B. Wurtz

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Not to be confused with Bill Wurtz.
B Wurtz with New York Arts Practicum at his home

B. Wurtz is (b. 1948, Pasadena, California)[1] is an American painter and sculptor. He lives and works in New York City.[2]

Education[edit]

Wurtz received a BA from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 1980.[2]

Work[edit]

Wurtz is known for his transformations of commonplace materials into sculptures.[3] Wurtz's sculptures are characterized by an appreciation for the ubiquitous, common-place items he uses: plastic grocery bags, disposable baking trays, coat hangers, tuna tins, buttons, shoelaces, cardboard, and construction lumber.[4]

Wurtz's work has been described as a "bricolage of found objects."[1] He has shown his work widely in solo and group exhibitions internationally. He works in a variety of scales from small-scale sculptures to large-scale public sculptures. In 2015, The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, United Kingdom mounted a retrospective exhibition of the artist's work that traveled to La Casa Encendida in Madrid through 2016.[3][5] In 2018, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles mounted a major solo exhibition of his work, This Has No Name.[6]

His work has been reviewed in the New York Times,[7] Artsy,[8] Surface,[9] Artforum,[10] Frieze,[4] among other publications.

Collections[edit]

Wurtz's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[11] the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,[12] the Portland Art Museum,[13] among others.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Cumming, Laura (3 January 2016). "B Wurtz: Selected works 1970-2015 review – everyday rubbish reimagined". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "B. Wurtz". ArtNet. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "B. WURTZ, Selected Works 1970-2015". Centre for Contemporary Art. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b Grabner, Michelle (4 April 2001). "B. Wurtz". Frieze. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ^ "B. WURTZ, Selected Works 1970-2015". La Casa Encendida. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. ^ "B. Wurtz: This Has No Name". Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. ^ Smith, Roberta (30 June 2011). "An Artist Who Makes Much Out of Very Little". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. ^ Indresek, Mark. "At 70, Playful Provocateur B. Wurtz Is Finally Having His Watershed Moment". Artsy. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  9. ^ Storey, Nate. "The Immaculate Pan Paintings of B Wurtz". Surface. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  10. ^ Hainley, Bruce (October 2005). "Only Connect: The Art of B. Wurtz". Artforum. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Artist: B. Wurtz". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  12. ^ "B. Wurtz". Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  13. ^ "B. Wurtz". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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