Stephen Kaltenbach
Stephen J. Kaltenbach (born 1940) is an American artist and author based in Sacramento, California.
Stephen Kaltenbach | |
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Born | 1940 (age 82–83) |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of California, Davis |
Known for | painting, sculpture, conceptual art |
Movement | Conceptual art, Post-minimalism |
Awards | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1977-78 Guggenheim Fellowship 1978-79 |
Early life and education
Kaltenbach was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He attended the University of California, Davis between 1963 and 1967, earning a B.A. and M.A.[1] At UC Davis, Kaltenbach studied alongside notable artists including David Gilhooly, Richard Shaw and Bruce Nauman.[2]
Career
After graduating, Kaltenbach spent three years in New York City, producing paintings and a variety of conceptual work including bronze time capsules, graffiti, sidewalk plaques and hoax advertisements.[3][4] He exhibited alongside Richard Serra, Eva Hesse, Alan Saret and Bruce Nauman at the Leo Castelli Gallery show "Nine" in 1968, and had a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1969.[5]
In 1970 Kaltenbach left the New York contemporary art world and returned to California, taking up a position at California State University, Sacramento where he taught until 2005. Kaltenbach chose to refashion his practice in California, abandoning public conceptual work and instead adopting the persona of a "Regional Artist" with a focus on figurative sculpture and portraiture.[6][7]
Kaltenbach has also produced public art pieces for the city of Sacramento.[8]
A retrospective of his career entitled 'Kaltenbach: The Beginning and The End' was exhibited at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis in 2020.[9]
Notable works
Kaltenbach remains best known for the conceptual work he produced in the late 1960s, with recent exhibitions of his bronze time capsules and other pieces from that era.[10][11]
His most notable painting is Portrait of my Father (1972–79), on display at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California.[12]
He is also known for work inspired by a found object known as the "Slant Step" which was discovered by William T. Wiley and Bruce Nauman.[13][14] He has produced drawings, sculptures, films and other work related to the step, most notably Slant Step 2, now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.[15]
Public collections
Kaltenbach's work is part of a number of public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art,[16] the National Gallery of Art,[17] the Crocker Art Museum,[12] the Walker Art Center[18] and the Kröller-Müller Museum.[19]
References
- "Resume". Stephen Kaltenbach. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- Constance M. Lewallen (2007). A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s. University of California Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0520250857.
- John Chiaverina (May 16, 2016). "Journey Through the Past: Stephen Kaltenbach, a Forgotten Conceptual Master, Makes a Comeback in New York". ArtNews.
- DJ Pangburn (May 26, 2016). "How to Subvert the Art World and Get Away with It". VICE.
- Mario Garciá Torres. "9 at Leo Castelli" (PDF). hundredyearsof.files.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- Erik Wenzel (November 24, 2014). "Conceptual Art Legend Stephen Kaltenbach In Conversation". Artslant.
- Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer (September 1, 2010). "Altered Ego: Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer on Stephen Kaltenbach". The Free Library. Artforum International.
- Tara Ingram (October 11, 2011). "Fountain: Time to Cast Away Stones ~ 13th & K". Pedestrian Art, Sacramento.
- "Artist Stephen Kaltenbach explores time, fame, anonymity at Manetti Shrem Museum". The Daily Democratdate=November 15, 2019.
- Peter Malone (June 14, 2016). "Revisiting the Anti-Establishment Posturing of an Established Artist". Hyperallergic.
- "Stephen Kaltenbach at Pierogi". Pierogi. January 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- "Portrait of my Father, 1972-1979". Crocker Art Museum. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Stephen Kaltenbach, Slant Step Observations". Chicago Gallery News. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Stephen Kaltenbach". MCA Chicago. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Slant Step". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Stephen Kaltenbach". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Earth Mound in a Room with Skylight". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Stephen Kaltenbach". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- "Stephen Kaltenbach". Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 2019-06-05.