Creator Record
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Tannen, Bob |
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Robert C. Tannen is a regional planner and conceptual artist whose primary interest is the integration of art, architecture, and civil engineering. His current work deals with climate change and consumerism. Tannen earned his MFA at Pratt Institute and focused on industrial design, environmental planning, and the history of bridge design. Robert Rauschenberg as well as R. Buckminster Fuller and William Wainwright, for whom he worked were extremely influential to his development as an artist and regional planner. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he relocated to the South to assist in redevelopment planning in Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Camille in 1969. This experience was foundational to how he understands the interactions between humankind and nature. His work has been exhibited at institutions like the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, MoMA PS1, and the Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. He and his Wife, Jeanne Nathan were instrumental in campaigning to found the Contemporary Art Center New Orleans in 1976. Tannen's work resides in many museum's collections including the Hilliard Art Museum and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. |
Nationality |
American |
