RF
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American artist
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1944(New York, USA)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Richard Fleischner is a Providence, RI–based environmental artist. Born in New York in 1944, he received a BFA and MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and began working in the 1960s.
Installations
| Year | Name | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Sod Maze, for the exhibition Monumenta | Château-sur-Mer in Newport, Rhode Island | |
| 1977 | Floating Square | Documenta 6 in Kassel, Germany | |
| 1984 | La Jolla Project | Revelle College near Theatre District | |
| 1985 | Untitled | Alewife station, Cambridge, MA | A three-acre large environmental work containing an artificial pond and large granite blocks |
| 1986 | Columbia Subway Plaza | Broad and Cecil B. Moore, Philadelphia, PA |
Awards
- Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts
- The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1974, 1980, 1990)