Candice Breitz

Candice Breitz (born 1972, Johannesburg[1]) is a South African artist who works primarily in video and photography.[2][3] She won a 2007 Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize.[4] Her work is often characterized by multi-channel moving image installations, with a focus on the “attention economy” of contemporary media and culture,[5] often represented in the parallelism of the identification with fictional characters and celebrity figures and widespread indifference to global issues.[6] In 2017, she was selected to represent South Africa at the Venice Biennale.[7]

Candice Breitz
Born1972  (age 48)
Johannesburg 
Alma mater
Stylevideo art, installation art 
Awards
  • Prince Pierre Award 

Life

Candice Breitz currently lives in Berlin, and has been a tenured professor at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2007. Breitz uses found video footage, appropriating video from popular culture.[8] Breitz is represented by White Cube (London), Kaufmann Repetto (Milan) and the Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg + Cape Town). Breitz holds degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University.[9] She has been holding lectures and workshops at institutions such as Zentrum Paul Klee,[10] Stony Brook Manhattan,[11] Smith College Museum of Art,[12] and the mentorship program Forecast.[13]

Work

Breitz's 2016 seven-channel installation, Love Story, shares the personal narratives of six individuals who have fled their countries in response to a range of oppressive conditions: Sarah Ezzat Mardini, who escaped war-torn Syria; José Maria João, a former child soldier from Angola; Mamy Maloba Langa, a survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Shabeena Francis Saveri, a transgender activist from India; Luis Ernesto Nava Molero, a political dissident from Venezuela; and Farah Abdi Mohamed, an idealistic young atheist from Somalia.[14]

Select Exhibitions
  • Chicago Project Room - Chicago (2000)
  • New Museum of Contemporary Art - New York (2000)
  • Centre d'’Art Contemporain Genève - Geneva (2000)
  • Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum - St. Gallen (2001)
  • O.K Center for Contemporary Art Upper Austria, "Candice Breitz: Cuttings" - Linz (2001)
  • De Appel Foundation - Amsterdam (2001)
  • Museum Folkwang / RWE-Turm, "Candice Breitz: Alien (Ten Songs from Beyond)" - Essen (2002)
  • Künstlerhaus Bethanien - Berlin (2002)
  • INOVA Institute of Visual Arts - Milwaukee (2002)
  • Artpace San Antonio - San Antonio (2002)
  • De Beeldbank - Eindhoven (2003)
  • Aspreyjacques - London (2003)[15]
  • Galerie Max Hetzler - Berlin (2003)
  • Modern Art Oxford - Oxford, "Candice Breitz: Re-Animations" (2003)[16]
  • Tokyo Wonder Site - Tokyo (2004)
  • FACT - Liverpool (2004)
  • Moderna Museet - Stockholm (2004)
  • Sonnabend Gallery - New York (2004)
  • Bob Marley Museum - Kingston (2005)
  • Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art - Toronto (2005)
  • Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst - Oldenburg (2005)
  • Sonnabend Gallery - New York (2005)
  • White Cube, "Candice Breitz" - London (2005)
  • Palais de Tokyo - Paris (2005)
  • Castello di Rivoli - Turin (2005)
  • Bawag Foundation, "Candice Breitz: Working Class Hero" - Vienna (2006)
  • Kukje Gallery - Seoul (2006)
  • Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art - Gateshead (2006)
  • Konstmuseum Uppsala - Uppsala (2006)
  • Prix International d'Art Contemporain - Winner - Monaco (2007)
  • White Cube, "Candice Breitz" - London (2007)[17]
  • MUSAC, "Candice Breitz: Multiple Exposure" - León (2007)
  • Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, "Candice Breitz / Inner + Outer Space" - Berlin (2008)
  • Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean Luxembourg (2008)
  • Collection Lambert en Avignon - Avignon (2008)
  • Louisiana Museum of Modern Art - Humlebaek (2008)
  • Blank Projects - Cape Town (2009)
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco (2009)
  • The Power Plant, "Candice Breitz: Same Same" - Toronto (2009) [18]
  • Yvon Lambert, "Him + Her" - New York (2009) [19]
  • White Cube - London, "Factum" (2010)[17]
  • Kunsthaus Bregenz, "Candice Breitz: The Scripted Life" - Bregenz (2010)[20]
  • Kaufmann Repetto - Milan (2011) [21]
  • Wexner Center for the Arts - Ohio (2011) [22]
  • Pinchuk Art Centre, "Candice Breitz: You + I" - Kyiv (2011)[23]
  • Iziko South African National Gallery and Standard Bank Gallery, "Candice Breitz: Extra!" - Johannesburg (2012)[24]
  • ACMI, "Candice Breitz: The Character" - Melbourne (2013)[25]
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Candice Breitz: Love Story - Boston (2016)[26]
  • Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, "Candice Breitz: Ponderosa" - Stuttgart (2016)[27]

References
  1. Phaidon Editors (2019). Great women artists. Phaidon Press. p. 76. ISBN 0714878774.
  2. White Cube.
  3. "Kunsthaus Bregenz" (PDF).
  4. Site, Le. "Prix International d'Art Contemporain | Fondation Prince Pierre". www.fondationprincepierre.mc (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
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  7. "The Jewish Museum". thejewishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  8. Spont, M. (2010). "Analyzing Mass Media through Video Art Education: Popular Pedagogy and Social Critique in the Work of Candice Breitz". Studies In Art Education. 51 (4): 295–314.
  9. "Candice Breitz". Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  10. Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Monument im Fruchtland 3, CH-3000. "Lecture Candice Breitz". Zentrum Paul Klee. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  11. "Art History & Criticism Lecture Series". Department of art. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  12. College, Smith. "Miller lecture—Candice Breitz: From A to B and Back Again". Smith College Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  13. "Open Call for Forecast". Berlin Art Link. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  14. Russeth, Andrew (2017-05-12). "Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore Address Refugee Crises in Candice Breitz's Piece in South Africa's Pavilion". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  15. "www.likeyou.com - Candice Breitz - Diorama - aspreyjacques gallery - GB-London". old.likeyou.com.
  16. https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/event/exhibition-17/
  17. "White Cube - Gallery Exhibitions". whitecube.com.
  18. "The Power Plant - Candice Breitz: Same Same - 2009 - Exhibitions – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org.
  19. Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review". query.nytimes.com.
  20. "Kunsthaus Bregenz". www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at.
  21. "Uncover Candice Breitz and her evocative works • kaufmann repetto".
  22. https://wexarts.org/sites/default/files/wca_exhibition_history.pdf
  23. "Solo exhibition of the South African artist Candice Breitz:". PinchukArtCentre.org.
  24. "Extra! « Mahala".
  25. "Candice Breitz: The Character | ACMI". 2015.acmi.net.au.
  26. "Candice Breitz: Love Story". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  27. "Vorschau_Details - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart". kunstmuseum-stuttgart.de.

Further reading

Perryer, Sophie (2004). 10 Years 100 Artists: Art In A Democratic South Africa. Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 1868729877.

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