Billy Apple | |
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.jpg) Apple in 2018 | |
| Born | Barrie Bates 31 December 1935 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 6 September 2021 (aged 85) |
| Education | Royal College of Art, London, postgraduate diploma in graphic design |
| Known for | Rigorous idea-driven works across many fields of art |
| Movement | Pop art, Conceptual art |
Billy Apple ONZM (born Barrie Bates;[1][2] 31 December 1935 – 6 September 2021) was a New Zealand artist whose work is associated with the London, Auckland and New York schools of pop art in the 1960s and NY's Conceptual Art movement in the 1970s. He worked alongside artists like Andy Warhol and David Hockney before opening the second of the seven New York Not-for-Profit spaces in 1969. His work is held in the permanent collections of Tate Britain, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Chrysler Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, National Gallery of Australia, Te Papa, Auckland Art Gallery, the Christchurch Art Gallery, the University of Auckland, and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Belgium.
- ^ Tilman Osterwold, Pop Art, Taschen, 2003, p78. ISBN 3-8228-2070-9
- ^ Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (2005). Treasures from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Te Papa Press. p. 69. ISBN 1-877385-12-3.