Boyd Webb
Boyd Webb (born July 3, 1947 in Christchurch ) is a New Zealand photographer and film director .
life and work
Webb was born in New Zealand in 1947 and attended the Ilam School of Art in his hometown of Christchurch from 1968 to 1971 . From 1972 to 1975 he studied at the Royal College of Art in London , where he settled.
Originally trained as a sculptor, Webb turned to photography. The reason for the switch to photographic art was the lack of space due to the additional sculptures. He decided to dismantle his works, not without documenting them photographically beforehand. The emergency solution became a method in 1975: Webb began to build up scenarios that he photographed with a large-format plate camera and the result - also in large format - as a one-off. This way he was able to express his bizarre and surreal ideas more intensely. For the construction of his backdrops, he uses alienated materials, whose original purpose cannot be seen, but still strikes the viewer as strange, and thus creates irritating and astonishing artificial environments in which people can sometimes be found, but in any case absurd situations take place . Webb's intention is to get the amazed and insecure viewer to think. Well-known works by him are Holothurians (1974), Mrs Barnes (1976), Rudiments (1987), Zygote (1993) and Vestige (1995). In 2003 he made the film Horse and Dog .
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1978: Whitechapel Art Gallery , London
- 1980: Lange House , Krefeld
- 1983: Center Georges Pompidou , Paris
- 1990: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden , Washington, DC
Group exhibitions
- 1979: Europa 79 - Art of the 80s , Schwabstrasse 2 / Art exhibitions Gutenbergstrasse 62A eV, Stuttgart
- 1982: Badischer Kunstverein , Karlsruhe
- 1982: Westfälischer Kunstverein , Münster
- 1982: Van Abbemuseum , Eindhoven
- 1982: documenta 7 , Kassel
- 1986: Venice Biennale , Venice
- 1986: Prospect 86 , Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt , Frankfurt am Main
- 1987: Kestnergesellschaft , Hanover
- 1995: Biennale of Sydney , Sydney
Awards
- 1988: Turner Prize (nomination)
Web links
- Boyd Webb in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Boyd Webb . In: Art . The art magazine. Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg April 1987, ART-Lexicon of Contemporary Artists, p. 84 .
- ↑ Catalog: documenta 7 Kassel ; Vol. 1: (visual biographies of the artists); Vol. 2: (Current works of the artists); S. 358, Kassel 1982. ISBN 3-920453-02-6 .
- ↑ Artist biography . Tate , accessed April 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Rolf A. Paltzer: Deception for the sake of truth . In: Art . The art magazine. Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg November 1985, p. 96-102 .
- ↑ Holly Arden : Boyd Webb . Artlink , accessed on April 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Adrian Searle : Animal crackers . The Guardian , April 29, 2003, accessed April 23, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Webb, Boyd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand-English photographer and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christchurch |