Museum of Art in 2000 examined the work at what proved to be a crucial moment in his career. The show featured monumental new sculptures, including Under the Table, 1994, No title (blue plastic plates), 1999, and three gigantic beards. "Therrien's recent work is at once playful and dark," critic Christopher Knight proclaimed in his review of the LACMA show. "Therrien has been making exquisitely crafted sculptures that are easily recognized as objects encountered in the daily world. Yet, however recognizable the object, the sense of estrangement in these new sculptures is more pronounced than ever before." Selected Museum Exhibitions Public Art Fund, New York, Robert Therrien: Table and Six Chairs, 2005 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, Robert Therrien, 2007 Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland, Robert Therrien: Works on Paper, 2008 Tate Modern, London, ARTIST ROOMS: Robert Therrien, 2009-2010 De Pont museum, Tilburg, Netherlands, Robert Therrien: Sculptures and drawings, 2011 The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre), Belfast, Northern Ireland, Robert Therrien: No title (table and four chairs), 2012 The Contemporary Austin, Texas, Robert Therrien, 2015 Denver Art Museum, Colorado, Robert Therrien: The Power of the Image, 2016 Parasol unit, London, Robert Therrien: Works 1975-1995, 2016 Tate Modern, London, ARTIST ROOMS: Robert Therrien, 2018 Therrien died on June 17, 2019, at the age of 71. Collections His artwork is included in museum collections worldwide, including: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Broad, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Tate Modern, London, the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium, the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. References 1947 births 2019 deaths Artists from Chicago Artists from Los Angeles California College of the Arts alumni Brooks Institute alumni University of Southern California alumni American male sculptors 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists