Allan Sekula

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Allan Sekula (born January 15, 1951 in Erie , Pennsylvania , † August 10, 2013 in Los Angeles ) was an American artist and critic . He worked mainly with photographic means.

Life

Sekula achieved greater awareness with the work Fish Story , which was shown at Documenta11 . He also took part in documenta 12 .

His works can be found in the collections of MACBA (Barcelona), Museum Folkwang (Essen), Getty Research Institute , LACMA , MOCA (all three in Los Angeles), Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), Whitney (New York), Center Pompidou (Paris), SFMOMA (San Francisco), and Generali Foundation (Vienna),

Sekula lived in Los Angeles . He has been teaching photography and media art at CalArts since 1985 .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017: Allan Sekula. Oceanus . Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna.
  • 2005: TITANIC's wake . Camera Austria, Graz.
  • 2003: Performance under Working Conditions . Generali Foundation, Vienna.
  • 2002: Waiting for Tear Gas . Camera Austria , Graz.
  • 2000: Titanic's Wake . Center de Creation Contemporaine, Tours, France.
  • 1999/1998: Fish Story . Shown u. a. in the DAAD gallery , Berlin, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam; Art Association Munich.
  • 1995: Fish Story . Witte de With , Rotterdam.
  • 1993: University Art Museum, Berkeley, USA.
  • 1991: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
  • 1989: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. u. a. shown at PS 1, Long Island City, New York.
  • 1987: "Sketch for a Geography Lesson", Camera Austria, Forum Stadtpark, Graz
  • 1984: Folkwang Museum, Essen.

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2014: Playtime , Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, March 15 to June 29; exhibited work: School is a Factory (1978/80)
  • 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel.
  • 2007: 10th Istanbul Biennale
  • 2006: Full House - Views of the Whitney's Collection at 75th Whitney Museum, New York.
  • 2005: How do we want to be governed? Miami Art Central, Miami.
  • 2003: Colálecci . MACBA, Museu dâArt Contemporani de Barcelona, ​​Barcelona.
  • 2003: Witness . The Barbican Center , London.
  • 2002: Documenta11 , Kassel.
  • 2001: Yokohama Triennial, Japan.
  • 2000: Flight Patterns . Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
  • 2000: Made in California . Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
  • 2000: Desert and Transit . Kunsthalle Kiel .
  • 2000: The Government / The Government . Old Kestner Society, Hanover.
  • 1999: Trace . Liverpool Biennale.
  • 1998: Port and Corridor: Work Sites in Los Angeles . Robbert Flick and Allan Sekula, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
  • 1996: Face a l'Histoire . Center Pompidou, Paris.
  • 1993: Whitney Biennale 2003 , New York.
  • 1991: A Dialogue about Recent American and European Photography . Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
  • 1989: If You Lived Here: Home Front . Dia Art Foundation, New York.
  • 1984: Art and Ideology . New Museum of Contemporary Art , New York.
  • 1981: Extended photography - Fifth International Vienna Biennale, Vienna Secession.
  • 1981: Rejection of the single picture . Folkwang Museum, Essen.
  • 1976: New American Filmmakers Series - Connell, Sekula and Torres. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Works

  • Performance under Working Conditions . DAP, New York 2003. ISBN 3-901107-40-1 .
  • Titanic's wake . Camera Austria, Graz 2003. ISBN 3-900508-45-3 .
  • Fish story . Richter, Düsseldorf 1995. ISBN 3-928762-28-1 . (Newly published in 2002 as seaman's thread for participation in Documenta 12, ISBN 3-933807-66-2 .)
  • Photography against the Grain - Essays and Photo Works 1973–1983. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax 1984. ISBN 0919616283 .

Movies

  • Performance under Working Conditions (1973), 20 min., Black and white, video
  • The Reagan Tapes (1984), 10 min.
  • Tsukiji (2001), video, DVD, 43 min. 30 sec., A portrait of the Japanese fish market
  • Disney Hall Gala (2005), video, DVD, 24 min. 38 sec.
  • The Lottery of the Sea (2006) part 1 & 2, 99 min. 6 sec., 80 min. 15 sec.
  • A Short Film for Laos (2006–2007), 45 min., Digital video
  • The Forgotten Space (2010), 112 min., With Noel Burch, Special Orrizonti Jury Prize at the 67th Venice Film Festival

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ^ In the forgotten space of modernity in FAZ of March 22, 2017, p. 12
  3. ↑ Allan Sekula: TITANIC's wake . April 2 - May 22, 2005, CAMERA AUSTRIA, Graz. Online ( Memento from April 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Allan Sekula: Performance under Working Conditions . May 16 to August 17, 2003, Generali Foundation, Vienna. Online at http://foundation.generali.at/index.php?id=78
  5. ↑ Allan Sekula: Waiting for Tear Gas [white globe to black] . 4th-18th October 2002, CAMERA AUSTRIA, Graz. Online ( Memento from September 17, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Allan Sekula: Fish Story . January 21 - March 12, 1995, Witte de With, Rotterdam. Online at Fish Story ( Memento from July 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Allan Sekula: A Short Film for Laos . Online ( Memento from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ http://www.theforgottenspace.net/
personal data
SURNAME Sekula, Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Erie, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 2013
Place of death los Angeles