Daisy Youngblood

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Daisy Youngblood
Born1945 (age 7778)
NationalityAmerican
Known forSculpture, ceramic artist
Awards MacArthur Fellows Program

Daisy Youngblood (born 1945) is an American modern sculptor and ceramic artist. She grew up in North Carolina and lives in New Mexico. She was a 2003 recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program genius grant.

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Life

Youngblood was born in 1945 in Asheville, North Carolina. [1] From 1963 to 1966, Youngblood attended Virginia Commonwealth University. [2]

Youngblood's most well-known sculptural work comprises heads and torsos of people and animals made in low-fired clay, combined with found objects (sticks, teeth, hair). Some of the heads are explicitly representational portraits (such as her 1982 study of the art dealer Richard Bellamy). Youngblood has listed Jung and Buddhism as important theoretical influences, and has said that she is interested in "correlating worldwide religions and esoteric practices with the individual psyche."[ citation needed ]

In 1999, her work appeared at McKee Gallery. [3] Her work is in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [1] and the Museum of Modern Art. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Youngblood, Daisy". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. "Daisy Youngblood — MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. Grace Glueck (May 7, 1999). "ART IN REVIEW; Daisy Youngblood". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. "Daisy Youngblood". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 8 August 2021.