JIM DINE - Biography
BORN IN 1935 IN CINCINNATI IN OHIO. STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI AND AT THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN BOSTON, IN MASSACHUSETTS, FROM 1953 TO 1957. IN 1957 HE RECEIVED THE DEGREE IN FINE ARTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OHIO IN ATHENS. YORK IN 1959. HIS FIRST HAPPENING STAGE WITH CLAES OLDENBURG AND ALLAN KAPROW, AT THE JUDSON GALLERY IN NEW YORK. HIS FIRST PERSONAL EXHIBITION HAS BEEN MADE AT THE REUBEN GALLERY IN NEW YORK. BETWEEN 1960 AND 1965 HE HAS TEACHED IN MANY UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING YALE, NEW HEAVEN AND OBERLIN COLLEGE, IN OHIO. HE TAKEN PART IN THE VENICE BIENNALE IN 1964, AND IN DOCUMENTA 4 IN KASSEL IN 1968. FROM 1959 TO 1960, HE WAS A PIONEER OF HAPPENING, PERFORMANCES THAT BEGIN FROM THEATER REPRESENTATIONS. IN ITS FIRST WORKS, DINE MOSTLY CREATED ASSEMBLIES, IN WHICH JUST APPROVED REAL OBJECTS TO THE CANVAS.
DINE IS CONSIDERED BELONGING TO THE ARTISTIC MOVEMENT OF NEO DADAISM AND LATER OF THE AMERICAN POP ART.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 1970s, THE DINE OIL PAINTINGS, THE PRINTS (PROBABLY THE WORKS THAT HAD THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, GENERALLY SIMPLE REPRESENTATIONS OF TOOLS, CLOTHES, ETC ..) AND DRAWINGS HAVE BECOME.
