Alice Adams (artist)

Alice Adams
Born (1930-11-16) November 16, 1930 (age 93)
New York City, U.S.
EducationColumbia University, L'Ecole Nationale d'Art Decoratif
Known forSculpture, site-specific sculpture, land art, public art, woven forms, American tapestry
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, National Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Sculpture

Alice Adams (born November 16, 1930) is an American artist known for her sculpture[1] and site-specific land art in the 1970s[2] and for her major public art projects in transit systems, airports, university campuses and other urban sites throughout the United States since 1986.[3] Her earlier work in tapestry and woven forms was important in the American fiber art movement.[4]

  1. ^ Lippard, Lucy. "The Abstract Realism of Alice Adams," Art in America, September 1979.
  2. ^ Boettger, Suzaan (November 2008). "Excavating Land Art by Women in the 1970s". Sculpture. 27 (9): 38–45.
  3. ^ Zimmer, William. "Scale Models of Projects that Grace Cities," The New York Times, Sunday, April 9, 2000: 16.
  4. ^ Auther, Elissa. "Fiber Art and the Hierarchy of Art and Craft," The Journal of Modern Craft, Berg Publishers, Vol. 1, Number 1, March 2008: 13-33. Retrieved on 2009-8-10.