Irwin Kremen, Duke Professor Who Found Mid-Career Acclaim for Abstract Collages, Has Died

Irwin Kremen, an esteemed professor of psychology at Duke University whose mid-career pivot to art brought international acclaim, died on February 5, according to a statement from Klaus Von Nichtssgend Gallery in New York. A self-taught sculptor, painter, and collagist, Kremen was best known for abstract collages of painted fabric and found materials such as bits of steel, weathered paper, or wasps’ nests.
Born in 1925 in Chicago, Kremen attended Northwestern University. After graduation,