Liz Magor
Liz Magor (born April 11, 1948 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian sculptor , installation artist and photographer .
life and work
Liz Magor was born in 1948, has four siblings and grew up in Prince Rupert and Vancouver . She studied from 1966 at the University of British Columbia in the Canadian province of British Columbia and from 1968 at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City . In 1970 she returned to Canada and graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. There she taught as a professor from 2000 to 2013 . In 2010 she was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada .
Magor often works with fabrics such as sheets, sleeping bags, old coats, but also with rubber , acrylic, polymer plaster, candy paper or even small animal carcasses and many other materials.
Liz Magor became known with the works Birdnester (1970), Bird Nest Kits (1975), Compost Figures (1978), A Concise History (1979) and Four Boys and a Girl (1979). There she combines the organic with the inorganic and contrasts the natural with the man-made . It examines the changes in the world. In Dorothy, A Resemblance (1980–81), the life story of a woman is told through everyday objects and Magor explores the question of how personal identity is structured in relation to other things and other people. In 1984 Liz Magor exhibited with Ian Carr-Harris at the Venice Biennale . The work Regal Décor (1986) was shown at documenta 8 in Kassel in 1987 .
Awards
- 2014 Gershon Iskowitz Prize from the Art Gallery of Ontario
- 2009 Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement
- 2001 Governor General's Award
- 2000 York Wilson Endowment Award
Individual evidence
- ↑ Canadian Art Liz Magor ( Memento of the original from May 10, 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 May 21, 2015.
- ↑ Emily Carr Liz Magor , accessed May 21, 2015.
- ^ The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) New Fellows 2010. Accessed September 20, 2016 .
- ^ Art in America, Susan Hobbs Liz Magor , accessed May 21, 2015.
- ^ The Canadian Enzyclopedia Liz Magor , accessed May 21, 2015.
- ↑ Cbcnews Vancouver artist Liz Magor wins BC's Audain Prize accessed on May 21, 2015 (English)
- ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 156; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
- ↑ Major Awards in British Columbia Visual Arts Announced ( Memento of the original from April 4, 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 May 21, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magor, Liz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian sculptor and installation artist and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg , Manitoba |