Candice Breitz
Candice Breitz (* 1972 in Johannesburg ) is an artist originally from South Africa . She lives in Berlin and teaches at the Braunschweig University of Art . In her photo and video works, she examines the role of the media in the development of individuals or groups.
Life
Candice Breitz spent her childhood in Johannesburg. She studied art history in South Africa and the USA, then worked for a few years in New York. She has lived and worked in Berlin since 2003. In 2007 she won the international prize for contemporary art at the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco .
Exhibitions (selection)
In 2005 Candice Breitz had her breakthrough at the Venice Art Biennale with her video installation Mother + Father . On twelve screens, six male and female Hollywood actors are removed from the film context and seen against a black background. A conversation develops between fathers and mothers about parenting.
On November 28, 2008 the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin opened with its two-part exhibition Inner + Outer Space . In the first part she showed Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon) , 2006, King (A Portrait of Michael Jackson) , 2005 and Queen (A Portrait of Madonna) , 2005. For all three works the artist was looking for fans who were as authentic as possible , who were ready to present a complete album of the artists in front of the camera in their very own way. How big is the influence of pop music on the lives of the recipients? The fans, as the most intense recipients, are part of the study to address this question. In the second part of the exhibition, this theme was retained with the work Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon) , followed by Father , 2005, and Him , 1968–2008, a new work by the artist. Detached from the context of the film roles, the actor Jack Nicholson is in dialogue with himself.
- 2010: The Scripted Life , Kunsthaus Bregenz
- 2016: Candice Breitz: Ponderosa , Kunstmuseum Stuttgart . Retrospective overview of the work, u. a. with the installations Babel Series (1999) and Mother + Father (2005). Breitz developed Love Story , a video installation with Hollywood actors Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore and interviews with six refugees especially for the Ponderosa exhibition .
- 2020: Candice Breitz. Labor , Kunstmuseum Bonn
Exhibition catalogs
- Christoph Tannert: Candice Breitz: Alien (Ten Songs from Beyond). Folkwang Museum in the RWE Tower, Essen 2002.
- Suzanne Cotter : Candice Breitz: Re-Animations. Modern Art Oxford, Oxford 2003.
- Marcella Beccaria: Candice Breitz. Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli-Torino 2005.
- Sabine Himmelsbach, Paula von Sydow: Candice Breitz: Mother. Revolver Archive for Contemporary Art, Frankfurt 2005.
- Louise Neri: Candice Breitz. White Cube, London 2005 (edited by Jay Jopling / White Cube, Francesca Kaufmann and Sonnabend Gallery).
- Christine Kintisch: Candice Breitz: Working Class Hero. Bawag Foundation, Vienna 2006.
- Christy Lange (interview): Candice Breitz. Kukje Gallery, Seoul 2006.
- Artemis Potamianou: Candice Breitz. Hellenic American Union, Athens 2006.
- Octavio Zaya: Candice Breitz: Multiple Exposure. (Barcelona + León: ACTAR + MUSAC? Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, 2007).
- Jennifer Allen: Candice Breitz / Inner + Outer Space. Temporary Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin 2008.
- Michael Juul Holm: Candice Breitz: Louisiana Contemporary. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek 2008.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Breitz, Candice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg , South Africa |