Richard Fleischner is a Providence, RI–based environmental artist. Born in New York in 1944, he received a BFA and MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and began working in the 1960s.knoedlergallery.com, "Richard Fleischner Biography" May 23, 2011, available at http://www.knoedlergallery.com/artists/richard_fleischner/biography.html
Installations
YearNameLocationDescription1974Sod Maze, for the exhibition MonumentaChâteau-sur-Mer in Newport, Rhode Island1977Floating SquareDocumenta 6 in Kassel, Germany1984La Jolla ProjectRevelle College near Theatre District1985UntitledAlewife station, Cambridge, MAA three-acre large environmental work containing an artificial pond and large granite blocks1986Columbia Subway PlazaBroad and Cecil B. Moore, Philadelphia, PA
Awards
Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1974, 1980, 1990)
External links Biography from Knoedler Gallery Review in New York Times La Jolla Project, 1984 Untitled 1997 Space into Place Interview with Richard Fleischner on All Ears Stuart Collection at UCSD: Richard Fleischner Columbia Subway Plaza, 1986
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