Robin Collyer
Robin Collyer (born March 7, 1949 in London ) is a British - Canadian photographer and sculptor .
life and work
Robin Collyer was born in London and emigrated to Canada in 1957. He graduated from OCAD University in Toronto in the late 1960s . He creates sculptures and photographs.
“Collyer is not interested in registering or imitating actual objects. If he uses industrial materials, standardized finished products, then only to combine them into new, non-functional objects. These structures can sometimes take on monumental proportions. As much as Collyer's sculptures give the impression of completely new constructions, the traces of everyday objects on them cannot be overlooked. "
- Philip Monk
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1971: Carmen Lamanna Gallery , Toronto
Group exhibitions
- 1987: documenta 8 , Kassel
- 1992: Carambolage , State Art Gallery Baden-Baden , Baden-Baden
- 1993: Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 1999: Photographs , Art Gallery of York University, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography and Center photographique d'Ile-de-France in Pontault-Combault , France
- 2003: Every photograph is a picture , Siemens photo collection, Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich
literature
- Robin Collyer, Idioms of resistance , Philip Monk, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1993 ISBN 978-1-89523-530-2
- Robin Collyer Photographs by Catherine Grout and Philip Monk, August 2012, ISBN 978-0-92197-228-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia Robin Collyer accessed on February 4, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Scotiabank Robin Collyer accessed on February 4, 2016 (English)
- ↑ National Gallery of Canada Robin Collyer accessed on February 7, 2016 (English)
- ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog pages 50, 337; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Collyer, Robin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-Canadian photographer and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |