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Article: Robert Morris.(discovery of artist recalled)(Brief Article)
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- Artforum International
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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KATY SIEGEL looks back at the 1962 studio visit by gallerist Richard Bellamy that resulted in Robert Morris's debut at the legendary Green Gallery.
THERE WAS LOTS OF TALK in the early '60s about getting "discovered," Lana Turner's apothecary apotheosis standing in for the "overnight" success stories of a Jackson Pollock or Jasper Johns, figures whose artistic achievements, charisma, and fortuitous timing were all boiled down to mythic studio visits by the likes of Peggy Guggenheim and Leo Castelli. The contemporary cliche is no less facile: Today's artists are supposed to be extra clever when it comes to getting out, getting around, and getting over. And the ...