{"title":"Robert Kushner","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Kushner (b. 1949, Pasadena) is a painter, performance artist, and central figure in the Pattern and Decoration movement, which emerged in New York in the mid-1970s as a deliberate counter to the austerity of Minimalism and Conceptual art. His practice brings together ornament, fabric, figuration, eroticism, and decorative surface, drawing on Persian miniature painting, Islamic tile work, Japanese textiles, and Western art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKushner has exhibited at Holly Solomon Gallery, New York; Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and major institutions internationally. His work was included in the landmark Pattern and Decoration exhibitions of the late 1970s and early 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection gathers exhibition invitations, catalogues, and printed matter relating to Kushner’s practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"robert-kushner-the-dance-the-kiss-daniel-templon-paris-1979","title":"Robert Kushner — “The dance, the kiss,…”","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 1979\u003cbr\u003eExhibition invitation card\u003cbr\u003e15 × 10 cm\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on card stock; black-and-white image to recto; exhibition details printed to verso\u003cbr\u003eExhibition dates: 31 March – 3 May 1979\u003cbr\u003eVernissage: Saturday 31 March, 10h–19h\u003cbr\u003eGalerie Daniel Templon, 30 rue Beaubourg, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good. Light age toning, minor handling wear, faint edge\/corner softening consistent with period exhibition ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal invitation card issued for Robert Kushner’s solo exhibition \u003cem\u003e“The dance, the kiss,…”\u003c\/em\u003e at Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 1979. The recto carries a cropped black-and-white image of entwined figures, while the verso is almost entirely administrative: gallery name, artist, title, dates, and opening hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKushner was a central figure in the Pattern and Decoration movement, which emerged in the 1970s as a deliberate turn away from the austerity of Minimalism and Conceptual art. His work from this period brought together ornament, fabric, gesture, eroticism, and performance-like figuration. This Paris invitation places that language inside a small printed support: sensual image on one side, institutional record on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA retained document from a key late-1970s moment in Kushner’s European reception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price. Ships flat, protected, and tracked.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE NEW RARE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458585157970,"sku":"RK-DK-DT-1979","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Kushner_-Robert.-_The-dance_-the-kiss_-show-invite.-1979-front.jpg?v=1778880796"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/robert-kushner.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}