Austerely Minimalist Sculptor Carl Andre is dead. He worked with elemental metals, granite, wood, and brick in sculpture “free of human association.” His career was marred by accusations that he had a role in his wife’s fatal plunge. His wife was the Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta.
Carl Andre Cause of death
Carl Andre passed away at the age of 88 on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, in Manhattan without a cause of death. His death was confirmed by Paula Cooper Gallery, his longtime New York representative.
“Carl Andre redefined the parameters of sculpture and poetry through his use of unaltered industrial materials and innovative approach to language,” the gallery wrote in its announcement. “He created over two thousand sculptures and an equal number of poems throughout his almost seventy-year career, guided by a commitment to pure matter in lucid geometric arrangements.”
Carl Andre’s obituary announcement
Carl Andre was born on September 16, 1935, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He completed primary and secondary schooling in the Quincy public school system and studied art at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, from 1951 to 1953.
While at Phillips Academy, he became friends with Hollis Frampton, who would later influence Andre’s radical approach to sculpture through their conversations about art and through introductions to other artists.
Carl Andre served in the U.S. Army in North Carolina from 1955 to 1956 and moved to New York City in 1956. While in New York, Frampton introduced Andre to Constantin Brâncuși, through whom Andre became re-acquainted with a former classmate from Phillips Academy, Frank Stella, in 1958. Andre shared studio space with Stella from 1958 through 1960.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
