Description
Carl Andre (September 16, 1935 – January 24, 2024) was an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks (such as Stone Field Sculpture , 1977, in Hartford, Connecticut, and Lament for the Children , 1976, in Long Island City, New York), to large interior works exhibited on the floor (such as 144 Magnesium Square , 1969), to small intimate works (such as Satier: Zinc on Steel , 1989, and 7 Alnico Pole , 2011).
In 1985 his third wife, contemporary artist Ana Mendieta, fell from their 34th-floor apartment window and died. Neighbors heard an argument and Mendieta shouting "no" immediately before the fall. He was acquitted of a second-degree murder charge in a 1988 bench trial, causing uproar among feminists in the art world; supporters of Mendieta have protested at his subsequent exhibitions.
