Barry Le Va
Switch
1967 / 2016
gray felt, aluminum, and steel ball bearings
overall (dimensions variable): 11' 9 3/4" x 20' 7/8" (358.1 x 609.6 cm)
BL5847
Barry Le Va
Shattered On Center, On Edge, On Corners - Two Layers at a Time (Within the Series of Layered Pattern Acts)
1968-1971/2017
27 sheets of glass in 4 varying sizes
(BL6374)
Barry Le Va
Four (Cleaved Floor)
1969 / 2016
20 meat cleavers
dimensions variable
BL6077
Installation Image:
Barry Le Va: Silent Readings
November 6 - December 20, 2013
Installation Image:
Barry Le Va: Network
February 11 - March 12, 2016
Barry Le Va
Including; Excluding #II Centerpoints: partially separated; partially exchanged (according to area)
1975
ink on green paper
42 x 180 in
(BL2532)
Barry Le Va
Untitled
1980's
oil, graphite spray paint on collaged paper
30 x 44 in
76.2 x 111.8 cm
BL0702
Barry Le Va
Diagram for Two Separate Installations Combined into One Installation: Combined in Two Perspectives #9
1981
collage
59 x 59 in
149.9 x 149.9 cm
signed, dated and titled on lower right recto
BL2845
Barry Le Va
Untitled
1983
ink and spraypaint on paper
23 x 35 in
58.4 x 88.9 cm
BL0895
Barry Le Va
Diagrammatic Silhouettes: Sculptured Activities (Purple)
1986
dispersion paint and ink on paper
60 x 60 in
152.4 x 152.4 cm
(BL3240)
Barry Le Va
Diagrammatic Silhouettes: Sculptured Activities
1986
silkscreen ink on paper
62 x 97 in
157.5 x 246.4 cm
BL3242
Barry Le Va
Study for Sculpture Occupying 2 Areas. "CPE/Reading Beckett; Reading Bernhard" #1
1991
oilstick, charcoal, chalk and cardboard collaged on two sheets of paper
each sheet: 38 1/4 x 49 3/4 in
(BL7227)
Barry Le Va
Bunker Coagulation
1996
ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper
14 3/16 x 9 7/8 in
36 x 25 cm
(BL3860)
Barry Le Va
9g Wagner Plan Views; Wall and Floor Installation (ICA Variations)
2004
burnt umber oil pigment on paper
38 x 50 in each in 2 parts
BL0687
Barry Le Va (1941-2021) has been included in numerous solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe, including his solo debut at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, as well as landmark exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; documenta 5, 6, and 7, Kassel, Germany; and the Whitney Annual and Biennial, New York; among others. Le Va has also been included in major survey exhibitions at the New Museum, New York, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (curated by Ingrid Schaffner); and the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Portugal. Recent group exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art PS1, New York; Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT; and the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; among others. Le Va was the subject of a scholarly book by Michael Maizels entitled Barry Le Va: The Aesthetic Aftermath, published by the University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
Le Va will be the subject of an upcoming retrospective at the Kunstmuseum, Liechtenstein in April of 2024. The show will then travel to the Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany, and the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.
Le Va’s works can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute Chicago; Dallas Museum of Art; Denver Art Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; mumok, Vienna; The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
