Jim Dine
- Introduction
- Jim Dine (born 16 June 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a contemporary artist whose œuvre extends over sixty years. Dine’s exceptionally diverse practice includes painting, drawing, printmaking (in many forms including lithographs, etchings, gravure, intaglio, woodcuts, letterpress and linocuts), sculpture and photography; his early works encompassed assemblage and happenings, while in recent years his poetry output, both in publications and readings, has increased. Dine has been associated with numerous art movements throughout his career including Neo-Dada (use of collage and found objects), Abstract Expressionism (the gestural nature of his painting), and Pop Art (affixing everyday objects including tools, rope, articles of clothing and even a bathroom sink) to his canvases, yet he has actively avoided such classifications. At the core of his art, regardless of the medium of the specific work, lies an intense process of autobiographical reflection, a relentless exploration and criticism of the self through a number of highly personal motifs which include: the heart, the bathrobe, tools, antique sculpture, and the character of Pinocchio (among flora, skulls, birds and figurative self-portraits). Dine’s approach is all-encompassing, incorporating his entire lived experience: “Dine’s art has a stream of consciousness quality to its evolution, and is based on all aspects of his life—what he is reading, objects he comes upon in souvenir shops around the world, a serious study of art from every time and place that he understands as being useful to his own practice.” Dine’s art has been the subject of more than 300 solo exhibitions, including retrospectives at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1970), the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1978), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1984–85), Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan (2011) and Museum Folkwang, Essen (2015–16). His work is held in permanent collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Gallery, London; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. Dine’s distinctions include his nomination as a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York (1980), Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2003), the British Museum Medal (2015) following his donation of 234 prints to the museum in 2014, membership of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome (2017), and Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur (2018).
- Wikidata
- Q531234
- Introduction
- Dine, a prolific artist, came to prominence in New York from 1959-1960 when he staged a series of "Happenings", creating action painting and assemblages. His works often repeat a visual theme (hearts) or frequently utilize objects (shoes, toothbrushes), throughout different mediums. Although he used objects from everyday life, he was not a Pop Artist, though he was not a pure abstractionist. By the 80s, he was considered a forerunner of the Neo-Expressionist movement. American artist.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Poet, Illustrator, Painter, Performance Artist, Sculptor
- Names
- Jim Dine, James Dine
- Ulan
- 500028463
Exhibitions
-
412: Domestic Disruption
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
-
From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
-
Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New
Dec 21, 2013–Apr 21, 2014
MoMA
-
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
Aug 1–Nov 1, 2010
MoMA
-
Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance
Mar 11–Sep 7, 2009
MoMA
-
Jim Dine has
100 exhibitionsonline.
-
Jim Dine Household Piece 1959
-
Jim Dine Study for The Car Crash: Man in Woman's Costume and Woman in Man's Costume 1960
-
Jim Dine Study for The Car Crash: Band Aid, Possible Mask for Girl as a Man 1960
-
Jim Dine Study for The Car Crash: Car Costume for Girl 1960
-
Jim Dine The Birth of the Black Rainbow (1960)
-
Jim Dine Car Crash I (1960)
-
Jim Dine Car Crash II 1960
-
Jim Dine Car Crash III (1960)
-
Jim Dine Car Crash IV (1960)
-
Jim Dine Car Crash V (1960)
-
Jim Dine End of the Crash 1960
-
Jim Dine The Universal Tie 1961
-
Jim Dine These Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Teeth fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Tweed fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Ring fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Apple fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Hair fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Zipper fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine _Beads_fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Doughnut fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Tie fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Locket fromThese Are Ten Useful Objects Which No One Should Be Without When Traveling 1961
-
Jim Dine Six White Rainbows February 1961
-
Jim Dine Tattoo 1961
-
Jim Dine Pliers 1962
-
Jim Dine Four C Clamps 1962
-
Jim Dine Toothbrushes #1 1962
-
Jim Dine Toothbrushes #2 1962
-
Jim Dine Toothbrushes #3 1962
-
Jim Dine Toothbrushes #4 1962
-
Jim Dine Corner Brace (plate 3) from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) 1962, published 1964
-
Jim Dine Five Feet of Colorful Tools 1962
-
Jim Dine Still Life Painting 1962
-
Various Artists, Jim Dine, Robert Dowd, Joe Goode, Phillip Hefferton, Edward Ruscha New Painting of Common Objects 1962
-
Jim Dine Untitled from New Painting of Common Objects 1962
-
Jim Dine Pink Bathroom 1963
-
Jim Dine White Teeth 1963
-
Jim Dine Black Bathroom 1963
-
Jim Dine Colored Palette 1963
-
Various Artists, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Enrico Baj, Alan Davie, Jim Dine, Öyvind Fahlström, Sam Francis, Robert Indiana, Alfred Jensen, Asger Jorn, Allan Kaprow, Kiki (Kiki O. K.) Kogelnik, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg, Mel Ramos, Robert Rauschenberg, Jean-Paul Riopelle, James Rosenquist, Antonio Saura, Kimber Smith, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Walasse Ting, Bram van Velde, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann 1¢ Life 1963–64, published 1964
-
Jim Dine Double page headpiece (pages 144 and 145) from 1¢ Life 1964
-
Jim Dine Self-Portrait (Zinc & Acid) from New York Ten 1964, published 1965
-
George Brecht, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jim Dine, Stephen Durkee, Lette Eisenhauer, Stanley Fisher, Sam Goodman, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Allan Kaprow, Roy Lichtenstein, Boris Lurie, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Richard Stankiewicz, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol, Robert Watts, Robert Whitman, Various Artists The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) 1962–64, published 1964
-
Jim Dine Untitled Black Suit Picture spring 1964
-
Jim Dine Eleven Colored Robe and Plumbob 1964
-
Jim Dine Flesh Palette in a Landscape 1965
-
Jim Dine Night Palette 1965
If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact Art Resource (publication in North America) or Scala Archives (publication in all other geographic locations).
All requests to license audio or video footage produced by MoMA should be addressed to Scala Archives at [email protected]. Motion picture film stills or motion picture footage from films in MoMA’s Film Collection cannot be licensed by MoMA/Scala. For licensing motion picture film footage it is advised to apply directly to the copyright holders. For access to motion picture film stills please contact the Film Study Center. More information is also available about the film collection and the Circulating Film and Video Library.
If you would like to reproduce text from a MoMA publication, please email [email protected]. If you would like to publish text from MoMA’s archival materials, please fill out this permission form and send to [email protected].
This record is a work in progress. If you have additional information or spotted an error, please send feedback to [email protected].