Portrait of Alain Kirili, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris.
Born
(1946-08-29)29 August 1946
Paris
Died
19 May 2021(2021-05-19) (aged 74)
New York, U.S.
Nationality
French American
Known for
sculpture
Alain Kirili (29 August 1946 – 19 May 2021) was a French-American sculptor.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He was recognized for his post-minimalist abstract sculptures in forged iron and his large-scale public sculptures. His work has been the subject of numerous gallery and museum exhibitions in United States and Europe, and has received considerable critical interest from art historians, such as Thierry Dufrêne, Robert C. Morgan, Robert Rosenblum, and Kirk Varnedoe. Kirili lived and worked in Paris and New York.
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AlainKirili (29 August 1946 – 19 May 2021) was a French-American sculptor. He was recognized for his post-minimalist abstract sculptures in forged iron...
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Sixties. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300105908. " In Conversation: AlainKirili with Robert C. Morgan", The Brooklyn Rail, May 3, 2012. Willard, Charlotte...
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Hans Köchler -- Hotel Imperial, Vienna, 6 December 1983". i-p-o.org. Kirili, Alain. "Edmund White" Archived 19 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. BOMB...