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Ernest Tino Trova
Trova/Index, Waves

1969

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Trova/Index, Waves, 1969 By. Ernest Tino Trova (American, 1927-2009) Signed in Pencil Lower Right Unframed: 10.5 x 7.5 inches With Frame: 15.25 x 11.75 inches Known for his Falling Man series in abstract figural sculpture, he created hard-edge images that brought him widespread attention because they seem to strike a chord of empathy with viewers who recognized themselves as human beings challenged by a technological society. Also, they are the only creatures aware of their mortality. He is considered highly innovative because of his successful combining of technological methods to create his art. Interpretation as to overall meanings vary with some thinking that it refers to the fall of man in the religious sense and others seeing it as a commentary on the tragic mechanization of society that reduces human beings. Trova has said that "falling" refers to the fact that man moves from one position to the next in an eventual fall to inevitable oblivion.” He has lived his entire life in St. Louis, Missouri although his reputation is nationwide. He did not think it necessary to study art because he believed in his own instincts, although he drew from a variety of sources including figurative painters such as Francis Bacon, Jean Dubuffet, and Willem DeKooning. The Falling Man series resulted from a unique offer from the Famous-Barr Department Store in St. Louis, where he had worked as a window decorator in his twenties. Store personnel told him that in exchange for creating a series of works to exhibit at the city's 1964 bicentennial celebration, he could have unlimited access to the store's materials and workers. The store's display department was a great setting for him to be creative with his interest in Pop Art, and this project gave him assembly-line assistance of carpenters, electricians, and painters. The result was that all images had Falling Man figures, and this included paintings, assemblages, collages, and movable sculpture, both electronic and hand driven. After the Bi-centennial, many of the pieces were then shipped to the Pace Gallery in New York City and received critical acclaim. Of his technique, he explained that he first created a cardboard model and then works from there, often making it life size. He was much more interested in variations of shape and form rather than color. Ernest Tino Trova died at his home in Richmond Heights, near St. Louis, Missouri on March 8, 2009 at the age of 82.
  • Creator:
    Ernest Tino Trova (1927 - 2009, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1969
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Missouri, MO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU747313049512

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Seoul Korea SOOHOH Gallery, Seoul, Korea bcs Gallery, Long Island City, NY, USA 2011 Chantal Bamberger Galerie, Strasbourg, France Whitelabs Gallery, Milan, Italy Kips Gallery New York, NY USA 2010 David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe NM, USA Gallery AKA Space, Seoul Korea Gallery One Tokyo, Japan 2009 Kips Gallery New York, NY USA La Minoterie Penze, France 2008 Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France Kips Gallery, New York, NY USA 2007 Kips Gallery, New York, NY USA 2000 Gallery Yvonamor Palix, Mexico DF Mexico 1997 Galerie Gastaud & Caillard, Paris France Galerie Prebet, Roanne France Galerie de la Tour, Altkirch France Ecole des Beaux Arts de Metz, Metz France Kunsthous Santa Fe, San Miguel de Allende Mexico Museo de Art, Queretaro Mexico Museo Regional de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala Mexico 1996 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France 1995 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA Galerie Gastaud & Caillard, Paris France Center Europeen d'action Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg France Galerie Athisma, Lyon France 1994 Chateau du Grand Jardin, Joinville France 1993 Galerie Catherine Fletcher, Paris France 1991 Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France Galerie Athisma, Lyon France 1989 FCI Institut, New York NY USA Galerie Jade, Colmar France Galerie Laurentienne, Bordeaux France 1988 Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France 1987 Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France Guggenheim Gallery, Miami Florida USA 1986 LittleJohn-Smith Gallery, New York NY USA 1985 Reynold Kerr Gallery, New York NY USA Taylor Hudson Gallery, Boca Raton Florida USA 1981 Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York NY USA 1980 RR Gallery, New York NY USA 1979 National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC USA The Atlantic Gallery, Washington DC USA 1973 Westbroadway Gallery, New York NY USA 1972 Westbeth Gallery, New York NY USA 1968 Panoras Gallery, New York NY USA Selected Group Exhibitions 2021 KIAF art fair Seoul, Korea Busan Art Fair, Kips gallery, Busan, Korea Miami art fair, Miami, USA 2019 Busan Art Fair, Kips gallery, Busan, Korea Kiaf Art Fair, Mizuma, Kips & Wada Art, Seoul, Korea Osaka art fair, Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan 2018 Mizuma, Kips & Wada Art, New York, NY USA Busan Art Fair, Kips gallery, Busan, Korea Wada Garou, Tokyo, Japan 2017 Busan Art fair, Kips Gallery, Busan, Korea 2016 Busan Art fair, Kips Gallery, Busan, Korea Art Hamptons, Kips Gallery, NY USA Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea “Master Works” Galerie Claire Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France “Diaspora in Contemporary Art” Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nation , NY USA Corps Accords Pôle Culturel, Drusenheim, France Salon Zurcher, Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY USA 2015 Palm Springs Art Fair, Kips Gallery, CA USA Houston Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Houston TX, USA Art Hamptons, Kips Gallery, NY USA KIAF Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Seoul, Korea Busan Art fair, Kips gallery, Busan Korea 2014 CIGEE China International Gallery Exposition, Kips Gallery, Beijing, China Palm Springs Art Fair, Kips gallery, CA USA Houston Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Houston TX, USA Art Hamptons, Kips Gallery, NY USA KIAF Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Seoul, Korea David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe NM USA 2013 Art Hamptons, Kips gallery, NY USA Houston Art Fair, Kips gallery, Houston, TX USA KIAF Art Fair, Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2012 Art Karlsruhe Germany, Galerie Chantal Bamberger Kips Gallery, New York, NY USA Lee C gallery, Seoul Korea 2011 KIAF Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Seoul Korea St-Art, Galerie Chantal Bamberger, Strasbourg France Houston Art Fair, DavidRichard Conremporary, TX, USA Red Dot Art Fair, Kips Gallery, New York, NY, USA Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA Art Chicago, Kips Gallery, New York, NY, USA Wada Garou, Tokyo Japan San Francisco Art Fair, Kips Gallery NY, USA Dallas Art Fair, DavidRichard Contemporary Santa Fe, NM, USA 2010 David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA Claire Gastaud Galerie, Clermont-Ferrand, France KIAF Art Fair, Kips Gallery, Seoul Korea Korean Art Fair, New York, NY Hong Kong Art Fair, Kips gallery Hamptons Art Fair, USA Kips gallery 2009 Kips Gallery, New York NY 10012 Scope Art Fair Miami, Kips Gallery NY, USA 2008 Bridge Art Fair Miami, Kips Gallery, Fl. USA 2007 Kips Gallery, New York NY, USA 2004 Mexico Arte Contemperano, Gallery Yvonamor Palix, Mexico DF 2003 Galerie Kahn, Strasbourg, France 2002 Art Chicago, Yvonamor Palix Gallery, Chicago USA St-Art, Galerie Khan, Strasbourg France Art Paris, Galerie Claire Gastaud, Paris France 2001 Art Chicago, Yvonamor Palix Gallery, Chicago USA 2000 Art Chicago, Yvonamor Palix Gallery, Chicago USA En construccion, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto Mexico Nomad Territories, DFN Gallery, New York NY USA 1999 Gallery Yvonamor Palix, Mexico DF Mexico 1998 Albright-Knox Galleries, Buffalo NY USA Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France 1997 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand France Eric Linard Galerie, La Garde Adhemar France Museo de Arte, Queretaro Mexico 1996 Art Chicago, Kim Foster gallery, Chicago USA "Blue" Broadway Gallery, New York NY USA 1995 Galerie Cocotier, St Etienne France Centre Europeen d'Action Artistiques Contemp., Strasbourg France 1994 Kim Foster Gallery, New York NY USA Galerie Catherine Fletcher, Paris France Foster-Peet Gallery, New York NY USA 1993 Andover-White Gallery, New York NY USA Galerie Athisma, Lyon France Cavaliero/Navarra Fine Arts, New York NY USA 1992 Cavaliero/Navarra Fine Arts, New York NY USA "Contemporary Works on Paper" Gallery Standhal, New York NY USA Foster-Peet Gallery, New York NY USA 1991 Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York NY USA Salon de Montrouge, Paris France Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France 1990 Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France Galerie Jade Colmar, France, Chicago International Art Fair, Chicago, USA 1989 Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France 1988 Salon de Montrouge, Paris France Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris France 1987 Art Barn Association, Washington DC USA LittleJohn-Smith Gallery, New York NY USA Galerie Jade Colmar France 1986 LittleJohn-Smith Gallery, New York USA 1985 Reynold Kerr Gallery, New York NY USA 1984 Reynold Kerr Gallery, New York NY USA 1983 Cavaliero Fine Arts, Kunstmess, Basel Switzerland Galerie Bertin, Lyon France 1982 Cavaliero Fine Arts, Kunstmess, Basel Switzerland 1981 Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York NY USA 1980 Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York NY USA 1979 Katheryn Markel Gallery, New York NY USA Haber-Theodore Gallery, New York NY USA 1977 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT USA Contemporary Reflexions. Untitled, acrylic and pencil on wall. 1977 Robert Friedus Gallery, New York NY USA OIA, New York NY USA 1976 Fine Art Gallery, New York NY USA 1975 "Young Talent Festival" "75"Union Carbide, New York NY USA 1974 "Young Talent Festival" Pace Editions, New York NY USA "59th Annual Juried Exhibition" Hudson River Museum, Yonkers NY 1973 Springfield Art Association, Springfield CT USA Works on Paper, Triangle Church, New York NY USA "Young Artists 73" Union carbide, New York NY USA New York Contemporary Graphic Exhibition, Taiwan Museum, Taipei 1972 Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico DF Mexico Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo NY USA "9th Annual print Exhibition" Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT USA 1971 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York NY USA Cornell University, Ithaca NY USA Publications 1985 Renold Kerr Gallery, New York, NY USA Text by David Shaff 1989 Galerie Jade, Colmar France. The primary paintings of Haessle by Frederick Ted Castle. Introduction by Jean-Yves Bainier 1994 Chateau du Grand Jardin, Joinville France. In memory of the body Text by David Shapiro. Interview by Marc Vaudey. In French/English . ISBN 2-910695 -026 1994 Chateau du Grand Jardin, Joinville France. Edition of 200 exemplary 1995 Centre Europeen d’Action Artistiques Contemp., Strasbourg , France Text by Gilbert Lascault. Interview by Jean-Yves Bainier. ISBN -2-910036-12 X Hard cover. In French and English. 1995 HAESSLE 30 ans de peinture. Monograph 145 pages with 70 pages Full color reproductions. Editions Alternatives ISBN : 2 86227 095 4 Text by David Shaff, David Shapiro, Jean-Yves Bainier. Interview by Catherine Ulmer. 2008 Haessle, Selected works, M magazine, 15 pages all colors reproductions 2012 Haessle, paintings, Hillwood Art Museum, LIU Post NY. Text by Jonathan Goodman (English), Bernard Zurcher (French) 52 pages, 35, color reproductions 2014 Haessle Paintings, 1983-2013, Korea University Art Museum. 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