Charles Atlas (artist)

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Charles Atlas (* 1949 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American film director, performance and video artist . He mainly makes dance films .

life and work

An early work by Charles Atlas is the film portrait “Mayonnaise” (1973). From 1974 he worked with Merce Cunningham . The film “Blue Studio: Five Segments” (1975–1976) resulted from this cooperation. Charles Atlas also worked with Yvonne Rainer , Marina Abramović (“Delusional”, 1994 and “The Hanged One”, 1997, a multimedia installation that was shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art ), Douglas Dunn , John Kelly, Leigh Bowery , Antony Hegarty (Turning), Fennesz , New Humans (Mika Tajima & Howie Chen), Karole Armitage and Bill Irwin .

“Hail of the New Puritan” (1986) was shown in 1987 at documenta 8 in Kassel.

“Atlas represents a day in the life of a dancer. The hero of the play is the famous 23 year old“ rock star ”of the ballet Michael Clark . The camera follows him for an imaginary day and captures the atmosphere of the young London of the 80s - its fashion, music, nightlife. The film begins with a dream sequence and follows Clark from waking up to returning home at dawn the following day. At the center of the work are ten dance scenes, staged as a rehearsal, as a photo session, as a performance and as nightclub scenes. "

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Exhibitions (selection)

Charles Atlas' works have been exhibited internationally. Mention should be made of the Whitney Biennial , the Jerusalem Film Festival , the Center Georges Pompidou , Paris, the Museum of Modern Art , New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston , the World Wide Video Festival, The Hague, the Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam, the Tate Modern in London and the Museu de Arte de São Paulo .

Awards (selection)

Atlas has received the John Cage Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship , three Bessie Awards, the National Endowment for the Arts, and many other awards.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Foundation for Contemporary Arts Charles Atlas , accessed on July 19, 2015 (English).
  2. ↑ art 21 Charles Atlas ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 19, 2015 (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ec2-75-101-145-29.compute-1.amazonaws.com
  3. ^ The Brooklyn Rail, Patricia Milder Charles Atlas, Joints Array, accessed July 19, 2015
  4. ↑ electronic arts intermix Charles Atlas ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 19, 2015 (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eai.org
  5. ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 313; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
personal data
SURNAME Atlas, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, performance and video artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri