Bill Bollinger

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Tent. Vaduz, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, 04-02-2011, 04-05-2011 ; Karlsruhe, ZKM/Museum of Contemporary Art, 28-05-2011, 25-09-2011 ; Edinburgh, The Fruitmarket Gallery, 27-10-2011, 07-01-2012. - This retrospective monograph is the first to be dedicated to the radical sculptural oeuvre by the almost forgotten American artist Bill Bollinger (New York 15-07-1939, New York 27-05-1988). In the late 1960s, Bill Bollinger ranked among the most important sculptors of his day, on a par with Bruce Nauman, Robert Smithson, Eva Hesse, and Richard Serra. After graduating from Rhode Island's renowned Brown University with a degree in aeronautics, Bollinger moved to New York in 1961 to study painting.He participated in legendary exhibitions and produced a compact, wide-ranging body of work that is purist, ephemeral, and full of energy; these works still deliver an astonishing impact. In the mid-1970s, he disappeared from the radar screen of the art world