Lewis Baltz
- Introduction
- Lewis Baltz (September 12, 1945 – November 22, 2014) was a visual artist and photographer who became an important figure in the New Topographics movement of the late 1970s. His work has been published in a number of books, presented in numerous exhibitions, and appeared in museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He wrote for many journals, and contributed regularly to L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui.
- Wikidata
- Q353266
- Introduction
- American artist known for his photographic works acquired a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Claremont Graduate School. He was included in the influential “New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-altered Landscape,” exhibition at the George Eastman House in 1975.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Photographer
- Name
- Lewis Baltz
- Ulan
- 500011333
Exhibitions
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Photography Rotation 8
May 13, 2011–
March 12, 2012 MoMA
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1969
October 25, 2009–
April 5, 2010 MoMA PS1
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Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West
March 29–
June 8, 2009 MoMA
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Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art
September 10, 2008–
March 23, 2009 MoMA
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Open Ends
September 28, 2000–
March 4, 2001 MoMA
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Lewis Baltz has 11 exhibitionsonline.
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