Pers,ecti6es and Proposals in Film and ;ideo, 0he 5hitne% #"se"m of American Art, New York (NY), $.A Coincidents, H"nstm"se"m, 1"sseldorf, @erman% 1978 Terminus, 0he ?"dson Aiver #"se"m, New York (NY), $.A 1977 P5S5 1 :useum, 0he *nstit"te of Art and $r&an Aeso"rces, New York (NY), $.A 1973 E.K. ?arris @aller%, New York (NY), $.A 1970 Continuum, works from G(7, Dwan @aller%, New York (NY), $.A .*ree Conic Sections, 1wan @aller%, New York (NY), $.A 1967 Si< Sites, works from G66, 1wan @aller%, New York (NY), $.A 1966 Sound 1b=ects, 1wan @aller%, New York (NY), $.A 1965 5itherspoon @aller%, $niversit% of North !arolina (N!), $.A 1964 5ashin'ton .-"are @aller%, New York (NY), $.A GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Drawing Dialogues: Selections )rom the Sol >eWitt Collection, 0he Drawin' !enter, New York (NY), $.A 2015 :irror 7mages, Berliner Medi/inhistorisches #"se"m der !harite, Berlin, @erman% 36ans 3ditions, 315 @aller%, New York (NY), $.A ?ray is the Color, 7) 7 @ad a @eart, Marc .tra"s @aller%, New York (NY), $.A Alfred Jarry Arc*i,elago: .*e Aing o) Comedy B Act 77, Da 3erme 1" B"isson, Noisiel, 3rance Rock, Pa,er, Scissors: Drawn )rom the Joann ?onzales @ickey Collection, Pennsylvania Academ% of the 3ine Arts, Philadelphia (PA), $.A 2014 @orror ;acui, @agosian @aller%, @eneva, .wit/erland 2013 A Stone >e)t Unturned, Yvon Dam&ert, Paris, 3rance 2012 Pencil Pus*ed, 3<,loring Process and Boundaries in Drawing, =win' @aller% of Art and Ar hitect"re, 0he $niversit% of 0ennesse, Hnoxville (0N), $.A Art D .e<t DArt, Zimmerli Art #"se"m, New Br"nswick, New ,erse% (N,), $.A 2011 Plot, Plan, Process: Works on Pa,er )rom the 1 !%s to Now, Deslie 0onkonow AA05EAH. + PAE,=!0., New York (NY), $.A Drawn ' Ta,ed ' Burned: Abstraction on Pa,er, Katonah #"se"m of Art, Katonah (NY), $.A Dance'DrawB 0he *nstit"te of !ontemporar% ArtKBoston, Boston (MA) $.AB travelled to @re% Art @aller%, New York $niversit%, New York (NY) $.AB 0an' 0eachin' #"se"m at .kidmore !olle'e, .arato'a .prin's (NY), $.A Artists Collect: Prints )rom the Collections o) Sol >eWitt, Aiki Smith, P*ili, Taa))e, Ric*ard Tuttle, *nternational Print !enter New York, (NY), $.A 2010 1N PAP3(, .talke @alleri, Kirke .onner"p, Denmark 2009 .*e .*ird :ind: American Artists Contem,late Asia, 14!% # 1 4 , 0he .olomon A.
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