Max Dean

Max Dean (born 1949, Leeds) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist.[2][3][4]

Max Dean
Born (1949-06-29) June 29, 1949[1]
Leeds, England
NationalityCanadian
OccupationArtist
Notable work
The Table: Childhood
Robotic Chair

Life

Dean was born June 29, 1949 in Leeds, England. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1952,[5] settling in Vancouver.[1]

Work

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Dean did multimedia performances involving his body in conjunction with sound, photography and other media.[6][7][8]

Since the 1980s, Dean has become known for his installations that use robotics and electronics to achieve artistic effects.[9] His work As Yet Untitled (1992-1995) involves a robotic arm that presents generic family photos to the viewer, who must act to prevent the photo from being immediately shredded.[10][11][12][13] The piece received extensive press and critical coverage[14][15][16][17][18] and was acquired by the Art Gallery of Ontario.[19]

Dean has collaborated extensively with Cornell University professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Raffaello D'Andrea. Between 2003 and 2006[20] they collaborated with Canadian artist Matt Donovan to create the installation work Robotic Chair, a chair that falls apart and puts itself back together again without human intervention.[21][22][23]

Dean also collaborated with D'Andrea on the work The Table: Childhood, which was included in the Arsenale section of the 2001 Venice Biennale.[2][24][25]

Collections

Dean's work is included in several museum collections, including the National Gallery of Canada[2] and the Vancouver Art Gallery.[26] His piece As Yet Untitled is part of the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.[19]

Awards

In 1997, Dean received the Jean A. Chalmers National Visual Arts Award from the Ontario Arts Council.[27] In 2005, Dean received the Gershon Iskowitz prize from the Art Gallery of Ontario.[5][28] In 2014, he was a recipient of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.[3]

References
  1. Roger Matuz (1997). Contemporary Canadian artists. Gale Canada. ISBN 978-1-896413-46-4.
  2. "Max Dean - National Gallery of Canada". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. "Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". Canada Council. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. "Max Dean: A Year of Waiting". Canadian Art. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. "Artist Max Dean wins Gershon Iskowitz Prize". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. Mark, Lisa Gabrielle. "Button Pusher" (PDF). Canadian Art. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. A. A. Bronson; Peggy Gale (1979). Performance by artists. Art Metropole. ISBN 978-0-920956-00-7.
  8. Donald McGrath; Diana Nemiroff; Michèle Thériault; France Choinière; Colette Tougas; Tim Barnard (April 2005). Point & shoot: performance and photography. Dazibao. ISBN 978-2-922135-26-8.
  9. "Max Dean". Widewalls.ch. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  10. Del Loewenthal (2013). Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age. Routledge. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-0-415-66735-7.
  11. Martha Langford (27 June 2007). Scissors, Paper, Stone: Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-0-7735-7686-5.
  12. Uwe Fleckner; Martin Warnke; Hendrik Ziegler (2011). Handbuch der politischen Ikonographie. C.H.Beck. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-3-406-57765-9.
  13. C International Contemporary Art. C magazine. 1996.
  14. Peter Weiermair; Frankfurter Kunstverein; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (1996). Prospect: photography in contemporary art : Frankfurter Kunstverein, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. Edition Stemmle.
  15. Milroy, Sarah. "We need artists to soldier on". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  16. British Journal of Photography. Henry Greenwood & Company, Limited. 2001.
  17. Lewis, Jacob. "How the Tate Brought a Pioneering Art-Robot Back Online". Gizmodo UK. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  18. Art/text. Art & Text. 1996.
  19. Phillips, Sherry. "Conservation Notes: Rebooting Max Dean's As Yet Untitled". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  20. Sean Cubitt; Paul Thomas (8 November 2013). Relive: Media Art Histories. MIT Press. pp. 259–. ISBN 978-0-262-01942-2.
  21. Ju, Anne. "Raffaello D'Andrea's robotic chair creates stir online, falling apart and reassembling itself". Cornell University News. Cornell University. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  22. Bosco, Roberta. "El robot como experimento estético". El Pais. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  23. Haider, Saba. "Ever Wished For A Chair That Can Re-assemble On Its Own? Wish Granted". Gizmodo India. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  24. David Krasner; David Z. Saltz (11 February 2010). Staging Philosophy: Intersections of Theater, Performance, and Philosophy. University of Michigan Press. pp. 102–. ISBN 0-472-02514-7.
  25. Art Papers. Atlanta Art Papers, Incorporated. 2002.
  26. "Vancouver Art Gallery showcases artworks from the collection in The Poetics of Space" (PDF). Vancouver Art Gallery. Vancouver Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  27. "The Chalmers Awards for Creative Excellence in the Arts". Ontario Arts Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  28. "The Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO". The Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 10 June 2016.


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