1987 in art

The year 1987 in art involved some significant events and new works.

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Events

• 10 December – Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne) opens as a separate institution.
• 22 July – Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali is shot in London; he dies 28 August.

Awards

• Archibald Prize – William Robinson, Equestrian self-portrait
• John Moores Painting Prize - Tim Head for "Cow mutations"[1]
• Turner Prize – Richard Deacon

Shortlisted were: Patrick Caulfield, Helen Chadwick, Richard Long, Declan McGonagle and Thérèse Oulton.

Works

• Wayne Chabre – John von Neumann (gargoyle, Eugene, Oregon)
• Martin Creed – Work No. 1
• Rose Finn-Kelcey – Bureau de Change (installation)
• Ulrich Rückriem – Untitled (granite sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago)
• Andres Serrano – Piss Christ (photograph)
• Frank Stella – Decanter (sculpture, Houston, Texas)
• Werner Tübke – Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany
• Ernest Zobole – House Interior in Landscape

Births

• 1 August – CJ de Silva, Filipino art director, painter, graphic designer and illustrator[2]
• Xyza Cruz Bacani, Filipina street photographer
• Ibrahim Mahama, Ghanaian installation artist

Deaths

January to June

• 14 February – Else Halling, Norwegian tapestry weaver (b. 1899)
• 18 February – William Coldstream, English realist painter (b. 1908)
• 22 February – Andy Warhol, American artist, director and writer (b. 1928)
• 26 March – Georg Muche, German painter (b. 1895)
• 19 April – Milt Kahl, American animator (b. 1909)

July to December

• 30 July - Michel Tapié, French artist, critic, curator, and art collector (b. 1909)
• 29 August – Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist (b. c1938)
• 25 September - Harry Holtzman, American artist (b. 1912).
• 4 October – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947).
• 27 October – Jean Hélion, French painter (b. 1904)[3]
• 28 October – André Masson, French artist (b. 1896)[4]
• 4 November – Raphael Soyer Russian-born American painter, (b. 1899).
• 15 November – Ernő Goldfinger, Hungarian-born architect and furniture designer (b. 1902).
• 2 December – Robert Filliou, French Fluxus artist (b. 1926)
• 18 December - Dimitrije Bašičević, Serbian painter and sculptor (b. 1921)

Full date unknown

• Roland Ansieau, French Art Deco graphic artist (b. 1901).
• Huang Yao, Chinese artist (b. 1917)
• Raymond Moore, English landscape photographer (b. 1920).
• Myron Stout, American abstract painter (b. 1908).

See also

• 1987 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

References

1. "Tim Head - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
2. "CJ de Silva". CJ de Silva. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
3. Hélion, J. (2004). Jean Hélion. London: Paul Holberton Pub. ISBN 1-903470-27-7
4. McCloskey, Barbara. Artists of World War II. London: Greenwood Press, 2005, ISBN 0313321531, page 34.

External links

• Media related to 1987 in art at Wikimedia Commons