Andrea Zittel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrea Zittel
Occupation	Sculptor
Date Of Birth	Sep 6, 1965(1965-09-06)
Age	59
Birthplace	Escondido
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Andrea Zittel Biography

Andrea Zittel is one of the most popular and richest Sculptor who was born on September 6, 1965 in Escondido, United States. Born in Escondido, California, in 1965, Zittel graduated from San Pasqual High School in 1983. Zittel received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and sculpture from San Diego State University in 1988, and an MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1990.

In 1992 Zittel produced the “A-Z Management and Maintenance Unit”, her first “Living Unit”— experimental structures intended to reduce everything necessary for living into a simple, compact system—as a means of facilitating basic activities within her 200-square-foot (19 m) Brooklyn storefront apartment. The unit contains a small dining booth, plastic sink, stovetop, closet, sleeping cot, and stool—fulfilling basic domestic needs of eating, sleeping, cleaning and storage. Though often recalling mass-produced commodities, Zittel’s “Living Units” are in actuality highly personal, customized for individual needs. Zittel’s works encourage a greater personal and social responsibility in prompting an active re-examination of needs and routines. “Where on the one hand, mass production may cause greater equality by making the same goods available to everyone,” Zittel said, “on the other hand it diminishes individuality and identity. What we as consumers must do is to redefine our objects within the context of our own needs.”

Zittel has had solo exhibitions at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (1994); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1995); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (1996); Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel (1996); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (1999); Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, NY (2006); Schaulager, Basel (2008); Magasin 3, Stockholm (2011); and Middleheim Museum, Antwerp (2015). Her 1991-2005 career retrospective “Andrea Zittel: Critical Space” was exhibited at: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2005), New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2006), Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (2006), Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (2007), and Vancouver Art Gallery (2007).

In 1999, the Public Art Fund commissioned Andrea Zittel to create a site- specific project for New York’s Central Park. “Point of Interest”, her first public project, located at the southeast entrance to the park, comprised two giant, faux rocks—constructed from steel armatures covered in concrete—emerging from the ground. The installation served as a reminder that the park is a meticulously planned natural environment, while providing visitors with an alternative to the typical park bench. That same year, Zittel created “A-Z Pocket Property,” a 44-ton floating concrete island anchored off the coast of Denmark, which was commissioned by the Danish government. The artist lived on the “fantasy island” for one month as an experiment in escapism and isolation.

In the early 1990s, Zittel began making art in response to her own surroundings and daily routines, creating functional objects relating to shelter, furniture, and clothing “in an ongoing endeavor to better understand human nature and the social construction of needs.” It was then she began working under the name “A-Z Administrative Services,” which evolved into the A-Z Enterprise that continues to encompass all aspects of day-to-day living. Home furniture, clothing, food all become the sites of investigation in an ongoing endeavor to better understand human nature. Zittel reconsiders the significance of given social structures, revealing that what may seem fixed and rational is often arbitrary. “What I’m interested in,” Zittel said, “is that each person examines his own goals, talents and options, and then based on these begins to invent new models or roles to fulfill his or her needs.”

Andrea Zittel Net Worth

Andrea Zittel is one of the richest Sculptor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrea Zittel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Andrea Zittel (born 1965) is an American artist based in Joshua Tree, CA whose practice encompasses spaces, objects and modes of living in an ongoing investigation that explores the questions “How to live?” and “What gives life meaning?”

In the early 1990s Zittel’s Brooklyn studio became a showroom testing ground known as “A-Z East,” where she would prototype and live with her experimental designs for living. In 1991 she made the first of her “A-Z Six-Month Personal Uniforms”—garments that she wore every day for six-month periods of time. Like the uniforms, many of Zittel’s projects embody and establish a set of strict rules for living; however, she suggests that these systems can instead allow for more freedom and creativity. “What makes us feel liberated is not total freedom, but rather living in a set of limitations that we have created and prescribed for ourselves”

Zittel was featured in the Venice Biennale in 1993, Documenta X in Kassel and Skulptur Projekte Münster in 1997, and was included in the 1995 and 2004 Whitney Biennial.

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In 2014, the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado commissioned a major permanent outdoor installation of “Planar Pavilions.”

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Another primary exploration of Zittel’s is around the concept of panels, or planes—the basic elements of our surrounding reality. With increasingly abstract and large-scale works––Personal Panel Uniforms (1995-1998), Carpet Furniture, Parallel Planar Panels, Planar Pavilions, Planar Configurations, and Linear Sequences––Zittel questions preconceptions regarding the functional, psychological, and even spiritual meanings of horizontality and verticality.

Top Facts about Andrea Zittel

1. Andrea Zittel is an American artist known for her innovative installations.
2. She was born on May 22, 1965, in Escondido, California.
3. Zittel’s work often explores themes of minimalism and functionality.
4. She founded the A-Z West art complex in Joshua Tree, California.
5. Zittel has exhibited her work internationally in renowned museums and galleries.
6. Her artwork encompasses various mediums including sculpture, painting, and design.
7. Zittel received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from San Diego State University.
8. She is associated with the contemporary art movement known as “New Materialism.”
9. The artist has been awarded prestigious grants and fellowships throughout her career.
10. Zittel’s work challenges conventional notions of living spaces and consumer culture.
11. Note: Please keep in mind that these facts are based on available information at the time of writing and may be subject to change or further updates regarding Andrea Zittel’s career or achievements.

What kind of artist is Andrea Zittel?

Installation art

Where does Andrea Zittel live?

The artist Andrea Zittel lives in the desert in Joshua Tree, California , with a trio of dogs (Maggie Peppercorn, Mona Winona, Owlette), a pair of cats (Mood Cloud, Stripy Ti- ger Wolf), assorted fish, a burgeoning family of rescue tortoises, and her son, Emmett.

What is the name of the artist who made a concrete floating island and

lived on it for one month?

That same year, Zittel created “A-Z Pocket Property,” a 44-ton floating concrete island anchored off the coast of Denmark, which was commissioned by the Danish government. The artist lived on the “fantasy island” for one month as an experiment in escapism and isolation.

What does the phrase Andrea del Sarto mean?

Andrea del Sarto was born Andrea d’Agnolo di Francesco di Luca in Florence on 16 July 1486. Since his father, Agnolo, was a tailor (Italian: sarto), he became known as “del Sarto” (meaning “ tailor’s son “).

Who influenced Robert Smithson?

For two years, he was enrolled at The Art Students League in New York and, for a briefer period, at The Brooklyn Museum School. Through his studies and training, Smithson became fascinated with the Abstract Expressionists, in particular with David Smith, Tony Smith, Jackson Pollock, and Morris Louis.