Ian Burn: Minimal – Conceptual Work 1965-1970

AUSTRALIAN ART

Ian Burn (29 December 1939 – 29 September 1993) was an Australian conceptual artist. He was a member of the Art and Language group that flourished in the 1970s. Ian Burn was also an art writer, curator, and scholar.^[1]

Ian Burn was born on 29 December 1939 in Geelong, Australia.

Burn studied art at the National Gallery Art School in Melbourne. He became affiliated with the Art and Language collective when he moved to London in 1964 and remained a part of the group when he moved to New York City in 1967. In 1977, Burn returned to Australia to teach at Sydney University.^[2] Ian Burn drowned on 29 September 1993 while swimming in rough seas at Bawley Point, New South Wales.^[3]

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