Né en 1944 à Harrington, Kansas, USA, vit à New York, USA

Etudes et formation

Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Theatre Workshop, University of Maine, Maine, USA.

Expositions personnelles

1969, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
1970, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA. Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
1971, The New Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Galerie Sonnabend, Paris. Janie C. Lee Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA.
1972, Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan, Italie. Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
1973, Hensen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, Californie, USA. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois. USA. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas. Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Expositions collectives

1968, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
1969, Soft Art, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey. USA. New Acquisitions, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Painting Annual, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
1970, The New Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA. 30th Annual Exhibition of the Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Drawings and Watercolors by Young Americans, The Akron Art Institute ? Kids Stuff ?, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Referendum 70 Exhibition, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Two Generations of Color Painting, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphie, Pennsylvanie, USA. Young American Artists, The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Paperworks, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Drawings, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
1971, Paintings Without Support, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, USA. Group Invitational, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA. Depth and Presence, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Works on Paper, 31 st Annual Exhibition of The Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Highlights of the Season, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA. Recent Acquisitions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. Contemporary Prints and Drawings, The Guggenheim Museum, New York. Eight from New York, Gallery A, Sydney. Australie.
1972, New York 72, Paula Cooper Gallery Exhibition, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Grids, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphie. Eiqht New York Painters, University Art Museum. University of California, Berkeley, USA. Documenta 5, Kassel, RFA. 70th Annual Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. New American Abstract Painting, The Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. American Art Since 1945, Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphie. 12 Statements Beyond the 60's. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA. 10 From New York, Festival of Art, Perth, Australie. Small Series, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
1973, Biennial Exhibition of Painting and Sulpture, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Drawing Show, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles. Drawing Show, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Soft as Art, The New York Cultural Center, New York. Young American Artists, The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Tirages limités

Tails of Brave Ulysses, suite de 10 gravures tirées à 10 exemplaires, 1972-1973
The lncestuous Kids, suite de 9 gravures tirées à 25 exemplaires, 1973

Film

Réalisation d'un film en collaboration avec Robert Frank, Danny Seymour, Paco Grande et Ellen Klein

Manifestations publiques

Représentations avec le Ellen Klein Dance Group et le Batya Zamir Dance Group

Bibliographie

Carter Ratcliff, The New Informalists, Art News (vol. 68, nr 10), février 1970
Emily Wasserman, A Talk with Alan Shields, Artforum (vol. 9, nr 6), février 1971
Larry Aldrich, Highlights of the Season, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1971
Lucy Lippard, Grids, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphie, Pennsylvanie, USA, février 1972
Frank Kolbert, 12 Statements Beyond the 60's, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 1972
Lizzie Borden, Reviews, Artforurn, décembre 1972
Kim Levin, In the Galleries, Art News, décembre 1972

Oeuvre exposée

Back Inside (God is Only a Man), 1970 (peinture acrylique, couture, fil, perles sur toile. 232 x 480 cm) collection privée, courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
More Sucking PlSE, 1970 (perles de verre, acrylique sur toile, 240 x 480 cm)



Alan Shields
Back Inside (God is Only a Man), 1970