Brice Marden and Greek Antiquity - Museum of Cycladic Art

THE EXHIBITION

As part of the exhibition series “Divine Dialogues”, American artist Brice Marden presented his work in dialogue with selected antiquities from the permanent collections of the Museum of Cycladic Art.

This was the first museum exhibition devoted to this renowned artist to be held in Greece, and was organized by the Museum of Cycladic Art in close collaboration with Marden and curator and artist Dimitrios Antonitsis.

Marden, now in his eighties with a career that spans six decades, continues to fascinate with the gestural simplicity of his paintings and drawings. His work draws from art’s long history, combining elements of Minimalism, Abstract Expressionism, as well as ancient calligraphy and poetry.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT MARDEN

Brice Marden was born in 1938 in Bronxville, New York, and lives and works in New York.

His work is included in the collections of museums worldwide including Tate, London; Kunstmuseum Basel; Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa.