Richard Fleischner
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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.
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
, and began working in the 1960s.
Installations
| Year | Name | Location | Picture/Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Sod Maze, for the exhibition Monumenta | Château-sur-Mer in Newport, Rhode Island | |
| 1977 | Floating Square | Documenta 6 in Kassel, Germany | |
| 1984 | La Jolla Project | Revelle College Roger Revelle College Revelle College was the first college founded at the University of California, San Diego, and named after oceanographer Roger Revelle in 1964... near Theatre District |
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| 1985 | Untitled | Alewife | A three-acre large environmental work containing an artificial pond and large granite blocks |
| 1986 | Columbia Subway Plaza | Broad 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)