Eric Orr (American, 1939-1998)
Eric Orr Eric Orr
Red Way, 1989 Time Frame #1, 1985
Red Way, 1989 Time Frame #1, 1985
Biography
1939 Born: Covington, KY
1998 Died: Venice, California
Exhibitions
2007
Eric Orr (1939 - 1998) Survey of works, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
1997
P.S.1 / MoMA, Queens, NY (Long-term installation)
1996
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Carthew Thompson Gallery, Beverly Hill, CA
1995
Gallerie Bhak, Seoul, Korea (solo)
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Deanna Miller Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Carthew Thompson Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1994
Westfall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nothing in Common, Studio Gallery/Bistango, Irvine, CA
Big Littles, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Santa Monica, CA
1993
Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo)
About Nature, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Anders Tornburg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Klein Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
On Water, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
In Context, Boritzer-Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992
Sena Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL (solo)
Fleck/Ellman Gallery, Aspen, CO (solo)
Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Marcia Weissman Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (solo)
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo)
Santa Fe Singularity, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo)
Tilden Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
The Image of Abstract Painting in the 80's, Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Neville Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Tao of Contemporary Art, Hofstra Museum, Bard College, NY
Alchemy - The Fifth Essence, Gracie Mansion, New York, NY
Daylight Savings, Galeria Joan Prats, Paris, France
1989
Gallerie Georges Lavrov, Paris, France (solo)
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Drowned World, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
L'Or Et Son Mythe, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1988
Elements: Five Installations, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA (solo)
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Five American Artists, Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Motorized Sculpture, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1987
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Tilden Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
Gallerie Georges Lavrov, Paris, France (solo)
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Elements: Five Installations, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1986
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1985
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands (solo)
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo)
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Illuminations: The Quality of Light, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984
Seaver Gallery, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA (solo)
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (solo)
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1983
Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1982
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Musee D'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Art as Alchemy, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA
1981
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Taylor Gallery, Taos, NM (solo)
Museum as Site, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1980
Los Angeles Count Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Furniture Show, Marion Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
Fire as Prime Matter, Libra Gallery, Claremont, CA
Lead/Gold Reliefs, Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1979
Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
California, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Works on Glass, Minneapolis Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1978
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX
1977
L.A. of the 70's, Fort Worth Museum, Fort Worth, TX
1976
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1975
Salvatore Ala Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo)
Transparency Exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1973
University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA (solo)
1972
Infinity Space, University of California, Irvine, CA
1970
Sound in Shape of a Pear, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
1969
Search Light Sky Sky Shapes, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Wall Shadow, Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Volumetric Sound, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1968
Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Sky Lights, Century City, Los Angeles, CA
Tracer Bullets, Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh Air, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, CA
1,000 to 1, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA
1967
Fresh Air Space, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
Vandenburg Letters, Sky Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1966
Room Company #1, Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Animated Hog Show, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CASELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Panza Collection, Milan, Italy
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Den Haag Gemeentemuseum, The Netherlands
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Museum of Art, Berkeley, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Literature
1990 James Lee Byars, Eric Orr, Thomas McEvilley . Zero Mass: The Art of Eric Orr
1939 Born: Covington, KY
1998 Died: Venice, California
Exhibitions
2007
Eric Orr (1939 - 1998) Survey of works, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
1997
P.S.1 / MoMA, Queens, NY (Long-term installation)
1996
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Carthew Thompson Gallery, Beverly Hill, CA
1995
Gallerie Bhak, Seoul, Korea (solo)
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Deanna Miller Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Carthew Thompson Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1994
Westfall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nothing in Common, Studio Gallery/Bistango, Irvine, CA
Big Littles, Boritzer/Gray/Hamano, Santa Monica, CA
1993
Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo)
About Nature, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Anders Tornburg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Klein Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
On Water, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
In Context, Boritzer-Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992
Sena Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL (solo)
Fleck/Ellman Gallery, Aspen, CO (solo)
Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Marcia Weissman Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (solo)
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo)
Santa Fe Singularity, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo)
Tilden Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
The Image of Abstract Painting in the 80's, Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Neville Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Tao of Contemporary Art, Hofstra Museum, Bard College, NY
Alchemy - The Fifth Essence, Gracie Mansion, New York, NY
Daylight Savings, Galeria Joan Prats, Paris, France
1989
Gallerie Georges Lavrov, Paris, France (solo)
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Drowned World, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
L'Or Et Son Mythe, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1988
Elements: Five Installations, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA (solo)
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Five American Artists, Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Motorized Sculpture, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1987
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Tilden Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
Gallerie Georges Lavrov, Paris, France (solo)
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Elements: Five Installations, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1986
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1985
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands (solo)
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo)
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Illuminations: The Quality of Light, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984
Seaver Gallery, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA (solo)
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (solo)
Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1983
Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1982
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Musee D'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Art as Alchemy, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA
1981
Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Taylor Gallery, Taos, NM (solo)
Museum as Site, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1980
Los Angeles Count Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Furniture Show, Marion Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
Fire as Prime Matter, Libra Gallery, Claremont, CA
Lead/Gold Reliefs, Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1979
Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
California, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Works on Glass, Minneapolis Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1978
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX
1977
L.A. of the 70's, Fort Worth Museum, Fort Worth, TX
1976
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1975
Salvatore Ala Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo)
Transparency Exhibition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1973
University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA (solo)
1972
Infinity Space, University of California, Irvine, CA
1970
Sound in Shape of a Pear, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
1969
Search Light Sky Sky Shapes, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Wall Shadow, Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Volumetric Sound, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1968
Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Sky Lights, Century City, Los Angeles, CA
Tracer Bullets, Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh Air, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, CA
1,000 to 1, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA
1967
Fresh Air Space, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
Vandenburg Letters, Sky Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1966
Room Company #1, Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Animated Hog Show, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CASELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Panza Collection, Milan, Italy
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Den Haag Gemeentemuseum, The Netherlands
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Museum of Art, Berkeley, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Literature
1990 James Lee Byars, Eric Orr, Thomas McEvilley . Zero Mass: The Art of Eric Orr