Dora García
Dora García (* 1965 in Valladolid ) is a Spanish video and installation artist .
García holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the University of Salamanca and the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. She completed postgraduate studies at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam .
She is interested in anti-heroes , social fringe groups , resistance and counterculture . García made films about the Stasi ( Rooms, Conversations , Film, 24 ', 2006), the stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce ( Just because everything is different it does not mean that anything has changed, Lenny Bruce in Sydney , performance and film , 60 ' Biennale of Sydney , 2008) and the origins of antipsychiatry ( The Deviant Majority , film, 34 ′, 2010). Dora García attended readings of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce , which were the starting point for ( The Joycean Society , film, 53 ', 2013). Segunda Vez (2015) is a film about the Argentine author Oscar Masotta (1930–1979).
In 2007, García had a figure modeled after the beggar Charles Filch from the Threepenny Opera stroll through the streets of Munster as part of the Sculpture.Projects . In 2012 Dora Garcia published The Klau Mich Show for dOCUMENTA (13) .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2007: Sculpture.Projects , Münster
- 2008: Tate Gallery of Modern Art , London
- 2009: 10th Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon , Lyon
- 2010: Gwangju Biennale , South Korea
- 2011, 2013: Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 2012: dOCUMENTA (13) , Kassel
- 2013/14: Kunsthaus , Bregenz: Dora García. The Sinthome Score
Web links
- Website Dora García
- Dora García at artfacts.net
- Dora García on kunstaspekte.de
- Dora García in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ InitiArtMagazine Interview: Dora García accessed on March 5, 2017
- ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 428, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
- ^ Oslo Akademie Dora García, accessed on March 5, 2017
- ↑ Loop Barcelona Dora García accessed on March 5, 2017
- ↑ Apt Global Dora García, accessed March 5, 2017
- ↑ The Klau Mich Show , accessed March 5, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | García, Dora |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish video and installation artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valladolid |