But Vito Acconci always has something to say. And that’s bringing a cultural depth to it.” There’s some point to everything that Acconci designs, other than just coming up with a fun look ...

Acconci set his studio, staffed with architects, into design mode. Advertisement The first Mobius Bench, made of translucent fiberglass, was created for Fukuroi City, Japan, in 2001.

Vito Acconci, a towering figure with influences on both performance art and experimental architecture, has died at the age of 77. A cause of death has not been confirmed by the estate.

Vito Hannibal Acconci was born in the Bronx in 1940, son of an Italian-born father and an Italian-American mother. His grandmother, who spoke no English, was named Crocifissa or Crucifix.

Asked how the Acconci studio works, Acconci said, "First we see what's there, what we can tie into. In the corridor there's very little -- a glass wall, 15 feet away a solid wall.

I pass Vito Acconci on the way to the subway perhaps two to three times a week at random times. I know his studio is in my neighborhood, but I haven’t figured out his route or his schedule. Not ...

The artist Vito Acconci had a unique way of working, which was preserved in the studio he left behind — a space now at the center of a fight with his landlord.

In th e work Claim from 1971, artist Vito Acconci sat blindfolded, positioned at the base of a narrow stairwell in a gallery, wildly swinging a metal pipe. The viewer was left with the ...

Learning from Vito Acconci, a Relentlessly Curious Teacher In the Brooklyn College Art Department, where he taught for years, the late artist’s assignments and approaches are legendary.

Vito Acconci died last week at the age of 77. He was best known for intense performance-art provocations that skirted interpersonal boundaries: public–private, consensual–nonconsensual, real ...