| Robert Grosvenor | |
| Birth Name: | Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1937 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education: | École des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. University of Perugia |
| Known For: | sculpture |
| Movement: | minimalism |
Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor (born 1937)[1] [2] is an American contemporary sculptor, installation artist, and draftsman. He is known for his monumental room installations, which border between sculpture and architecture. Grosvenor is associated with minimalism.[3]
Robert Strawbridge Grosvenor was born March 31, 1937, in New York City, New York. He studied at the in 1956; at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Paris in 1957 and 1959; and at the University of Perugia in 1958. In 1960, Grosvenor moved to Philadelphia.
Grosvenor was one of the 10 artists that founded the cooperative Park Place Gallery in New York City, open from 1963 to 1967.[4] [5] The other founders of the gallery included Mark di Suvero, Dean Fleming, Forrest Myers, Peter Forakis, Leo Valledor, Tamara Melcher, Tony Magar, and Edwin Ruda.
In Grosvenor's work, he uses a mixture of industrial materials such as car body parts, plexiglass, stone, brick, concrete, and plastic.[6] One of his best known sculptures is Tapanga (1965), originally exhibited in the mid-1960's and later realized in a monumental version at the Storm King Art Center.[7] His work has helped define minimalism and was included in the seminal group exhibitions, Primary Structures (Jewish Museum, 1966), and Minimal Art (Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 1968).
Grosvenor is represented by Karma Gallery and Galerie Max Hetzler.[8] Until 2023, he also worked with Paula Cooper Gallery.[9]
List of select exhibits by Grosvenor: