Ian Burn b. 29 December 1939

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Internationally influential late 20th century Geelong raised conceptual artist. Central to the Art & Language movement.
Tags: Conceptual art, Minimalism, Art + language
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Name
Ian Burn
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • manager, Union Media Services (ANZSIC code: J)
  • art historian (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Tags:
Conceptual art
Minimalism
Art + language
Birth date
29 December 1939
Birth place
Geelong, Victoria
Death date
1 September 1993
Death place
Milton, Milton, NSW, Australia
Residence
  • 1977 - 1993 Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1970 - c.1977 New York, USA
  • c.1964 - c.1970 London, England, UK
  • c.1939 - c.1964 Geelong, Victoria
Training
  • - National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Desmond, Michael & Dixon, Christine (1995), '1968'.>, <ExternalResource: Phipps, Jennifer (November 1975), 'Project 9: Documents, Film, Video'.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White', Sydney, NSW : National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Stephen, Ann (ed.) (1996), 'Artists think : the late works of Ian Burn', Melbourne, Vic : Power Publications in association with Monash University Gallery, 1996.>, <ExternalResource: Merewether, Charles and Stephen, Ann (1977), 'Great Divide : an ongoing critique of Australian culture under capitalism : reviews of oppositional cultural work and an examination of socialist models', Fitzroy, Vic : The Great Divide.>] [<ExternalResource: Desmond, Michael & Dixon, Christine (1995), '1968'.>, <ExternalResource: Phipps, Jennifer (November 1975), 'Project 9: Documents, Film, Video'.>]