Mimi Gross
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Mimi Gross is a New York City born artist. She is the daughter of the sculptor Chaim Gross
. From 1963-1976 she was married to the artist Red Grooms
who was her collaborator on many projects. Her work spans from painting and drawing to happenings, films, mail art, book design, costume and set design, diorama and sculpture.
She began exhibiting in Provincetown, MA, an artist colony where she spent her summers with her family. She had a solo show at the Provincetown Art Association in 1957 followed by a solo show at the Sun Gallery in 1958 and a three-woman show at the Sun Gallery in 1963.
She became well known for large 3-D constructions she made with her husband Red Grooms, including
City of Chicago (1967-68), Discount Store (1970-71), Astronauts on the Moon (1972) and Ruckus Manhattan (1975-76).
She has collaborated with the dancer Douglas Dunnhttp://douglasdunndance.com/ on more than 18 dances, designing sets and costumes, beginning with Foot Rules in 1978 and most recently tanks under trees (May 2008) with text by Anne Waldman
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Chaim Gross
Chaim Gross was an Austrian born American sculptor. He was born in the then Austro-Hungarian village of Kolomyia and immigrated to the United States in 1921...
. From 1963-1976 she was married to the artist Red Grooms
Red Grooms
Red Grooms is an American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life...
who was her collaborator on many projects. Her work spans from painting and drawing to happenings, films, mail art, book design, costume and set design, diorama and sculpture.
She began exhibiting in Provincetown, MA, an artist colony where she spent her summers with her family. She had a solo show at the Provincetown Art Association in 1957 followed by a solo show at the Sun Gallery in 1958 and a three-woman show at the Sun Gallery in 1963.
She became well known for large 3-D constructions she made with her husband Red Grooms, including
City of Chicago (1967-68), Discount Store (1970-71), Astronauts on the Moon (1972) and Ruckus Manhattan (1975-76).
She has collaborated with the dancer Douglas Dunnhttp://douglasdunndance.com/ on more than 18 dances, designing sets and costumes, beginning with Foot Rules in 1978 and most recently tanks under trees (May 2008) with text by Anne Waldman
Anne Waldman
Anne Waldman is an American poet.Since the 1960s, Waldman has been an active member of the “Outrider” experimental poetry community as a writer, performer, collaborator, professor, editor, scholar, and cultural/political activist....
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External links
- http://rcgrossfoundation.org/ Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation
- http://www.granarybooks.com/books/daze/daze1.html Granary Books
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06EEDE1131F930A2575AC0A9649C8B63 Review New York Times
- http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bernstein/books/Mimi-Gross_2002_catalogue.pdf Charles Bernstein Website
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1876641/ Mimi Gross on IMDB