Alan Rath
1959–2020
Introduction
Alan Rath (1959–2020) was an American electronic, kinetic, and robotic sculptor. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982, with a BS electrical engineering. He worked for a Boston engineering firm after graduation, and in 1982, moved to Oakland, California to pursue his artistic interests.
Arecibo, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is an example of how the artist combines electronics with an undeniable artistic talent to create witty statements about technology gone berserk. The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Gallery (Minneapolis), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City) are among the public collections holding work by Rath.
Wikidata identifier
Q37609978
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, installation artist, photographer, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500115966
Names
Alan Rath
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed April 12, 2024.
