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Artist
Charles Gaines
b. 1944, Charleston, South Carolina, USA · American · Based in Los Angeles, California, USA
- MFA, School of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology (1967)
- BA, Jersey City State College (1966)
- Conceptual Systems
- Numbered Acrylic Grids
- Photographic Series
- Sound Installations
Charles Gaines creates rule-based drawings, photographs, texts and musical works that examine systems, representation, race and political meaning. His grid-based processes separate decision-making from expressive gesture while allowing social content to enter through structure.
Drawing; photography; installation
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Charles Gaines: Systems & Structures | Art21 "Extended Play”
Art2110 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Charles Gaines & Ensemble
The Museum of Contemporary Art60 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1986 onwardNumbers and Trees
- 1978–79Faces
- 1973–74Regression Series
- 1975–2014Walnut Tree Orchard
- 2008 onwardManifestos
- 1980Shadows
- 1980sTrisha Brown Dance
- 2010sLibrettos
- 2000sGreenhouse
- 1990sTheater of Refusal-related work
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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