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ID: 500523117
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500523117

 

Record Type: Person
Martin, Tony (American painter and multimedia artist, 1937-2021)

Note: Painter and new-media artist who is considered a pioneer of light shows that accompany musical performances, he worked with the Grateful Dead, Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, and Terry Riley. In 1963, Riley and Ramon Sender invited Martin to join the San Francisco Tape Music Center as visual director, later creating stage light shows for psychedelic rock groups in San Francisco. After moving to New York, he produced the visual systems for the Electric Circus before taking a position at New York University’s newly established Intermedia Arts Department.

Names:
Martin, Tony (preferred,V,index)
Tony Martin (V,display)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)

Roles:
artist (preferred)
painter
multimedia artist

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Knoxville (Knox county, Tennessee, United States) (inhabited place)
Died:  New York state (United States) (state)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
collaborated with ....  Oliveros, Pauline  
................................  (Tejana composer, 1932-2016) [500334564]
collaborated with ....  Riley, Terry  
................................  (American musician and composer, born 1935) [500352496]
collaborated with ....  Subotnick, Morton  
................................  (American electronic music composer, born 1933) [500350578]
collaborated with ....  Tudor, David  
................................  (American musician, composer, and sound artist, 1926-1996) [500124542]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Martin, Tony (I)

Biographies:
(American painter and multimedia artist, 1937-2021) ..... [VP Preferred]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Martin, Tony ........ [VP Preferred]
..........................  Artforum [online] (2004-) obit.
Tony Martin ........ [VP]
........................  Artforum [online] (2004-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Artforum [online] (2004-) obit. 29 March 2021
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