Amalia Ulman

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Amalia Ulman (2016)

Amalia Ulman (* 1989 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is an Argentine artist who lives in Los Angeles . In her works she makes use of painting , sculpture , intermedial art and the art of writing.

Life

Amalia Ulman was born in Argentina and grew up in the Spanish province of Asturias after her family immigrated .

In 2009 she left Spain to study Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins in London . Ulman graduated in 2011.

Since her collision with a bus in 2013, her mobility has been restricted, which has a major impact on her work.

job

Excellences & Perfections

On April 19, 2014, Amalia Ulman published a picture with the words “Part I” and the description “Excellences & Perfections” on her Instagram account. This was the start of this multimedia work of art, but without the knowledge of her subscribers. Since the whole thing was experimental, she used clichés that her subscribers already knew. She adopted three personalities over the next five months. First “a cute Tumblr-loving ingénue”, then a “basic sugar baby who's into streetwear” and finally a “post-rehab wellnes freak”. For example, she pretended to have a breast operation by uploading pictures of her hospital gown and her breasts bandaged and editing her pictures with Photoshop. Other things, like her diet and pole dancing, weren't a show, but part of her real life. She even faked a breakdown on her Instagram page. By the end of it all, she had thousands of new subscribers, but she wasn't really interested in the number of subscribers, just that it meant everything was going according to plan. On September 14, 2014, a black and white picture of a rose was uploaded to her account with the caption "THE EN D-EXCE LLENCES AND PERFECTIONS". After educating its subscribers, it received a lot of criticism from users. Their work held up a mirror to them and they didn't like what they saw in it. The intention of this performance was to show how easy it is to manipulate people with mainstream characters. The photos are still on her Instagram page today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PeoplePill: Amalia Ulman: Argentine artist - Biography and Life. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Amalia Ulman - 18 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ PeoplePill: Amalia Ulman: Argentine artist - Biography and Life. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ Transmedia Art: Amalia Ulman. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Pyongyang Elegance: Notes on Communism | Affidavit | Amalia Ulman. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ Subscribe to read | Financial Times. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  7. ^ Amalia Ulman: Excellences & Perfections. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Ulman, Amalia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina