Carl Andre: stampe e dove vederle

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1960
Evento
Sketches for the “Elements”: the modular principle
He makes sketches for a series of sculptures called “Elements”, built from standard blocks of wood 12 × 12 × 36 inches in simple configurations, but lacks the money to buy the timber. The decision to use modular units in regular, repeated compositions will become the basis of his later work.
Carriera · 1960–1964 · New Jersey
A conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad
He works as a freight brakeman and train conductor in New Jersey for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The experience of blue-collar labour and the ordered nature of freight trains will shape his sculpture and persona: he often turns up in overalls and a blue work shirt, even at the most formal occasions.
Pubblicazione · 1960–1964
Years of writing and concrete poetry
In these years he writes above all, and there is little notable sculpture by him between 1960 and 1965. His concrete poetry is later exhibited in the United States and Europe, and a comprehensive collection of it is held by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
1965
Mostra
First public exhibition: “Shape and Structure”
He shows his work in public for the first time in the exhibition “Shape and Structure” at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, curated by Henry Geldzahler.
1966
Mostra · New York City
“Lever” at “Primary Structures”
“Lever” — a single line of 137 firebricks hugging the floor and concisely dividing a space — is included in the exhibition “Primary Structures” at the Jewish Museum in New York; the controversial work brings Andre considerable recognition.
Evento
Sculpture to walk on
His innovative works lie flat on the ground instead of rising up; viewers are invited to walk over the sculpture to sense the difference between materials — steel, aluminium — and between standing at the centre of a work and outside its edge.
1967
Evento · late 1960s · Darmstadt
Karl Ströher buys three major works
The entrepreneur Karl Ströher of Darmstadt acquires three major works by Andre and places them on loan at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
1968
Mostra · 27 giugno 1968 – 6 ottobre 1968
4. documenta
1969
Carriera
Helps found the Art Workers Coalition
He helps organize the Art Workers Coalition.
Opera
Makes “144 Magnesium Square”
One of his large interior works shown directly on the floor.

1970
Mostra
Solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum
His solo exhibition takes place at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; “37 Pieces of Work”, which lies flat on the floor, is shown there for the first time.
1972
Evento · United Kingdom
Tate buys “Equivalent VIII”
Britain’s Tate Gallery acquires “Equivalent VIII”, an arrangement of 120 firebricks.
1973
Opera
“Blocks and Stones” in Portland
He prepares the large-scale installation “Blocks and Stones” for the Portland Center for the Visual Arts in Oregon.
Pubblicazione · Andover
“Quincy Book”: photographs of his home town
His artist’s book “Quincy Book”, with commissioned photographs of landscapes and monuments in his native Quincy, appears alongside his solo show at the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover. It was reprinted in 2014.
1976
Evento · United Kingdom
The “bricks controversy” over “Equivalent VIII”
After an article in The Sunday Times, the work that the Tate had shown several times without incident becomes the centre of a scandal and is later defaced with blue food dye; the “bricks controversy” becomes one of the most famous British debates about contemporary art.
Opera · Long Island City
Makes “Lament for the Children”
The public work “Lament for the Children” is installed in Long Island City, New York.
1977
Opera
“Stone Field Sculpture” in Hartford
The public work “Stone Field Sculpture” is made in Hartford, Connecticut.
Mostra · 24 giugno 1977 – 2 ottobre 1977
Documenta 6
1979
Famiglia · New York City
Meets Ana Mendieta
At AIR Gallery in New York the artists Leon Golub and Nancy Spero introduce Andre to the Cuban-born avant-garde artist Ana Mendieta. A romance soon begins: he travels with her through Italy and Germany, introduces her to New York’s art society and helps organize her exhibitions.

1980
Pubblicazione
The book “12 Dialogues”
NYU Press publishes “12 Dialogues”, in which Andre and Hollis Frampton took turns replying to each other at a typewriter in poetry and free-form essay-like texts.
1981
Evento · FSV Frankfurt
Works by Andre bought for a Frankfurt museum
Peter Iden acquires those three works for the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt; from 1992 to 2002 they are shown in the “Change of Scene” exhibitions at the museum and abroad.
1982
Mostra · 19 giugno 1982 – 28 settembre 1982
documenta 7
1984
Premio
Guggenheim Fellowship
1985
Evento · 1985–1988
Three years of a trial without a jury
He faces three difficult years of proceedings; during the trial he waives a jury and chooses to be tried by a judge alone.
Evento · Ostrov Raykers
Released on bail put up by Stella
After a short time in jail on Rikers Island he is released on a quarter-million-dollar bail put up by his old friend Frank Stella; Claes Oldenburg gives him shelter in his studio for the time being.
Evento · 1985–1988
A divided art world
Colleagues sharply disagreed about his guilt: most supported Andre, while Mendieta’s family and feminist activists, convinced of his guilt, reproached his supporters for relieving a white man of responsibility for violence against a Latin American woman. Carolee Schneemann demanded a public explanation, and feminists picketed the Paula Cooper Gallery, where Andre’s show was on.
Famiglia · January 1985
Marries Ana Mendieta
In the sixth year of their relationship Andre and Mendieta marry; it is his third marriage — the first two ended in divorce.
Famiglia · 8 September 1985 · New York City
Death of Ana Mendieta and the charge against Andre
After an argument with her husband, Ana Mendieta falls from the window of their 34th-floor apartment in Greenwich Village and dies. The same night Andre is charged with second-degree murder.
1988
Evento · 11 February 1988
Acquitted of all charges
Judge Schlesinger, who heard the case without a jury, drops all charges against Andre in connection with Mendieta’s death: he is found not guilty.

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