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 49)
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

References
  1. Phaidon Editors (2019). Great women artists. Phaidon Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0714878775.
  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.
  5. "Candice Breitz: Love Story". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  6. "CANDICE BREITZ". www.candicebreitz.net. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  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. doi:10.1080/00393541.2010.11518810. S2CID 193017284.
  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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