Thomas Bang

Thomas Bang (born 6 September 1938) is a Danish sculptor who in the 1970s contributed to Conceptual art and Pop art in the United States.

Biography Born in Copenhagen, as a young man Bang became interested in Surrealism as practised by Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst and Yves Tanguy. After he moved to the United States with his parents, he studied art at the University of Cincinnati (1958–59), the Cleveland Institute of Art (1959–61), Yale University (1961–62), and the University of Southern California (1962–64). He soon became part of the American experimental art scene which covered Minimal Art, Conceptual Art and Pop Art. He exhibited with pioneers in the field including Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Sol LeWitt and Bruce Nauman.

Bang had a professorship at the University of Rochester in New York State from 1970 to 1991.