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Michelle Stuart
b. 1933

Michelle Stuart b. 1933

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  • Since the 1960s, Michelle Stuart has created a multifaceted body of work that defies easy categorization, shifting between large-scale Earthworks,...

    Sayreville Strata Quartet, 1976. Collection Dia Art Foundation, New York.

    Since the 1960s, Michelle Stuart has created a multifaceted body of work that defies easy categorization, shifting between large-scale Earthworks, collage, drawings, photography, and sculpture. Stuart has devoted her decades-long practice to recording and studying traces upon the earth, whether by nature or by human hand, as imprints of identity. Stuart maps the passage of time and space, retrieving histories as much as she makes us aware of their irretrievability. She often utilizes organic materials such as earth, beeswax, and plant matter, rubbing them against paper or transforming them into objects with talismanic aura. Even when working with photography, she continues to perceive it as an imprinting process, frequently researching and re-photographing old prints to recall forgotten moments in history.

  • "The landscape shows you things
    you never pay attention to."
    —Michelle Stuart
  • Stuart has exhibited internationally over the past 40 years and was featured in the 57th Venice Biennale. Notable solo exhibitions...
    Passages: Mesa Verde, 1977-1979. Collection Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

     

    Stuart has exhibited internationally over the past 40 years and was featured in the 57th Venice Biennale. Notable solo exhibitions include Sayreville Strata Quartet, Dia:Beacon, New York (2017); Theatre of Memory: Photographic Works, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (2016); Place and Time, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and Drawn from Nature, which opened at the University of Nottingham, England and travelled to Parish Art Museum, Watermill, New York (2013) and Santa Barbara Museum of Art (2014). Her work is featured in public collections worldwide including MoMA, New York; Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland; The Art Institute of Chicago; Moderna Museet, Sweden; Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia; SFMOMA, San Francisco, California; Tate Gallery, London; The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles; and The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, among others.

    Stuart was born in 1933 in Los Angeles, California, and currently lives and works in New York, New York.

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  • Works
    • Creation Myth, 2020
      Creation Myth, 2020
    • Eclipse II August 21, 2017, 2017-18

      Eclipse II August 21, 2017, 2017-18

    • Flight of Time, 2016

      Flight of Time, 2016

    • Trajectory of Evolutionary Correspondences, 2009-10

      Trajectory of Evolutionary Correspondences, 2009-10

    • Michelle Stuart, The Book of the Library Near Zagora, 1983
      Michelle Stuart, The Book of the Library Near Zagora, 1983
    • Michelle Stuart, Quirigua, 1980
      Michelle Stuart, Quirigua, 1980
    • El Florido, 1978-79

      El Florido, 1978-79

    • Michelle Stuart, #6 Kingston, 1973
      Michelle Stuart, #6 Kingston, 1973
    • Michelle Stuart, Wave Flow, 1969
      Michelle Stuart, Wave Flow, 1969
  • Select Exhibitions

    • Michelle Stuart, The Imprints of Time: 1969-2021
      Exhibitions

      Michelle Stuart

      The Imprints of Time: 1969-2021 24 February - 26 March 2022 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Michelle Stuart: Penzance (Cornwall) to Paddington (London), Eckert Art Gallery, Millersville University, Pennsylvania
      Exhibitions

      Michelle Stuart: Penzance (Cornwall) to Paddington (London)

      Eckert Art Gallery, Millersville University, Pennsylvania 27 January - 4 March 2022 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Michelle Stuart, Flight of Time
      Exhibitions

      Michelle Stuart

      Flight of Time 31 January - 9 March 2019 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • La Biennale di Venezia: Viva Arte Viva, Venice, Italy
      Exhibitions

      La Biennale di Venezia: Viva Arte Viva

      Venice, Italy 13 May - 26 November 2017 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Michelle Stuart, Theatre of Memory: Photographic Works, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, New York
      Exhibitions

      Michelle Stuart, Theatre of Memory: Photographic Works

      The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, New York 3 February - 26 June 2016 Museum & Public Exhibitions
  • NEWS & EVENTS

    • Work on view: Michelle Stuart, Islas Encantadas Series: Materia Prima I, 1981, MoMA, New York
      News

      Work on view: Michelle Stuart, Islas Encantadas Series: Materia Prima I, 1981

      MoMA, New York November 22, 2024 – ongoing
    • Michelle Stuart, Shifting Landscapes, Whitney Museum of American Art
      News

      Michelle Stuart

      Shifting Landscapes, Whitney Museum of American Art November 1, 2024 – January 2026
    • Galerie Lelong: Dialogues, Michelle Stuart and Alexis Lowry
      Events

      Galerie Lelong: Dialogues

      Michelle Stuart and Alexis Lowry 19 March 2022
    • (At Home) On Art and Exploration: Artist Talk with Michelle Stuart, Talking to Our Time, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
      Events

      (At Home) On Art and Exploration: Artist Talk with Michelle Stuart

      Talking to Our Time, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 24 March 2021
      Often characterized as an artist-explorer, Michelle Stuart is internationally recognized as a pioneer of land art, offering a perspective grounded in personal experience, travel, curiosity, and wonder. Stuart’s work stands...
    • Viewpoints Podcast: Episode 2, Michelle Stuart x Hans Ulrich Obrist
      Events

      Viewpoints Podcast: Episode 2

      Michelle Stuart x Hans Ulrich Obrist 10 May 2019
      “In this episode of the 'Viewpoints' podcast, we'll hear a conversation between artist Michelle Stuart and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, two friends who share an interest in nature, memory and...
  • Press

    • Artforum, Michelle Stuart, Galerie Lelong & Co.
      Press

      Artforum

      Michelle Stuart, Galerie Lelong & Co. May 1, 2022
    • Artnet News, Artist Michelle Stuart on Why Her Half-Century’s Worth of Interventions Into the Earth Are More Relevant Than Ever
      Press

      Artnet News

      Artist Michelle Stuart on Why Her Half-Century’s Worth of Interventions Into the Earth Are More Relevant Than Ever March 24, 2022
    • The Art Newspaper, Michelle Stuart: Beyond the Earth
      Press

      The Art Newspaper

      Michelle Stuart: Beyond the Earth September 8, 2021
    • The New York Times, A Cosmos of Matter, Enshrined in Her Art
      Press

      The New York Times

      A Cosmos of Matter, Enshrined in Her Art August 29, 2013
  • Publications

    • Michelle Stuart: Flight of Time, Barry Schwabsky
      Publications

      Michelle Stuart: Flight of Time

      Barry Schwabsky
      Published by Galerie Lelong & Co., New York ISBN: 978-0-9671747-1-6 Hardcover catalogue accompanying the exhibition 'Michelle Stuart: Flight of Time' at Galerie Lelong & Co., New York (January 31 –...
    • Michelle Stuart, Theatre of Memory: Photographic Works, Gregory Volk
      Publications

      Michelle Stuart, Theatre of Memory: Photographic Works

      Gregory Volk
    • Michelle Stuart: Drawn from Nature, Anna Lovatt, Jane McFadden, Nancy Princenthal, et al.
      Publications

      Michelle Stuart: Drawn from Nature

      Anna Lovatt, Jane McFadden, Nancy Princenthal, et al.
      Published by Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775735490
    • Michelle Stuart: Sculptural Objects
      Publications

      Michelle Stuart: Sculptural Objects

      Published by Charta ISBN 9788881588039
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