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DAVID BARR
Education Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: Master of Fine Arts, 1965. Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1962.
Professional Experience Macomb Community College, Warren, MI: Professor of Art, 1965-2002 retired. Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville, MI: Founder and Artistic Director, 1995-present.
Honors AIA Michigan, A Society of the American Institute of Architects, AIA Michigan Honorary Affiliate Member, 2000. Wayne State University, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Humanity in the Arts Award, 1998. Concerned Citizens for the Arts in Michigan, Governor’s Michigan Artist Award (first award to a Michigan visual artist), 1988. Wayne State University, Distinguished Alumni Award, 1983. Arts Foundation of Michigan, Michigan Arts Award, 1977.
One-Man Exhibitions Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit, 1973; Birmingham, MI, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992 Momentum Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 1986 Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1975, 1986 Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1975 Kazimir Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972 Hanamura Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1965
Institutional One-Man Exhibitions Arts Midland, Midland, MI: “Fragments: Contemporary Sculpture of David Barr”, 2002 Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI: “Fragments: Sculptural Works by David Barr”, 2001 Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, 1999-2000, Retrospective Washtenaw College, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993 Swords into Plowshares Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1990 Mott College, Flint, MI, 1984 Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 1982 Kent State University, Kent, OH, 1979 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, 1978 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1975 Art Research Center, Kansas City, MO, 1974 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, 1969
Major Commissions Men-an-Tol, 900 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL: granite, 6'x6'x14'', 2007 Dawn, Warren Civic Center, Warren, MI: stainless steel and granite, 32'Hx34'W, 24'Hx12'W, 2006-2007 Vault, Columbus State College, Columbus, OH: painted steel and granite, 30’ H, 2006 Coasting the Baseline, installations in Northville, MI and Farmington Hills, MI: 2003-2005 Sonata II, Schoolcraft College, MI: painted steel, 18’ H, 2004 Transcending, Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI: stainless steel and marble, 62’ H, 2002-2003. Liberation, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Ann Arbor, MI: 10 clusters of granite and marble, 2002. Galileo, Town Hall, Pisa, Italy: marble, 7’Hx4’, 2002 Synergy, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI: marble and painted steel, 8’Hx80’Wx60’D, 1999. Revolution II, Chrysler European Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium: painted steel, 35’Hx25’x8’, 1998. Revolution, Chrysler World Headquarters, Auburn Hills, MI: painted steel, 35’Hx25’x8’, 1996. Source, Detroit Zoo Wildlife Interpretive Center Butterfly/Hummingbird Garden: granite fountain, 1995. Soaring, Bishop International Airport, Flint, MI: stainless and painted steel, three units, 32’Hx30’Wx8’D, 1994. Blue Arc, Hoffman Corporation, Appleton, WI: painted steel, 11’x11’9”x8’, 1989. Polaris Ring, State of Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing, MI: painted steel and granite, 20’Hx40’D, 1988. Strata, Lakeview Square, Battle Creek, MI: painted steel and granite, three units, 16’, 10’, and 6’H, 1983. Sunset Cube, Meadowbrook Festival Grounds, Oakland University, Rochester, MI: painted steel, 15’x15’x15’, 1981. Five Structurist Reliefs, Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI: acrylic on masonite, 5’x6’ each, 1977. Crystal Transformation, Macomb Community College, Warren, MI: painted steel, nine units, 2’x2’x4’ to 4’x4’x8’, 1976. Structurist Transformation, Fairlane Town Center, Dearborn, MI: painted steel, 27’H, 1976.
Selected Collections AT & T, Chicago, IL Atlantic-Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA Chrysler Corporation World Headquarters, Auburn Hills, MI Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI First Federal Savings, Detroit, MI Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI Fort Lauderdale Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph MI Marathon Engineers/Architects/Planners, Inc., Appleton, WI McCrory Corporation, New York, NY Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Detroit, MI Milsapp College, Jackson, MS National Bank of Detroit, Detroit, MI Oakland University, Rochester, MI Owens-Corning Corporation, Toledo, OH Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR St. Joseph Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Documentaries Documentary Film: “Nets,” a provocative exploration of the impact of literary and electronic media on history, art, education, and thought processes; a production of Macomb Community College, 2000. “Notes on Stone,” a poetic glimpse of quarrying, carving, and creating in marble and granite; a production of Macomb Community College, 2000. “Tapestry,” on creative process during thirty years of Structurist artwork, 1994; received Cine Eagle Award, a production of Macomb Community College, 1995. “Arc of the Umiak,” on the installation of “Arctic Arc” sculpture at Naukan, Russian Far East, a production of Macomb Community College Production, 1993; received Silver Medal, NY Video Awards, 1995. “Arctic Arc,” on the installation of the “Arctic Arc” sculpture at Wales, Alaska on the Bering Strait, Grace Productions, Minneapolis, MN, 1988. “Realities and Impressions,” on esthetics, construction and presentation of sculpture, Timeless Video, Detroit, MI, 1988. “Time is No Object,” on the “SunSweep” Project, Grace Productions, Minneapolis, MN, 1986. “Profile of the Artist,” WXYZ-TV (ABC), Detroit, MI, 1985. “In Celebration,” on the “Four Corners” Project, Archives of American Art, 1985.
Documentary Radio: Series on “Arctic Arc” for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” by Steven Ward, 1988-89.
Global Projects Coasting the Baseline, installations in Northville, MI and Farmington Hills, MI, 2003-2005. Transcending, Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI: stainless steel and marble, 62’ H, 2002-2003. Global Gear: installations in Auburn Hills, MI and Brussels, Belgium, 1996-1998. Arctic Arc: installations at Wales, Alaska , 1988, and Naukan, Russian Far East, 1991. SunSweep: installations on the US/ Canada border at Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Northwest Angle, Minnesota, and Point Roberts, WA, 1985. Four Corners Project: installations at Greenland, Africa, Irian Jaya (New Guinea) and Easter Island, 1976-1985.
Artist/Consultant Concerned Citizens for the Arts in Michigan, 1988-1995. Arts Foundation of Michigan, 1985-1993. Art Exchange International, Board of Directors, 1987-88.
Dance Sets Nonce Dance Ensemble, “Muscle and Machine,” performed at Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 1986. Nonce Dance Ensemble, “Quintet,” performed at the Wallace Smith Performing Arts Center, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI, 1985.
Selected Group Exhibitions Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., Birmingham, MI: “Dusk Firmament Dawn”, 1993. Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI: “What’s Going on Here?”, 1992. Flint Institute of Arts: “Eight Michigan Artists”, 1990. The Clocktower Gallery, New York, NY: “Competition Diomede”, 1989. Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI, “Apocalypse” 1987. Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, MI: “The Form of Color”, 1987. Tel-Aviv Museum, McCrory Corporation Riklis Collection, Tel-Aviv: “Trends in Geometric Abstract Art”, 1986. Wayne State University, Detroit: “WSU in Michigan - An Alumni Exhibition”, 1986. Richard Gray Gallery Superior Street, Chicago: New Gallery Opening Exhibition, 1986. Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI: 1984. Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit: “Gilbert Silverman Selects”, 1983. Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., International Art Exposition, Chicago: “David Barr-Robert Wilbert”, 1982, 1986, Los Angeles, CA, 1987. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit: “Contemporary Art in Detroit Collections”, 1982. Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit: “David Barr, Betty Hansell, Ann Mikolowski, Jim Pallas”, 1982. Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI: “National Sculpture Competition for the Phoenix Center, Pontiac, MI”, 1982. Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI: “Meadow Brook Invitational: Outdoor Sculpture, 1981”, 1981. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: “At Cranbrook: Detroit Artists”, 1979-80. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta: “The Evolution of the Constructed Relief” (traveled to University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba), 1979-1980. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL: “Paintings and Sculpture by Midwest Faculty Artists” (traveled to Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1976. University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI: “Detroit Art Today - Diverse Directions”, 1974. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI: “All Michigan II”, 1973-74. Kresge Art Center Gallery, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI: 1971. Detroit Artists’ Market, Detroit: Misalliance”, 1969. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: “Relief/Construction/Relief” (traveled to Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI), 1969. Kazimir Gallery and Linfield College, McMinnville, OR: “Young Structurists”, 1967. Franklin Siden Gallery, Detroit: “Made in Detroit”, 1967. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI: “Flint National Invitational”, 1966. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit: “Michigan Artists Exhibition”, 1962, 1964 (four awards), 1965, 1966.
Selected Bibliography Arlinghaus, Sandra L., Barr, David and Nystuen, John. Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics, “The Spatial Shadow: Light and Dark - Whole and Part”, Institute of Mathematical Geography, Ann Arbor, MI, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.5-23, 1991. Arlinghaus, Sandra L. and Nystuen, John. Institute of Mathematical Geography, Monograph Series, “Mathematical and Global Art”, 1985. Art in America. “Public Art ‘99 in Review,” Vol. 88, No. 8, August, 2000, pg. 50. Barr, David. The Structurist: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980. __________. Michigan Art Journal, “Fragments” , Vol. 1, No. 2 (April, 1976). __________. CoEvolution Quarterly, “Four Corners of the World”, No. 31 (Fall, 1981), pp.4-8. __________. The Four Corners Project with essay by Charlotte Stokes, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, 1982. __________. New Art Examiner, “Speak Easy”, Chicago, 1982. __________. Robert Wilbert Catalog, “Layers of Dichotomy: Robert Wilbert’s Portraits”, published by Donald Morris Gallery, 1984. __________. Borderlands, “Arctic Art”, 1986. Barr, David and Abramsky, Linda. Unpublished Transcript of Interviews: Dec. 28, 1982 - Jan. 25, 1983. Archives of American Art. Bently, Jeanie Huntley, Helms, Cynthia Newman and Rospond, Mary Chris. Artists in Michigan 1900-1976. A Biographical Dictionary, Wayne State University Press, p.82. Blankstein, Amy, Sculpture Magazine, “Commissions”: Billy Lee/David Barr/Dennis Oppenheim/Tony Craig”, March, 1997, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 14-15. Colby, Joy. “The Untouchable Art of David Barr”, The Detroit News Magazine, May 3, 1981, pp. 50-54. Filler, Martin. “A New Twist on the American Farmhouse”, House and Garden, Vol. 154, No. 10 (Oct., 1982), pp. 96-99. Green, Roger. “David Barr, Dennos Museum Center,” New Art Examiner, Vol. 27, No. 9, June, 2000, pg. 46. Greenwood, Michael. Artscanada, “Relief Structures: Elizabeth Wilmott and David Barr”, No. 202/203, (Winter, 1975-76), pp. 33-36. Highwater, Jamake. Christian Science Monitor, “Imagination: The Key that Unlocks Art’s Secret Language”, June 28, 1989, p. 16. __________. Omni Magazine, “Spirit Dwellings: Mystical Architecture”, Vol. 10, No. 8, (May, 1988), p. 70. Linton, Harold. Color Consulting: A Survey of International Color Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1991, pp. 126, 136-137, 138-139. __________. Color Model environments, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1985, pp. 170-73, 234. Lipinski, Ann Marie. Tempo. Chicago Tribune, “Art You Can Follow to the Ends of the Earth”, Dec. 6, 1981. Miro, Marsha. “Taking Art to the Ends of the Earth”, Detroit Magazine, Detroit Free Press, Oct. 6, 1985. Rotzler, Willy. Constructive Concepts, Rizzoli International., NY, 1977, Nos. 29-30, p. 257. Tempo Magazine, Jakarta, Indonesia, “Barr’s Four Corners Irian Jaya Project”, May-July, 1983. van der Marck, Jan. “Of Art, Nature, and Man” exhibition catalog for David Barr: Back Forty, Dennos Museum Center, Northwest Michigan College, Traverse City, MI, December, 1999. Vasilash, Gary S. Lightworks, “Notes Toward an Understanding of the Geo-Structurist Art of David Barr”, pp. 28-31. Windell, James. Oakland Sunday Magazine, Oakland Press, “A Very Bizarre But Very Heroic Quest”, Nov. 14, 1982. Yolles, Sandra. Art News, “A Universal Gesture”, Vol. 88, No. 1, (Jan., 1989), p. 13. __________. Vinyl Magazine, “Interview with David Barr”, May, 1986. |