Ricci Albenda (born 1966) is an American contemporary visual artist and sculptor.[1] He specializes in three-dimensional representations of distorted architectural spaces and walls of words. His work has been covered by the New York Times repeatedly, which said "[t]he effect is cool, weird, magical" about a project in PS1 and "it's a warped, sexualized, through-the-looking-glass version of the chaste but uninnocent 'white cube' space of modern art" about the reviewed work which, however, "doesn't look nearly as good, but it shares similar features, and is based on ambitious ideas";[2] "very fetching;"[3] "the words come and go, and the wall seems to buckle and swell."[4] He received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. He is represented by the Andrew Kreps Gallery.[5] He had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from November 16, 2001 to January 22, 2002.[6] On Friday March 21, 2008, he opened his back yard to the public as an adjunct to an exhibition at the Horticultural Society of New York.[7]

Ricci Albenda
Born1966
NationalityAmerican
EducationRhode Island School of Design
Occupation(s)Contemporary visual artist and sculptor

Public Commissions edit

Exhibitions edit

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NYProjects 74 – November 16, 2001 – May 2002.[10]
  • The Rachofsky House, Dallas, TXThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog – May 11 – Jul 22, 2009.[11]
  • Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY – Panoramas – May 5 – Jun. 16, 2007.[12]
  • Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY – Paintings – Sept. 16 – Oct. 23, 2010.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ricci Albenda" (PDF). Editions Fawbush. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  2. ^ Holland Cotter (2001-02-02). "ART IN REVIEW; Ricci Albenda – 'Tesseract' – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  3. ^ William Zimmer (2000-07-02). "ART; When Daily Life Is Examined Closely – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  4. ^ Holland Cotter (2002-07-12). "ART REVIEW; Architectural Visions Keep Dreamers Awake – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  5. ^ "Andrew Kreps Gallery". Andrewkreps.com. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  6. ^ "Projects". MoMA. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  7. ^ "Ricci Albenda" (PDF) (Press release). The Horticultural Society of New York. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  8. ^ "Art Commissions". Stadium.dallascowboys.com. 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  9. ^ "Albenda Bio". AndrewKrepps.com. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  10. ^ "Projects". MoMA. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  11. ^ "The Rachofsky House — The Collection". Rachofskyhouse.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  12. ^ "Andrew Kreps Gallery" (Press release). Andrewkreps.com. 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  13. ^ "Andrew Kreps Gallery" (Press release). Andrewkreps.com. 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

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