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bog! Whereas, if you stick with artists—and that's my total and simple mantra—if you stick with artists, it will keep you moving forward. Not every day in the right direction, but overall in the right direction.” Schimmel served as a co-director and chair of the Mike Kelley
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California art and artists, Schimmel is best known for organizing large-scale, speculative exhibitions that examine overlooked tendencies in art or the interstitial periods between established art movements. He has been particularly focused on art of the postwar era,
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Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC): Outstanding Exhibition in the Pacific Mountain Time Zone and Outstanding Book. In 1990, California State University, Fullerton, awarded Schimmel the Museum Studies Program Lifetime Achievement Award. He received the Award for
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Schimmel had joined the international gallery as a partner along with plans to open a new contemporary art space in Los Angeles, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, which opened in 2016. Also in 2013, Schimmel organized the exhibition
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Angeles. In late February 2017, Schimmel departed from the Hauser & Wirth enterprise, including Hauser Wirth & Schimmel in Los Angeles, with no public comment on his behalf.
238:. During Schimmel's tenure, MOCA's collection grew from 987 objects at the time of its founding to 6,735 objects at the time of Schimmel's departure in 2012. Under his leadership, the museum acquired works by artists such as
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examined the proliferation of diverse and often overlooked art practices in
California through the lens of the Nixon era's political climate. In addition, he organized solo exhibitions of work by Los Angeles–based artists
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for Hauser & Wirth, which opened in their London galleries and later traveled to their New York location. In
February 2017, it was announced by Hauser & Wirth that Schimmel was no longer with the organization.
344:. In a 2005 interview, described his “interest in connecting different elements, and crossing boundaries through very large-scale thematic exhibitions that define a very specific aspect of who we are culturally.”
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Angeles artists to international attention for the first time under the umbrella of themes of alienation, dispossession, and violence.
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139:). At age 27, he was the youngest chief curator in the museum's history. During his eight-year tenure, he sharpened the museum's focus on contemporary California art, bringing works by
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830:"An Artist With an Attitude : If Nothing Else, the Obfuscation in Gunther Forg's Work Is Clear"
540:"Kathryn Bigelow and Paul Schimmel to Receive Honorary Degrees from the San Francisco Art Institute"
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The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938–1948
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Curatorial Excellence from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in 2001.
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O'Dair, Barbara (December 7, 1989). "Newport Art Museum Curator to Take LA Post".
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959:"MOCA PRESENTS HAUNTING WORK BY AWARD-WINNING GERMAN ARTIST GREGOR SCHNEIDER"
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In 1974, Schimmel was appointed to the position of assistant curator at the
428:"Curator Paul Schimmel departs Hauser Wirth & Schimmel in Los Angeles"
74:. His uncle, Herbert Schimmel, collected art and antiquities, focusing on
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Harbrecht, Gene (April 10, 1990). "New Sculpture' Show Fuels Debate".
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The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism
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Flemish Expressions: Twentieth Century Representational Painting
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Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979
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The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism
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Action/Precision: The New Direction in New York, 1955–60
1159:. International Association of Art Critics, AICAUSA.org
588:. The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Archived from
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780:"Burden Takes Art From Crucifixion to Re-Creation"
236:The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
47:The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
18:Knowledge talk:Articles for creation/Paul Schimmel
1253:New York University Institute of Fine Arts alumni
923:"MOCA Announces the Resignation of Paul Schimmel"
358:Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949-1962
303:Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949–1962
287:Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974–1981
234:In 1990, Schimmel was appointed chief curator of
98:granted him an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts.
354:International Association of Art Critics (AICA)
705:"Art: Gestural Approach, in Grey Gallery Show"
805:"Review/Art; Of the 50s, When Fortunes Shone"
403:"Paul Schimmel: Contemporary art's ideas man"
370:Sigmar Polke Photoworks: When Pictures Vanish
216:Gunther Forg: Painting/Sculpture/Installation
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753:Ianco-Starrels, Josine (December 7, 1986).
360:; Best Monographic Museum Show Nationally,
45:. Schimmel served as the chief curator of
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426:Miranda, Carolina A. (24 February 2017).
868:Knight, Christopher (October 16, 1990).
803:Kimmelman, Michael (December 23, 1988).
356:: Best Thematic Museum Show Nationally,
120:American Narrative/Story Art: 1967–1977;
108:Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (CAMH)
1106:Miles, Christopher (October 27, 2005).
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514:Muchnic, Suzanne (November 15, 1998).
364:; Best Exhibition and Best Catalogue,
37:(born 1954) is an American curator of
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401:Muchnic, Suzanne (January 12, 2013).
281:Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s
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1133:"MOCA's the place for award winners"
1001:Buckley, Annie (December 22, 2011).
516:"No Stranger to Praise--or Critique"
114:, with whom he had studied while at
1157:"AICA-USA Exhibition Award Winners"
1263:San Francisco Art Institute alumni
1081:Johnson, Ken (February 20, 2014).
976:Frank, Priscilla (July 26, 2012).
828:Curtis, Cathy (January 31, 1989).
728:Muchnic, Suzanne (July 17, 1986).
703:Glueck, Grace (January 19, 1985).
487:San Francisco Art Quarterly, v. 14
208:Chris Burden: A Twenty-Year Survey
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27:For the biophysical chemist, see
481:Desmarais, Charles (Fall 2013).
678:Curtis, Cathy (March 8, 1994).
368:; Best Photography Exhibition,
224:Tony Cragg: Sculpture 1975–1990
94:from 1977 until 1981. In 2013,
78:furniture, as well as works by
1026:Finkel, Jori (June 30, 2012).
778:Herman, Jan (April 26, 1988).
483:"Interview with Paul Schimmel"
132:(co-organized with Harithas).
88:Whitney Museum of American Art
70:; he was also a member of the
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1051:Finkel, Jori (May 23, 2013).
454:"Stuart B. Schimmel Obituary"
382:Robert Rauschenberg: Combines
362:Robert Rauschenberg: Combines
220:Objectives: The New Sculpture
62:Schimmel was born in 1954 in
185:New California Artist Series
542:. SFAI News. Archived from
320:Re-View: Onnasch Collection
309:Hauser Wirth & Schimmel
137:Orange County Museum of Art
123:Terry Allen: Juárez Series;
96:San Francisco Art Institute
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1243:Artists from New York City
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662:The Orange County Register
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1003:"Under The Big Black Sun"
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567:. Art Daily, artdaily.com
80:Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
58:Early life and education
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855:Orange County Register
338:Abstract Expressionism
200:Works on Paper 1938–48
1238:American art curators
1202:"Paul Schimmel: 2001"
1204:. CCS Bard, bard.edu
1108:"Curatorial Ecstasy"
636:"Exhibition Archive"
611:"Exhibition Archive"
586:"Exhibition Archive"
327:Impact and influence
181:The Newport Biennial
82:. Schimmel attended
116:Syracuse University
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84:Syracuse University
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