short biography
Boris Lurie (b. 1924, Leningrad; d. 2008, New York) was an artist and author. At the age of sixteen he was taken prisoner by the Nazis and imprisoned for a period of four years at Buchenwald and other concentration camps. Lurie's mother, sister, grandmother, and teenage girlfriend were shot in the Rumbula forests on the outskirts of Riga in December 1941. After the war he lived in New York and began his art career. In 1960 he created the NO!art movement together with Sam Goodman and Stanley Fisher. The principle aim of NO!art was to bring back into art the subjects of real life. It thus stood in opposition to the two most popular movements of the era, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art.
(with text passages from 'About Boris Lurie', Boris Lurie Art Foundation in New York)
collection/s
galleries
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13. Nov 29. Jan 2023Boris Lurie & Wolf Vostell – Art After the Shoah LUDWIGMUSEUM Koblenz
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22. Jul 08. Jan 2023New York: 1962-1964 The Jewish Museum, New York
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07. Jul 30. OctKunst nach der Shoah - Wolf Vostell im Dialog mit Boris Lurie Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin
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03. May 09. JulBoris Lurie: NO!art, pin-ups, excrement, protest, jew-art MAC Santiago de Chile
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22. Oct 29. Apr 2022Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
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08. May 01. AugBoris Lurie. Das Haus von Anita Zentrum für verfolgte Künste, Solingen
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26. Oct 03. Feb 2019Boris Lurie - Pop-Art After the Holocaust Museum of Contemporary Art, Krakow
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20. Apr 19. AugFlashes of the Future. Die Kunst der 68er oder Die Macht der Ohnmächtigen Ludwig Forum, Aachen
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24. Jun 24. SepArt Into Life! Collector Wolfgang Hahn and the 60s Museum Ludwig Köln
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26. Feb 31. JulKeine Kompromisse! Die Kunst des Boris Lurie Jüdisches Museum Berlin '
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06. Nov 27. Mar 2016Unorthodox The Jewish Museum, New York
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27. Apr 15. JunThe Three Prophets THE BOX Los Angeles
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25. Aug 21. OctInge Baecker Bochum. Fluxus Ruhrgebiet Kunstmuseum Bochum
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26. Mar 15. May 2000NO! The Art of Boris Lurie at Chelsea Art Museum Chelsea Art Museum, New York
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12. Nov 29. May 2011Direct Art: Wiener Aktionismus MUMOK Wien
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04. Jun 31. JulBoris Lurie: NO!art Westwood Gallery, New York
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31. Oct 31. Dec 2006Die Algorithmische Revolution ZKM | Karlsruhe
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07. May 20. JunBoris Lurie, New York - Buchenwald Haus am Kleistpark. Berlin
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17. Feb 20. MarBoris Lurie: NO!art Show No.4 JANOS GAT GALLERY New York
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08. Nov 01. DecNO!-ON show Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin
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13. Dec 10. May 1999Boris Lurie Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Weimar
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30. Jun 30. SepNO!art Show No 3 JANOS GAT GALLERY New York
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30. Jan 28. FebBoris Lurie: No-Art Galerie Inge Baecker