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Ross Bleckner

Ross Bleckner (Born 1949) was active/lived in New York.  Ross Bleckner is known for Non objective, op imagery-stripe painting.

Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed.   He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures electronic parts   He attended New York University where Sol Lewitt, Chuck Close and others were his teachers.  He graduated in 1972, then spent a year at the California Institute of Arts.  His contacts in the next few years were very fortuitous; Sol Lewitt and Chuck Close, Carl Andre, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, etc.

Bleckner is on the nervous side, beset by self-doubt, insomnia, and gloom.  He is unpretentious, although he is bluntly handsome, with olive complexion, and a compact build.  He is "10 percent that is superficial and 90 percent that has to do with the depths and that is threatened by living.  He is a very complicated individual.  He is a very, very morose, deeply feeling, hardworking artist- he takes a lot from within hi   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8418 characters.]  Artist bio

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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