Christian Boltanski
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Christian Boltanski | |
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 Christian Boltanski in 1990. | |
| Born | 6 September 1944 |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Installation art |
Christian Boltanski (born 1944) is French sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker.
He is the brother of Luc Boltanski and the partner of Annette Messager.
Life and work
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Exhibitions
Christian Boltanski has participated in over 150 art exhibitions throughout the world.[1] Among other, he had solo exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Magasin 3 in Stockholm, the La Maison Rouge gallery, Institut Mathildenhöhe, the Kewenig Galerie, The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme and many others.[1]
From July 1 to September 25, 2011, museum Es Baluard (Mallorca, Spain) exhibited "Signatures", the installation Christian Boltanski conceived specifically for Es Baluard and which is focused on the memory of the workers who in the 17th Century built the museum's walls.
In 2002, Boltanski made the installation "Totentanz II" for the underground Centre for International Light Art (www.lichtkunst-unna.de) in Unna, Germany. A Shadow Installation with copper figures
Prizes
- 2007 Créateurs sans frontières award for visual arts by Cultures France[2]
- 2007 Praemium Imperiale Award by the Japan Art Association[2]
- 2001 Goslarer Kaiserring, Goslar, Germany[2]
- 2001 Kunstpreis, given by Nord/LB, Braunschweig, Germany[2]
References
- ^ a b "Christian Boltanski biography" (PDF). Marian Goodman gallery.
- ^ a b c d "Marian Goodman Gallery". Marian Goodman Gallery. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
Further reading
- Lynn Gumpert and Mary Jane Jacob, "Christian Boltanski: Lessons of Darkness," Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 1988.
- Didier Semin, "Christian Boltanski," Paris, Art Press, 1988.
- Nancy Marmer, "Christian Boltanski: The Uses of Contradiction," "Art in America," October 1989, pp. 168–181, 233-235.
- Lynn Gumpert, "Christian Boltanski," Paris, Flammarion, 1944.
External links
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- Marian Goodman Gallery
- Tate Magazine Interview
- ICP: Christian Boltanski
- Folkestone Triennial: Christian Boltanski
- Template:Fr icon Christian Boltanski
- Exhibitions listed at kunstaspekte.de
- MoMA profile
- Art Icono
- Magasin 3: Christian Boltanski
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- 1944 births
- Contemporary artists
- French Jews
- French mixed-media artists
- 20th-century French painters
- 21st-century French painters
- French photographers
- French sculptors
- Living people
- Postmodern artists
- French people of Corsican descent
- French people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- Faculty of the École des Beaux-Arts