1980 in art

Events from the year1980 in art.

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Events

• January 1–Gary Larson's single-panelcomicThe Far Sidedebuts in theSan Francisco Chronicle.
• February 7–Pink Floyd'sThe Wall Touropens at theLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
• May 22–September 16–Pablo PicassoRetrospective exhibition at theMuseum of Modern ArtinNew York City,the largest and most complete Picasso exhibition ever held in theUnited States.
• December 8–Annie LeibovitzphotographsJohn LennonwithYoko Onoin New York for the cover ofRolling Stonemagazine five hours before his murder.
• Robert Hughespresents a series (with accompanying book),The Shock of the New,forBBC Televisionin theUnited Kingdomon "art and the century of change".
• Benedikt Taschenopens acomic bookstore inColognewhich will evolve into theart bookpublisherTaschen.

Exhibitions

• February 17untilApril 6- "Afro-American Abstraction" (curated byApril KingsleyatMoMA PS1inNew York City.

Works

See also:Category:1980 paintingsandCategory:1980 sculptures

• Basil Blackshaw–Green Landscape
• Arbit Blatas–The Monument of the Holocaust(reliefs,first edition)
• Alan Chung Hung –Gate to the Northwest Passage(sculpture, Vancouver, British Columbia)
• David Inshaw–The River Bank (Ophelia)
• Keith Jellum–Mimir(sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
• Nabil Kanso
  • Apocalyptic Rider
  • Time Suspended in Space (South Africa)
• Peter Kennard–Haywain with Cruise Missiles
• Georgia O'Keeffe–Llama in the Desert
• Bryan Organ–Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton
• Howard Post–Moving Cattle
• George Segal–Gay Liberation(sculpture)

Awards

• John Moores Painting Prize- Michael Moon for "Box-room"

Deaths

January to June

• January 9–Joy Adamson,Austria-Kenyan painter and conservationist (b.1908).
• January 18–Cecil Beaton,Englishphotographerandstageandcostume designer(b.1904).
• January 20–William Roberts,painter(b.1904).
• January 26–Dolly Rudeman,Dutch graphic designer (b.1902).
• February 4–Stojan Aralica,famous SerbianImpressionistpainter andacademic(b.1883).
• February 6–Albert Kotin,Russian-born AmericanAbstract Expressionistartist (b.1907).
• February 17–Graham Sutherland,Englishartist(b.1903).
• February 22–Oskar Kokoschka,Austrianartist,poet and playwright (b.1886).
• March 5–John Skeaping,Englishsculptorand equine painter (b.1901).
• March 18–Tamara de Lempicka,PolishArt Decopainter (b.1898).
• April 21
  • Ľudovít Fulla,Slovakpainter,graphic artist,illustrator,stage designerandart teacher(b.1902).
  • Sohrab Sepehri,Persianpoet and a painter (b.1928).
• May 15–Len Lye,New Zealand-born American kinetic sculptor and filmmaker (b.1901).
• May 16–Izis Bidermanas,Lithuanian-born photographer (b.1911).
• June 7–Philip Guston,Canadian-born AmericanAbstract Expressionistpainter andprintmaker(b.1913).
• June 23–Clyfford Still,AmericanAbstract Expressionistpainter (b.1904).

July to December

• July 16–Robert Brackman,Ukrainian-born American painter and art teacher (b.1898)
• August 26–Tex Avery,Americananimator,cartoonist,anddirector(b.1908).
• September 14–Maxwell Bates,Canadianarchitectandexpressionistpainter(b.1906).
• November 22–Norah McGuinness,Irishpainterandillustrator(b.1901).
• December 26–Tony Smith,Americansculptor,visual artistand theorist on art (b.1912).
• December 30–Patrick Hennessy,Irish painter (b.1915).

Undated

• Andrée Bosquet,Belgian painter (born1900)
• Cicely Hey,English-born artist and model (born1896)

See also

• 1980 in fine arts of the Soviet Union