Joe Zucker

Porthole #4 by Joe Zucker, 1981, acrylic, cotton batting, and Rhoplex on canvas, Honolulu Museum of Art

Joseph Irwin Zucker (May 21, 1941 – May 15, 2024) was an American artist. Born in Chicago, he received a B.F.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1964 and an M.F.A., from the same institution in 1966.[1][2]

His art was quirky and idiosyncratic, and most often related to the materials, such as cotton and plastic. His Porthole #4 from 1981, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrated his innovative use of unusual materials.[3] The Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art (Northwestern University, Illinois), the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the Parrish Art Museum (Water Mill, New York), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.), and the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota) are among the public collections holding work by Joe Zucker.[4]

  1. ^ Heinrich, Will (May 23, 2024). "Joe Zucker, Prolific Painter of Innumerable Styles, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Mary Boone Gallery". Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Joe Zucker by Chuck Close". Bombmagazine.org. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Joe Zucker Online". Artcyclopedia.com.