Robin Winters
1950–

Introduction

Robin Winters (born 1950 in Benicia, California) is an American conceptual artist and teacher based in New York. Winters is known for creating solo exhibitions containing an interactive durational performance component to his installations, sometimes lasting up to two months. As an early practitioner of Relational Aesthetics Winters has incorporated such devices as blind dates, double dates, dinners, fortune telling, and free consultation in his performances. Throughout his career he has engaged in a wide variety of media, such as performance art, film, video, writing prose and poetry, photography, installation art, printmaking, drawing, painting, ceramic sculpture, bronze sculpture, and glassblowing. Recurring imagery in his work includes faces, boats, cars, bottles, hats, and the fool.

Wikidata identifier

Q16145906

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Roles

Artist, collagist, glass artist, installation artist, painter, performance artist, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500097929

Names

Robin Winters, Robin Winter

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On the Hour

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Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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