What is Vito Acconci?
[[File:Vito1973.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Acconci in 1973]] '''Vito Hannibal Acconci''' (January 24, 1940 – April 27, 2017) was an American [[designer]], [[architect]], and artist. He was born in [[The Bronx]], [[New York]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Randy |title=Vito Acconci, an Artist as Influential as He Is Eccentric |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/design/vito-acconci-an-artist-as-influential-as-he-is-eccentric.html |access-date=3 June 2016 |work=The New York Times |publisher=nytimes.com |date=2 June 2016}}</ref> He was known for his works in [[Landscape architect]] and in [[Installation art]]. He was known for his performance piece titled ''[[Seedbed (performance piece)|Seedbed]]''. Acconci died at his apartment in [[Manhattan]], New York on April 28, 2017 from a [[stroke]], aged 77.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artnews.com/2017/04/28/vito-acconci-dies-at-77/ |title=Vito Acconci Dies at 77 |year=2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikiquote}} {{commonscat}} * [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-vito-acconci-15850 Oral history interview with Vito Acconci, 2008 June 21-28] from the [[Archives of American Art]] * [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/0to9.html Guide to the 0 TO 9 archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725040310/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/0to9.html |date=2008-07-25 }} from the Fales Library at NYU * [http://www.ubu.com/film/acconci.html Art videos directed and performed by Vito Acconci] on [[UbuWeb]] * [http://www.ubuweb.com/film/acconci_sharp.html Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci (1973) on UbuWeb] * [http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/about/N11802_AFTenroutemechx.pdf Art en Route: A Guide to Art in the MTA Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816160852/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/about/N11802_AFTenroutemechx.pdf |date=2016-08-16 }} See Acconci works at [[West 8th Street – New York Aquarium (New York City Subway)|West 8th Street-New York Aquarium]]