Michael Smith (artist)
Michael Smith (born August 3, 1951 in Chicago ) is an American video and performance artist .
life and work
Michael Smith graduated from Colorado College with a bachelor's degree and was a participant in the Whitney Museum of American Art's free study program . Smith has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles , the California Institute of the Arts , the Art Center College of Design , the Cranbrook Educational Community , the University of Illinois at Chicago , the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts , the Pratt Institute, and Yale University . Michael Smith has been Professor at the University of Texas at Austin since 2001 .
Well-known performances by Michael Smith are Mike's House and Avuncular Quest , which were shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1982 . In 2014 Michael Smith was invited to the Museum of Modern Art to perform a performance on the composition 4'33 "by John Cage .
Michael Smith took part in documenta 8 in 1987 with the video Go for it Mike (1984) .
Awards (selection)
- 1978, '82, '88, '91 National Endowment for the Arts
- 1985 Guggenheim scholarship
- 1987, 1990, 1996 Art Matters
- 2005–2006 MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies
literature
- Mike's World: Michael Smith and Joshua White by Michael Smith, Joshua White, Mike Kelley , Blanton Museum of Art, 2008 (English) ISBN 978-0-97714-5-393
Web links
- Mike's World website
Individual evidence
- ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 321; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
- ^ University of Texas at Austin Michael Smith , accessed August 10, 2015.
- ↑ Mike´s World Michael Smith , accessed on August 10, 2015 (English).
- ^ Whitney Museum Michael Smith Performance: Avuncular Quest , accessed August 11, 2015.
- ^ Performing John Cage , accessed August 11, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American video and performance artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |