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Robert C. Morgan

Robert C. Morgan is an internationally renowned art critic, curator,
artist, writer, art historian, poet, and lecturer. He holds an MFA in
Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1975), and a
Ph.D. in contemporary art history and aesthetics from the School of
Education, New York University (1978). Dr. Morgan lives in New York,
where he lectures at the School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute.
He is Professor Emeritus in Art History from the Rochester Institute of
Technology, and, since 2011, a member of the European Academy of
Sciences and Arts in Salzburg.

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Tehching Hsieh’s Art of Passing Time

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan June 19, 2017June 16, 2017

The artist’s exhibition for the Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale shows how he has attempted to bring art into life.

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The Avant-Garde Oeuvre of a Classically Trained Sculptor from North Korea

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan April 13, 2017

Seung-taek Lee is one of the most fascinating and deeply committed artists of this generation.

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Yinka Shonibare MBE Navigates Prejudice and Dual Identity

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan March 13, 2017March 15, 2017

Yinka Shonibare MBE has focused on two primary concerns throughout his career: his perspective on “otherness” and his awareness of the subtle intricacies of prejudice.

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The Subtle Madness of Larry Poons and Jean Dubuffet

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan February 10, 2017February 10, 2017

Who would have thought that Dubuffet’s “art brut” style would eventually find an affinity with the gritty, unconventional large-scale paintings Poons made three decades later?

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In the Darkness, Finding Rothko’s Sense of Light

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan December 26, 2016December 23, 2016

The confidence, for Rothko, is revealed through his insistence on the presence of the light, even though it may appear absent at the outset.

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Opening Up to Agnes Martin’s Pure Abstraction

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan November 4, 2016November 3, 2016

A retrospective of the artist’s work at the Guggenheim Museum is worth seeing on more than one occasion, and it will probably appear differently each time.

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The Experimental Eclecticism of Ed Moses

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan October 10, 2016October 10, 2016

His daring embrace of an anti-style approach opened up new potential for abstract painting.

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How Sean Scully Bent the Grid

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan June 27, 2016

The Irish-born, London-educated, abstract painter Sean Scully established a signature style of painting nearly four decades ago.

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For a World Losing Its Head, an Artist Proffers Shamanism as a Solution

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan May 19, 2016May 19, 2016

The terror incited by the sight of heads rolling down the plank of a guillotine one after another is difficult to conjure in the 21st century.

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Painted Colors in Conflicted Motion

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan January 21, 2016January 20, 2016

Sometime in late 1997, at the former site of the New Museum, I was introduced to a seemingly dejected young painter named Odili Donald Odita.

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Korea’s Monochrome Painting Movement Is Having a New York Moment

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan December 2, 2015December 4, 2015

The term Dansaekhwa, or “monochrome painting,” may elude readers unfamiliar with Korean, but it represents arguably Korea’s most important art movement of the late 20th century

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An Artist’s Cryptic Letter from Kyrgyzstan

Avatar photo by Robert C. Morgan October 8, 2015

Liliya Lifanova’s Rumour from Ground Control is a modestly beautiful exhibition.

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