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Vito Acconci
American, born 1940
SchoolSculpture
BiographyAmerican sculptor, performance artist and video artist. He worked for an MFA degree at the University of Iowa from 1962 to 1964. He initially devoted himself to poetry and writing but began to produce visual work in 1969, most of which incorporates subversive social comment. The works of 1969 were photographic records of actions such as bending and throwing, as in Toe-Touch (1969; see 1980 exh. cat., p. 12). From 1970 until 1974 he staged a series of activities and performances, such as Broad Jump ’71. This took place at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, and was a jumping competition for men, with a woman as the prize: the work was designed to expose the conventions of male ownership of womenBorn in New York City, he studied at Holy Cross College and then recieved an MFA from the University of Iowa. From 1968 to 1971, he was an art instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York, from 1971 to 1978, and at the California Art Institute. He has also taught briefly at other institutions and is known for his video and conceptual art. He has been a resident of Brooklyn, New York
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