Jim Dine
- Introduction
- Jim Dine (born 16 June 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a seminal and prolific 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
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412: Domestic Disruption
Ongoing
MoMA
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From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
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Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New
Dec 21, 2013–Apr 21, 2014
MoMA
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The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
Aug 1–Nov 1, 2010
MoMA
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Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance
Mar 11–Sep 7, 2009
MoMA
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Jim Dine has
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Jim Dine The Jerusalem Plant #4 1982
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Jim Dine Rancho Woodcut Heart 1982
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Jim Dine The Apocalypse: The Revelation of Saint John the Divine 1982
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Jim Dine The Jerusalem Plant #7 1983
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Jim Dine A Heart at the Opera 1983
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter Summer 1983
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter (1981-83)
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter (1981-83)
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter (1981-83)
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter (1981-83)
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter (1981-83)
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter (1981-83)
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter (1981-83)
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Jim Dine Cold Key West Winter (1981-83)
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Jim Dine The Jerusalem Plant #8 1984
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Jim Dine The New French Tools 1984
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Jim Dine Untitled from the series The New French Tools 1984
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Jim Dine Untitled from the series The New French Tools 1984
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Jim Dine Untitled from the series The New French Tools 1984
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Jim Dine Untitled from the series The New French Tools 1984
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Jim Dine Untitled from the series The New French Tools 1984
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Various Artists, Richard Avedon, Jim Dine, Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, R. B. Kitaj, Willem de Kooning, Elaine de Kooning, Larry Rivers Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror 1984
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Jim Dine Untitled from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror 1984
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Jim Dine Black and White Cubist Venus 1985
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Jim Dine Biotherm (For Bill Berkson) 1990
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Jim Dine The Little Heart in the Landscape 1991
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Jim Dine The Case of the Wolf-man 1993
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Jim Dine DC Darkness 1997
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Various Artists, Gillian Ayres, Christiane Baumgartner, Gordon Cheung, Michael Craig-Martin, Ian Davenport, Edmund de Waal, Jan Dibbets, Jim Dine, Marie Harnett, Howard Hodgkin, Ben Johnson, Allen Jones, Langlands & Bell, Ian McKeever, Julian Opie, Mimmo Paladino, Lisa Ruyter, Joe Tilson, Paul Winstanley, Richard Woods, Catherine Yass Alan Cristea Gallery Twentieth Anniversary Portfolio 2015
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Jim Dine Alan smoking at Syndey Close in the 90's from Alan Cristea Gallery Twentieth Anniversary Portfolio 2015
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