Charles Ray

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person sculptor

Charles Ray is an American contemporary sculptor renowned for his conceptually rigorous, often unsettling works that challenge perceptions of scale, realism, and the human figure.

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Label	Occurrences
Charles Ray canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ
activePeriod	21st century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ
artisticFocus	human figure ⓘ realism ⓘ scale ⓘ
artStyle	realist sculpture with conceptual strategies ⓘ
birthPlace	Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear	1953 ⓘ
educatedAt	Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Art Institute of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice Biennale NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	contemporary art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
hasTaughtAt	University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	conceptually rigorous sculptures ⓘ works that challenge perceptions of realism ⓘ works that challenge perceptions of scale ⓘ works that challenge perceptions of the human figure ⓘ
materialUsed	aluminum ⓘ fiberglass ⓘ steel ⓘ wood ⓘ
movement	conceptual art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ
name	Charles Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	Aluminum Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Boy with Frog NERFINISHED ⓘ Fall '91 NERFINISHED ⓘ Family Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ Firetruck NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinoki NERFINISHED ⓘ Plank Piece I-II NERFINISHED ⓘ The New Beetle NERFINISHED ⓘ Unpainted Sculpture NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	artist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ
teachingRole	professor of sculpture ⓘ
workCharacteristic	experiments with perception ⓘ meticulous craftsmanship ⓘ often unsettling ⓘ use of life-size and altered-scale figures ⓘ

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Subject: Charles Ray
Description of subject: Charles Ray is an American contemporary sculptor renowned for his conceptually rigorous, often unsettling works that challenge perceptions of scale, realism, and the human figure.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matthew Marks Gallery → represents → Charles Ray ⓘ

Larry Aldrich Award → hasRecipient → Charles Ray ⓘ