Kevin Zucker (b.1976) is a New York–based artist who has had solo shows at Greenberg Van Doren, Mary Boone Gallery and LFL Gallery in New York; Jablonka Luehn in Cologne; Paolo Curti + Co. in Milan and Arario Gallery in Beijing. He has been featured in group exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and The Moore Space, among others.
Zucker has published his writing, curated shows for Guild + Greyshkul and Mary Boone Gallery and taught extensively. His work has been written about in numerous publications, including Artforum, Flash Art, Art in America, Modern Painters, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Village Voice and The Brooklyn Rail and is represented in public and private collections worldwide, including Collezione Maramotti, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, The Progressive Corporation Collection and The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Academic areas of interest
Zucker is interested in morgues, completists, the last shot in Raiders, TAT and MMPI, LeBrun’s conference sur l’expression générale et particulière, dummy text, graphics standards and the origins of 3D (the Stanford Bunny, Utah Teapot, and Lena), market circuit breakers, Enfield MA, Art Bell, “kill screens,” JLB’s “An English Version of the Oldest Songs in the World,” SCIFs, practical effects, melodrama, Baroque theater sets, SketchUp sculpture, artifice, wishbones, error messages, the appearance of meaning, scambaiters, Transnistria, Robert Burton, Big Rigs 2: Over the Road Racing, storage, display, loss, regret, etc.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
PAINT 4507-03 - PAINTING WORKSHOP
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPainting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
PAINT 4507-03
PAINTING WORKSHOP
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPainting
Subject Painting
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: M | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Kevin ZuckerLocation(s): College Building, Room 512Enrolled / Capacity: 11Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This is an intensive program designed to test the student's ability to design, organize, and complete a project of his or her choosing.
Open to Senior Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 4507-04 - PAINTING WORKSHOP
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPainting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
PAINT 4507-04
PAINTING WORKSHOP
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPainting
Subject Painting
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Kevin ZuckerLocation(s): College Building, Room 512Enrolled / Capacity: 11Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This is an intensive program designed to test the student's ability to design, organize, and complete a project of his or her choosing.
Open to Senior Painting Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Painting
PAINT 460G-01 - GRADUATE PAINT STUDIO CRITIQUE III
LevelGraduate
UnitPainting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2024
Credits 9
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
PAINT 460G-01
GRADUATE PAINT STUDIO CRITIQUE III
LevelGraduate
UnitPainting
Subject Painting
PeriodFall 2024
Credits9
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Jackie Gendel, Kevin ZuckerLocation(s): Fletcher Building, Room 203Enrolled / Capacity: 10Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This period is designed as an advanced critique course which involves visits by resident faculty, visiting artists and critics, with special reference to current issues and concerns in contemporary art.
