Candice Breitz

Candice Breitz (born 1972)[1] is a South African white artist who works primarily in video and photography.[2][3] She won a 2007 Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize.[4] Her work is often characterized by multi-channel moving image installations, with a focus on the “attention economy” of contemporary media and culture,[5] often represented in the parallelism of the identification with fictional characters and celebrity figures and widespread indifference to global issues.[6] In 2017, she was selected to represent South Africa at the Venice Biennale.[7]

Candice Breitz
Born1972 Edit this on Wikidata (age 51)
Johannesburg Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationArtist, photographer, video artist, art historian, new media artist Edit this on Wikidata
Stylevideo art, installation artwork Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Prince Pierre Award Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttp://www.candicebreitz.net Edit this on Wikidata

Life

Breitz was born in Johannesburg.[1] She currently lives in Berlin, and has been a tenured professor at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2007. Breitz uses found video footage, appropriating video from popular culture.[8] Breitz is represented by KOW (Berlin), Kaufmann Repetto (Milan / NYC) and the Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg / Cape Town / London). Breitz holds degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University.[9] She has been holding lectures and workshops at institutions such as Zentrum Paul Klee,[10] Stony Brook Manhattan,[11] Smith College Museum of Art,[12] and the mentorship program Forecast.[13]

Work

Breitz's 2016 seven-channel installation, Love Story, shares the personal narratives of six individuals who have fled their countries in response to a range of oppressive conditions: Sarah Ezzat Mardini, who escaped war-torn Syria; José Maria João, a former child soldier from Angola; Mamy Maloba Langa, a survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Shabeena Francis Saveri, a transgender activist from India; Luis Ernesto Nava Molero, a political dissident from Venezuela; and Farah Abdi Mohamed, an idealistic young atheist from Somalia.[14]

Exhibitions

References
  1. Phaidon Editors (2019). Great women artists. Phaidon Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0714878775. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  2. White Cube.
  3. "Kunsthaus Bregenz" (PDF).
  4. "Prix International d'Art Contemporain | Fondation Prince Pierre". www.fondationprincepierre.mc (in French). Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. "Candice Breitz: Love Story". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. "CANDICE BREITZ". www.candicebreitz.net. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  7. "The Jewish Museum". thejewishmuseum.org. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  8. Spont, M. (2010). "Analyzing Mass Media through Video Art Education: Popular Pedagogy and Social Critique in the Work of Candice Breitz". Studies in Art Education. 51 (4): 295–314. doi:10.1080/00393541.2010.11518810. S2CID 193017284.
  9. "Candice Breitz". Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  10. Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Monument im Fruchtland 3, CH-3000. "Lecture Candice Breitz". Zentrum Paul Klee. Retrieved 24 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. "Art History & Criticism Lecture Series". Department of art. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  12. College, Smith. "Miller lecture—Candice Breitz: From A to B and Back Again". Smith College Museum of Art. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  13. "Open Call for Forecast". Berlin Art Link. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  14. Russeth, Andrew (12 May 2017). "Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore Address Refugee Crises in Candice Breitz's Piece in South Africa's Pavilion". ARTnews. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  15. Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review". query.nytimes.com.
  16. "Kunsthaus Bregenz". www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at.
  17. "Extra! « Mahala".
  18. "Candice Breitz: The Character | ACMI". 2015.acmi.net.au.
  19. "Candice Breitz: Love Story". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  20. "Vorschau_Details - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart". kunstmuseum-stuttgart.de.

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