Donald Lipski | |
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| Born | 21 May 1947 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | sculpture, ceramics |
| Awards | Scholastic Art Award 1965 National Endowment for the Arts 1978, 1984, 1990 Guggenheim Fellowship 1988 Rome Prize 2000 |
| Website | www |
Donald Lipski (born May 21, 1947) is an American sculptor best known for his installation work and large-scale public works.
Donald Lipski was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1947. He was raised in the northern suburb of Highland Park, the son and grandson of bicycle dealers. Although his first welded sculptures as a teen won him The Scholastic Art Award in high school, he was a history major and anti-war activist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, earning a B.A. in American History in 1970. In Madison, Lipski discovered ceramics while working with well-known ceramics artist Don Reitz. He then pursued an MFA in ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1973, where he studied with Richard DeVore and Michael Hall. Lipski taught at the University of Oklahoma from 1973 to 1977, when he moved to New York.
Lipski attained growing recognition with his early installation Gathering Dust, which comprised thousands of tiny sculptures pinned to the wall, first at New York gallery Artists Space in 1978, and soon after in Museum of Modern Art as part of the Project series. [1] In 1978 he won the first of three National Endowment for the Arts grants, followed by a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988, [2] an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1993, and the Rome Prize [3] of The American Academy in Rome in 2000. He is permanently conserved in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, [4] the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Art Institute of Chicago, and dozens of other museums.
Lipski's installation works continued in the 1990s with The Bells, at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, [5] The Starry Night, at Capp Street Project, [6] San Francisco, Pieces of String Too Short to Save, [7] in the Grand Lobby of The Brooklyn Museum, NY), and The Cauldron [8] at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York.
In recent years, Lipski has focused his efforts on creating large-scale works for public spaces. Some of his most recognizable works include The Yearling, outside the Denver Public Library (originally exhibited by The Public Art Fund at Doris Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, 1997), Sirshasana, hanging in the Grand Central Market, Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and F.I.S.H. at the San Antonio River Walk, in Texas. There are twenty others across the U.S.
In 2012, Lipski was living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is represented by Galerie Lelong in New York.
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| Year | Item | Location |
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| 2021 | He Kauhulu ʻAnae (A Gathering of Mullets) | Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation; City and County of Honolulu, HI |
| 2018 | The Canoes | Lesner Bridge, Virginia Beach, VA |
| 2010 | Psyche | Auraria Campus, Denver, CO |
| 2010 | Jackson | Regional Bus Terminal, Reno, NV |
| 2009 | The Ziz | Goodyear Ball Park, Goodyear, AZ |
| 2009 | F.I.S.H. | The River Walk, San Antonio, TX |
| 2008 | Cowcatcher | Regional Bus Terminal, Sparks, NV |
| 2008 | The Tent | Indianapolis, IN |
| 2007 | The Doors | City of Scottsdale, AZ |
| 2007 | Leaves of Grass | Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC |
| 2006 | The Lorelei Club | Minneapolis Central Library |
| 2005 | Nails' Tales | University of Wisconsin |
| 2005 | Intimate Apparel & Pearl Earrings | Fort Worth Convention Center |
| 2005 | Sylvia, Arthur | City of Chicago, IL |
| 2004 | Got Any Jacks? | Miami International Airport, FL |
| 2003 | Five Easy Pieces | Washington DC Convention Center |
| 2001 | Tools | Wellington Webb Municipal Building, Denver, CO |
| 2000 | Rodin Rodannadanna | Avenue of the Arts, Kansas City |
| 2000 | Sirshasana | Grand Central Market, Grand Central Terminal, NY |
| 1997 | The Yearling | Doris Friedman Plaza, Central Park, The Yearling now resides at the Denver Public Library |
| 1997 | The LaGuardia Suite | Concert Hall, La Guardia High School for Music |
| 1987 | The West | The University of Texas at Austin [9] |
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