Carl Andre (1935–2024)

He arranged firebricks on museum floors and worked as a railroad brakeman between making groundbreaking sculpture.

ABOUT

Carl Andre (September 16, 1935 – January 24, 2024) was an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks (such as Stone Field Sculpture, 1977, in Hartford, Connecticut, and Lament for the Children, 1976, in Long Island City, New York), to large interior works exhibited on the floor (such as 144 Magnesium Square, 1969), to small intimate works (such as Satier: Zinc on Steel, 1989, and 7…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Rubber Stamp Portfolio: Untitled 1976 · Cleveland Museum of Art Untitled 1976 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Constantin BrâncușiModernist Sculpture Frank StellaMinimalism Hollis FramptonStructural Film

Influenced

Richard SerraPost-Minimalism Robert SmithsonLand Art Roni HornPost-Minimalism Rachel WhitereadContemporary Sculpture