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Marc Straus began to collect art in his late teens
and by his early twenties was focused on the work
of new unestablished artists. He acquired early
works of art by working second jobs even when in
medical school. Many of the artists have achieved
renown and the Marc and Livia Straus collection
is known worldwide for its prescience and quality.
Numerous articles have been written about the collection
and its history - in ArtNews (Pollack,
Barbara: The Straus Collection. ArtNews, November,
1999, p. 144-146), Contemporanea (Calnek,
Anthony: A scientist Collects. Contemporanea 2:48
- 53, 1989), Westchester Magazine
and elsewhere. In more recent years, the new acquisitions
by Marc and Livia Straus include the first purchases
from several artists who have subsequently achieved
great recognition.
Marc and Livia's collection includes the
following new young artists (partial listing):
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Zsolt Bodoni:
from Hungary. Shows at Mihai Nicodam Gallery,
LA. |
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Adrian Ghenie: from Romania.
Shows at Plan-B, Cluj, Romania. |
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Michael Brown: from New York.
Shows at Yvon Lambert Gallery, NY and Paris. |
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Daniel Pitin: from Czech Republic.
Shows at Hunt Kastner Gallery, Praque. |
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John Newsom: from New York. Shows
at Patrick Painter Gallery, LA. |
Marc
Straus has written about art for various
magazines including Art International
and Provincetown Art, with a major
review of the 2008 Whitney Biennial in the
current issue. He has written for galleries
and museum exhibits.
Marc has curated numerous exhibits for galleries
and museums including "The Lineage of Eva
Hesse" at The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary
Art (1994) which was the subject of a major
NY Times Sunday review.
Marc is co-Founder of the Hudson
Valley Center for Contemporary Art (2002),
Peekskill, NY. Their current show on exhibit,
" Size Matters: XS - Recent Small-Scale
Paintings", opened June, 2007.
Marc was President of the Aldrich Museum of
Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT from 1990-
2000.
Marc Straus is available for poetry readings
and interviews: Contact his publicist, Newman
Communications (617-254-4500), or email Marc
(marcstraus@hotmail.com). |
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