Curriculum Vitae

Irwin Kremen

216 Forestwood Drive
Durham, NC 27707
(919) 489-8465
FAX: (919) 660-5726
E-mail: ikremen@acpub.duke.edu

Born

Chicago, IL, 6/5/25

Education

Northwestern University, 1942-45.
Black Mountain College, 1946
B. A. New School for Social Research, 1955
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1961

Employment

Duke University, Director, Clinical Psychology GraduateTraining Program, 1966-71; Director, Summer Workshop in Diagnostic Methods, 1965-71; Assistant Professor of Psychology, 1963--92, Emeritus professor, 92-- ; Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology, Duke Medical School, 1964-75; Fellow, Duke University Institute of the Arts, 1982--.

Awards

Sam Ragan Award For Outstanding Contributions to the Fine Arts of North Carolina, 1998, St. Andrews College, Laurinburg, North Carolina.

Purchase Award, "42nd Annual Purchase Exhibition," Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Funds, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1990.

The Chicago Tribune chose the Kremen exhibit at Gallery 400, The University of Illinois as one of the ten best art exhibits .of 1988 in Chicago.

Finalist, (Kremen/Noland & Associates), Charlotte-Mecklenburg Art Commission Competition for creation of an environmental art work for the plaza of the New Criminal Courts Building.

Solo Exhibitions

Irwin Kremen, Collages. An exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 8 October 22, 1978.

Collages by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the National Collection of Fine Arts (now the National Museum of American Art), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., January 26 - March 25, 1979.

53 Collages by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Kresge Art Center Gallery, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, November 18 - December 16, 1979.

Works and Ways: Collages by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, September 27 - November 1, 1981.

Collages by Irwin Kremen, 1976-1983. An exhibition at the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 17 - November 13, 1983.

SE : Collages by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, March 15 - May 14, 1985.

SE : Collages by Irwin Kremen, including 10 additional collages. An exhibition at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, June 4 - July 28, 1985.

SE ,: Collages by Irwin Kremen, including the Re'eh Series. An exhibition at the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, September 8 - October 27, 1985.

The Re'eh Series by Irwin Kremen: A Special Showing. An exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania. October 30 - November 7, 1985.

SE : Collages by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1985 - January 5, 1986.

In Plain View: The Collages of Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, September 27 - November 5, 1987.

per se: Collages & Other Works by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at Gallery 400, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, February 17 - March 19, 1988.

The Reva K. Collages & Other Works by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Temple Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 13 June 11, 1988.

From the 2nd Decade: Collages by Irwin Kremen, 1979-1989. An exhibition at the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, October 8 - November 26, 1989.

From the 2nd Decade: Collages by Irwin Kremen, 1979-1989. An exhibition at the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, January 14 - February 25, 1990.

From the 2nd Decade: The Re'eh Series by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, January 14 - February 25, 1990.

From the 2nd Decade: Sculptures by Irwin Kremen, 1979-1989. An exhibition at the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, January 14 - February 25, 1990.

From the 2nd Decade: Collages & Sculptures by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston¥Salem, North Carolina, May 5 - July 15, 1990.

The Art of Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina, November 16 - December 31, 1990.

The Art of Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the City Art Gallery, Toyama Citizens' Plaza, Toyama, Japan, April 10 - May 6, 1991.

Irwin Kremen: The Re'eh Series. An exhibition at the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, September 22 - November 24, 1991.

Irwin Kremen: The Re'eh Series. An exhibition at the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, April 2 - May 10, 1992.

C#: Collage and Sculpture by Irwin Kremen, including the Re'eh Series. An exhibition at the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina, September 8 - October 27, 1996.

C#: Collage and Sculpture by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of NebraskaLincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, December 10, 1996 - February 9, 1997.

C# : Collage and Sculpture by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 2 - June 20, 1997.

C# : Collage and Sculpture by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 4 - November 16, 1997.

High C:Collages by Irwin Kremen. An exhibition at ACA Galleries, New York, New York, September 10 - October 3, 1998.

Seescape: Collages by Irwin Kremen. Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, October 24, 1998 - January 17, 1999.

Four-Artist Exhibit

The Black Mountain Connection: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Irwin Kremen, M.C. Richards. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, September 13 November 22, 1992.

Group Exhibitions

"Contemporary American Collage, 1960-1986." An exhibition organized by The Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

"39th Annual Purchase Exhibition," American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, November 16 - December 13, 1987.

"42nd Annual Purchase Exhibition," American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, November 12 - December 9, 1990.

"The 26th Annual Exhibition of Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, November 18, 1990 - January 6, 1991.

"Recent Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Part Two, 1950 - 1991." The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, September 19 to December 8, 1991.

"Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper," National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, D.C., October 4, 1991 to February 2, 1992.

"An Exchange of Concepts on the American Landscape" (FAXART), An exhibit organized by the Centro Colombo Americano de Medellin,

"44th Annual Purchase Exhibition," American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, November - December, 1992.

"Rolywholyover: A Circus," An exhibition organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California.

"American Collage," ACA Galleries, New York, New York, May 2 - June 16, 1995.

(With William Noland) "Metal Forms," The Durham Art Guild, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, September 28 - October 27, 1997.

"Mixing Media: Assemblage and Collage," Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1997 - January 25, 1998.

Catalogs and Checklists

Collages by Irwin Kremen. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978.

53 Collages by Irwin Kremen. East Lansing, Michigan: The Trustees of Michigan State University, 1979.

Irwin Kremen. Birmingham, Alabama: Birmingham Museum of Art, 1981.

Collages by Irwin Kremen, 1976-1983. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1983.

SE: Collages by Irwin Kremen. Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1985.

SE: Collages by Irwin Kremen, including the Re'eh Series. Waltham, Massachusetts: Rose Art Museum, 1985.

The Re'eh Series by Irwin Kremen: A Special Showing. Allentown, Pennsylvania: Allentown Art Museum, 1985.

Contemporary American Collage, 1960-1986. Amherst, Massachusetts: Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, 1987.

In Plain View: The Collages of Irwin Kremen. Memphis, Tennessee: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1987.

per se: Collages & Other Works by Irwin Kremen. Chicago, Illinois: Gallery 400, University of Illinois, 1988.

The Reva K. Collages & Other Works by Irwin Kremen. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Temple Gallery, Temple University, 1988.

From the 2nd Decade: Collages by Irwin Kremen, 1979-1989. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1989.

From the 2nd Decade: The Re'eh Series. Wichita, Kansas: Wichita Art Museum, 1990.

From the 2nd Decade: Sculptures by Irwin Kremen, 1979-1989. Wichita, Kansas: Wichita Art Museum, 1990.

The Art of Irwin Kremen. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Museum of Art, 1990.

Art on Paper.' 1990. Greensboro, North Carolina: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1990.

FAXART.An Exchange of Concepts on the American Landscape. Medellin, Columbia: Centro Colombo Americano, 1991.

Irwin Kremen: The Re'eh Series. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Ackland Art Museum, 1991.

The Black Mountain Connection: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Irwin Kremen, M. C. Richards. Tampa, Florida: Tampa Museum of Art, 1992.

Rolywholyover: A Circus. Los Angeles, California and New York, NY: The Museum of Contemporary Art and Rizzoli International Publications, 1993.

C#: Collage and Sculpture by Irwin Kremen. Greenboro, North Carolina: Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1996.

The Re'eh Series by Irwin Kremen. Greensboro, North Carolina: Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1996.

Seescape: Collages by Irwin Kremen. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Museum of Art, 1998.

Articles

Kremen, I., & Flint, J. Why Collage? An Interview with the Artist. In Collages by Irwin Kremen . Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, Pp. 15-31.

Kremen, I. Word and collage. In 53 Collages by Irwin Kremen. East Lansing, Michigan: The Trustees of Michigan State University, 1979, Pp. 3-14.

Kremen, I. Works and ways (An essay). In Irwin Kremen. Birmingham, Alabama: Birmingham Museum of Art, 1981, Pp. 5-10.

Kremen, I. (Untitled essay) In Collages by Irwin Kremen, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:  Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1983. .

Kremen, I. I & K: A Dialogue. In SE: Collages by Irwin Kremen. Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1985, Pp. 4-13.

Kremen, I. I & K: The Second Dialogue. In In Plain View: The Collages of Irwin Kremen. Memphis, Tennessee: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1987, Pp. 6-10.

Kremen, I. I & K: The Third Dialogue--A Reminiscence. In per se: Collages & Other Works by Irwin Kremen. Chicago, Illinois: Gallery 400, University of Illinois, 1988, Pp. 4-11.

Kremen, I. The Reva K. Series. In The Reva K. Collages & Other Works by Irwin Kremen. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple Gallery, Temple University, 1988, p. 4.

Kremen, I. As I Was Saying. In The Reva K. Collages & Other Works by Irwin Kremen. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Temple Gallery, Temple University, 1988, Pp.5-11.

Kremen, I. Out of the Cookie Box into the Frame. In From the 2nd Decade: Collages by Irwin Kremen, 1979-1989. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1989, Pp. 3-6.

Kremen, I. On the Re'eh Series and Its Making. In The Re'eh Series . Wichita, Kansas: Wichita Art Museum, 1990, Pp. 5-7.

Kremen, I. Three Anecdotes Plus. In Black Mountain College: Sprouted Seeds--An Anthology of Personal Accounts, edited by Mervin Lane. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 1990, Pp. 203-205.

Kremen, I. Introduction and On Black Mountain College. In The Black Mountain Connection: John Cage Merce Cunningham, Irwin Kremen, M.C. Richards . Tampa, Florida: Tampa Museum of Art, Pp. 8-9 and 31-32.

Kremen, I. (A note on 4'33"). In 4'33" (Original Version in Proportional Notation). New York: Edition Peters, No. 6777a, 1993.

Kremen, L William Noland. In William Noland. Raleigh, North Carolina: City Gallery of Contemporary Art, 1995.

Kremen, 1. On Black Mountain College. Reprinted in the North Carolina Literary Review , 1995, Vol. 11, No. 2, p. 55.

Kremen, I. 1 & K: The Fourth Dialogue. In C#: Collage and Sculpture by Irwin Kremen. Greensboro, North Carolina: Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1996, Pp. 1-17.

Kremen, I. (Untitled Statement). In Seescape: Collages by Irwin Kremen. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Museum of Art, 1998, p.2.

Lectures and Colloquia

Kremen, I. Word and Art: The Poetics of Titles. An illustrated lecture given at the National Collection of Fine Arts (now the National Museum of American Art), Smithsonian Institution, March 23, 1979.

Kremen, I., & Jones, F. W. On Kremen's Art and Black Mountain College. North Carolina Wesleyan College, October 5, 1983.

Kremen, I. Gallery Talk. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, September 27, 1987.

Kremen, I. Slide Presentation and Gallery Talk. The Temple Gallery, May 14, 1988.

Kremen, I. Slide Presentation and Lecture I. McNay Art Museum, October 8, 1989.

Kremen, 1. Lecture II. McNay Art Museum, October 9, 1989.

Kremen, I. Slide Presentation and Lecture. Wichita Art Museum, January 14, 1990.

Kremen, I. Sculpture and the Early Work. Duke University Museum of Art, November 25, 1990.

Kremen, I. My Host the World. Toyama College of Foreign Languages, Toyama, Japan, May 7, 1991.

Kremen, I. On the Making of the Re'eh Series. Ackland Art Museum, September 29, 1991

Kremen, I. On the Making of the Re'eh Series and Its Iconography. The Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin, April 2, 1992.

Kremen, I. On My Work. Seminar presentation, Time Arts Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, April 21, 1992.

Kremen, I. (On 4'33": A Kaddish for John). Tampa Museum of Art, September 13, 1992.

Kremen, I. On the Score of 4'33". Central Park Summer Stage, 4'33" and Other Sounds Not Intended: A Tribute to John Cage. New York, New York, July 15, 1994.

Farber, Viola, Slayton, Jeff, Kremen, Irwin, and Myers, Gerald E. (Moderator). On  Working with Merce. American Dance Festival, Durham, North Carolina, June 22, 1996.

Shiff, Richard, Deeds, Daphne, Spector, Buzz, and Dreishpoon, Douglas (Moderator). Manipulations, Time and Timelessness: Kremen's Collage Aesthetic. Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina, September 8, 1996.

Kremen, I. On "Finding" and Making. Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 23, 1997.

Kremen, I. The Old, the New and the "Found." Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 16, 1997.

Kremen, I. (A talk and an exhibit of collages). The 18th Annual Sam Ragan Awards, St. Andrews College, Laurinberg, North Carolina, September 24, 1998.

Kremen, I. A Gallery Talk. Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, November 6, 1998.

Reproductions in Periodicals and Books

Kremen, I. Three collages. Reproduced in St. Andrews Review, 1977-78, Vol. 4, Nos. 3 & 4 (double issue), 127-129.

Kremen, I. La Bruyere VI (for Merce Cunningham). Reproduced in full color as the cover of America Illustrated, 1980, No. 285. Reproduced in black and white: Settignano I, Settignano IV, and Dalle Mura di Roma I.

Kremen, I. Striate Grey; Merlot; i(x): Three collages. Reproduced in Red Hand Book ll: An Anthology of Poetry, Prose, and Graphics. Atlanta, Georgia: Pynyon Press, 1980.

Kremen, I. La Bruy6re I. Reproduced in full color as the cover of Arguments of Idea by Peyton Houston. The Jargon Society. 1980.

Kremen, I. Nothing That Is Not Here; Ore; Point, Arc, and Plane: Three Collages. Reproduced in Red Hand Book III: An Anthology of Poetry, Prose, and Graphics. Atlanta, Georgia: Pynyon Press, 1982.

Kremen, I. Re'eh: Ten Is One; Re'eh: . . . and by Gun; Re'eh: Without a Name. Reproduced in Brandeis Review, 1986, 5, 26-30.

Kremen, I. still i(x). Reproduced in full color as the cover of the Centennial edition of The Archive, Vol. 99, No. 2, 1987 (Duke University, Durham, NC).

Kremen, I. West by West. Reproduced in full color on the cover of the Bulletin, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, September-October, 1987.

Kremen, I. still i(x) and Camonica. Reproduced in Mervin Lane (ed.), Black Mountain College: Sprouted Seeds--An Anthology of Personal Accounts. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 1990.

Kremen, I. La Villerna I and Knots. Reproduced in full color as the front and back covers respectively of the North Carolina Literary Review, 1995, Vol. II, No. 2.

Kremen, I. Tegna I. Reproduced in full color as the frontispiece of Out Of by Barbara Kremen. Milan, Italy: Lucini libri, 1996.

Kremen, I. Panel reproduced in Mary Emma Harris (Ed.), Remembering Black Mountain College, p. 60. Black Mountain, North Carolina: The Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, 1996.

Kremen, I. Greenspace; This; The Wand of the Whorl. Three works reproduced in full color in Works, Arkansas Art Center, 1997, II, 6, 4-5.

Patent

United States Patent: Number 5, 238, 648, Kremen, Irwin. Hermetic Enclosure Assembly for Preservational Storage and/or Display of Otherwise Degradable Objects. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent Office, August 24, 1993.

Selected Bibliography

Abshire, Martha. Kremen Collage at SECCA. The Arts Journal, October 1978, Vol. 4, #1, 12-13.

Artner, Alan G. Works Are Studies in Elegant Refinement. Chicago Tribune, March 4, 1988.

Bannon, Anthony. There's Magic in Collage as Chaos Becomes Unity. The Buffalo News, June 9, 1985.

Belz, Carl. Irwin Kremen. In SE: Collages by Irwin Kremen, including the Re'eh Series. Waltham, Massachusetts: Rose Art Museum, 1985.

(Bladon, Patty) Exhibitions--In Plain View: Collages by Irwin Kremen. Bulletin, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art , September-October, 1987.

Brenson, Michael. Collages that Wrest Dignity from the Holocaust. The New York Times, September 15, 1985.

Buck, Robert T. Foreword. In SE: Collages by Irwin Kremen. Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1985.

(Byers, Marge). Exhibition Artist. Calendar, National Collection of Fine Arts. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, March 1979.

Caldwell, John. (Untitled essay on Irwin Kremen). In Collages by Irwin Kremen, 1976-1983. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1983.

Christmen, Jennifer. Artist Creates Objects Out of Everyday Stuff That Was Something Else. Arkansas Democrat Gazette, June 6, 1997.

Digby, John & Digby, Joan. The Collage Handbook: State of the Art. (Section on "Irwin Kremen") London: Thames and Hudson, 1985.

Donohoe, Victoria. On Galleries. The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1988.

Ferst, Leigh. Kremen/People/Collage/Paper. The Arts Journal, March 1979, Vol. 4, #6, 10-11.

Forgey, Benjamin. Irwin Kremen Masters the Difficult Art of Collage. The Washington Star, January 27, 1979.

Gage, Richard. Irwin Kremen. New Art Examiner, May 1988, 45.

Gant-Hill, Cathy. Look Closely. News & Record (Greensboro, North Carolina), September 7, 1996.

Glueck, Grace. Irwin Kremen. The New York Times, April 5, 1985.

Glueck, Grace. High C: Collages by Irwin Kremen. The New York Times, September 25, 1998.

Gruber, J. Richard. On Irwin Kremen. In In Plain View: The Collages of Irwin Kremen. Memphis, Tennessee: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1987.

Heidrich, William. Irwin Kremen's Collages. In In Plain View: The Collages of Irwin Kremen. Memphis, Tennessee: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1987.

Humphrey, Jacqueline. Collages Are Kremen's Forte. News & Record (Greensboro, North Carolina), October 1, 1996.

Indeck, Karen. Foreword. In per se: Collages & Other Works by Irwin Kremen. Chicago, Illinois: Gallery 400, University of Illinois, 1988.

Jennings, Susan. Irwin Kremen. Number: 2, An Independent Quarterly of the Arts, Fall, Memphis, Tennessee, 1987.

Jones, F. Whitney. Irwin Kremen: The Collage, the Making, & the Maker. Exhibit, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC, October 5, 1983.

Koeppel, Frederic. Collage Art Masterful, Metaphoric-- Kremen Exhibit Powerful. The Commercial Appeal, (Memphis, Tennessee), Sunday, September 27, 1987.

Litt, Steven. Visions of Paradise Found. Raleigh News & Observer, November 23, 1990.

Lucas, Sherry. By the Seescapes: Collages go for Flow. The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi), Sunday, December 27, 1998, p.G6.

Manuel, John. A Sublime Coherence: The Collages of Irwin Kremen. Leader Magazine, May 18, 1989.

Maulfahr, Jane. Collages by Kremen Demand a Response. The Allentown Morning Call, November 7, 1985.

Millard, Charles. (Foreword). In Irwin Kremen: The Re'eh Series. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Ackland Art Museum, 1991.

Mintz, Jane. Precision, Detail Pay Off for Prof-Turned-Collagist. The Leader, Research Triangle Newsmagazine . June 27-July 4, 1985.

Mezzatesta, Michael. Foreword. In The Art of Irwin Kremen, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Museum of Art, 1990.

Morgan, Robert C. Two Speak Language of Art on Own Terms. Rochester Sunday Democrat and Chronicle, June 9, 1985.

Narrett, Eugene. Irwin Kremen: Collages. Art New England. December 1985/January 1986.

Patterson, Tom. Nuances: Intricate, Textured Collages Succeed on Many Levels. Winston-Salem Journal, Sunday, May 27, 1990.

Patterson, Tom. New Risks: Kremen Keeps Growing. Winston-Salem Journal , Sunday, December 16, 1990.

Patterson, Tom. Thirty Years of Play Against a Darker Ground: Notes on Irwin Kremen and his Art. In C#: Collage and Sculpture by Irwin Kremen. Greensboro, North Carolina: Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1996, Pp. vii-ix.

Patterson, Tom. Exhibit of Collage and Sculpture by Retired Duke Prof Worth a Long, Loving Look. Winston-Salem Journal, October 6, 1996.

Peacock, Leslie Newell. Found : Art - Kremen's Collages Are Parts That Make a Whole. Arkansas Times, May 30, 1997.

Pendergraft, Norman E. Irwin Kremen. Art Voices/South, November-December,1978,8.

Potter, Ted. On the Exhibition. In Collages by Irwin Kremen. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978.

Rife, Susan L. No Hidden Messages. The Wichita Eagle, January 13, 1990.

Richard, Paul. The Elusiveness of Irwin Kremen's Collages. The Washington Post, March 14, 1979.

Richards, M. C. That Pure and Riddling Truth. In Collages by Irwin Kremen. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978.

Rush, Michael. High C. Review: The Critical State of Visual Art in New York, September 15, 1998.

Sanders, Donald. SECCA: A Binding Force. ARTnews, December 1978, Vol. 77, #10, 127-129.

Sappington, John. Experienced Papers. Philadelphia City Papers May 27-June 3, 1988.

Shearin, Margaret. The Art of Irwin Kremen. ARTVU: Contemporary Southeastern Visual Art, Spring, 1991, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 42.

Sherman, Mary. Kremen's Collages Delight. Chicago Sun-Times, March 11, 1.988.

Shiff, Richard. Insistent Matter: The Art of Irwin Kremen. In The Art of Irwin Kremen. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Museum of Art, 1990.

Spector, Buzz. Irwin Kremen. ARTFORUM International, Summer, 1988, 144-145.

Taylor, Joshua C. Foreword. In Collages by Irwin Kremen. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978.

Taylor, Robert. Shards of the World in Miniaturist's Work. Boston Sunday Globe,_ September 15, 1985.

Taylor, Sue. Irwin Kremen. ARTnews, May 1988, 185.

Walker, Barry. On Looking at Kremen Collages. In SE3: Collages by Irwin Kremen, Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1985.

Wilson, Janet. New and Improved: Museum of American Art's Contemporary Acquisitions. The Washington Post, Noverber 29, 1991.

Wright, Martha McWilliams. Washington Letter. Art International, April 1979, Vol. 23, #1, 37-42.

Museum Collections

Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor.

Allentown Museum of Art

Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin

The Arkansas Art Center

Birmingham Museum of Art

The Carnegie Museum of Art

Duke University Museum of Art

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (two works)

National Museum of American Art (five works)

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University (three works)

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago

Wichita Art Museum (four works)

Miscellaneous

Kremen, I., & Silbiger, K. (Guest Curators). The Pottery of M. C. Richards. Duke University Institute of the Arts/Duke University Chapel, March 11-April 15, 1988.

Kremen, I. (Guest Curator). The Works of Cleve Gray. Duke University Museum of Art/Duke University Institute of the Arts, January 15 to February 28, 1987.

Kremen, I. (Guest Curator). Paintings of Gregory Gillespie, Duke University Museum of  Art/Duke University Institute of the Arts, February 9 to March 22, 1986.

Kremen, I. (Guest Curator). Jules Olitski. Duke University Museum of Art/Duke University Institute of the Arts, February 11 to May 8, 1985.

Kremen, I. (Guest Curator). Kenneth Noland. Recent Paperworks. Duke University Museum of Art/Duke University Institute of the Arts, February 28 to April 15, 1983.

Kremen, I. Psychology/ Institute of the Arts 181 S, Art and Its Making. Given first time, Spring 1983.

Kremen, I., & Applewhite, J. W. (Eds.) Kenneth Noland., Recent Paperworks. The Duke University Institute of the Arts, Catalogue Series No. 1, 1983.

The Re'eh Series Catalogue -- Irwin Kremen, Wichita Art Museum, 1991 Addy Award

"Rolywholyover: A Circus," named the best museum exhibit of the 1993¥94 season by the U.S. section of the International Association of Art Critics.

Artists in Context, Context, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 30, 1995.

A photo panel in the exhibition Remembering Black Mountain College, curated by Mary Emma Harris at the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center. Black Mountain, North Carolina, October 27-November 20, 1995.

Upcoming

Solo Exhibits:

Exhibitions* of the Work of Irwin Kremen, by Geographic Distribution

Venue Site

Venue Type

Nationally

Solo

Group

Four Artist

Upcoming Solo

Alabama

1

      

Arkansas

1

      

California

  

2

    

Connecticut

  

1

    

Dist. of Columbia

1

1

    

Florida

    

1

  

Georgia

      

1

Illinois

1

    

1

Kansas

3

1

    

Louisiana

1

      

Massachusetts

1

1

    

Michigan

1

      

Mississipi

1

      

New York

3

6

    

Nebraska

1

      

North Carolina

5

2

    

Ohio

  

1

    

Pennsylvania

4

3

    

Tennessee

1

      

Texas

2

1

    
         

Internationally

        

Columbia

  

4

    

Japan

1

1

    
         

Totals

28

25

1

2

* All but two at museums or public galleries

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