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Biography of Ross Bleckner - Painter
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Ross Bleckner (born 1949) is an United States|American artist from New York City. He is the youngest artist ever to have a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. His series of "stripes" paintings in the 1980s revitalized interest in Op art. He has a Bachelor of Arts|B.A. from New York University (1971) and an Master of Fine Arts|M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts (1973). He is also Judaism|Jewish, gay, and an activist for AIDS organisations. == External links == *http://www.rbleckner.com Ross Bleckner *http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bleckner_ros s.html Artcyclopedia *http://www.artnet.com/ag/fineartthumbnails.asp?gi d=660&aid=2611 Artnet artist-stub

