Robert Whitman
1935–2024
Introduction
Robert Whitman (May 23, 1935 – January 19, 2024) was an American artist best known for his seminal theater pieces of the early 1960s combining visual and sound images, actors, film, slides, and evocative props in environments of his own making. From the late 1960s on he worked with new technologies, and his latest work incorporated cellphones.
Wikidata identifier
Q7351025
Information from Wikipedia, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Accessed April 18, 2024.
Introduction
One of the co-founders of Experiments in Art and Technology, or E.A.T..
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, cinematographer, installation artist, multimedia artist, performance artist, photographer
ULAN identifier
500110594
Names
Robert Whitman, Jr. Robert de Forest Whitman
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed April 18, 2024.
