Dorothea Rockburne

Dorothea Rockburne was born in Montréal in 1932. She lives and works in New York City.

Art

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A vertically oriented, rectangular, white-and-brown work on paper is placed near the ceiling and stretches along a white wall down to a wooden floor. Next to it is a horizontally oriented, rectangular, white, brown, and black work on paper that is placed on the wall just above the floor. A plus sign is placed on the wall between the two works on paper. — Dorothea Rockburne

Set, 1970/2018
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A roll of a rectangular-shaped, slightly transparent, and mostly black object extends from a white wall and rests on a wooden floor. A smaller, white, rectangular object also touches the wall and is placed above the black unrolled object. — Dorothea Rockburne

Intersection, 1971/2018
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Six sheets of creased paper are evenly spaced along the horizon of two white walls and an open doorway. — Dorothea Rockburne

Locus, 1972
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Three rectangular works of various colors, sizes, and materials are placed directly against two connecting white walls that feature a continuous horizontal line a few feet above a wooden floor. — Dorothea Rockburne

Domain of the Variable, 1972/2018
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ROC_Mozart and Mozart Upside Down and Backwards — Dorothea Rockburne

Mozart and Mozart Upside Down and Backwards, 1985–86
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ROC_Oxymoron 1987–88 — Dorothea Rockburne

Oxymoron, 1987–88
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Exhibitions and Projects

ROC_installation view 2019 — Exhibition

Dorothea Rockburne

Long-term view, Dia Beacon
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Watch & Listen

DiaTalk - Evangelia Antonakos on Dorthea Rockburne

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storr rockburne thumb — Robert Storr on Dorthea Rockburne
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Robert Storr on Dorthea Rockburne

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