- Allan Sekula
Allan Sekula (born Erie, Pennsylvania, 1951) is an American artist, writer, and critic based at The
California Institute of the Arts .Overview
His principal medium is photography, which he employs to create exhibitions, books, and films. His secondary medium is the written word, employing essays and other critical texts in concert with images to create a multi-level critique of contemporary late capitalism. His works make critical contributions on questions of social reality and globalization, and focus on what he describes as "the imaginary and material geographies of the advanced capitalist world" and are the result of extensive research and travel.
Sekula is the recipient of fellowships from the [http://www.gf.org/] Guggenheim Foundation, the [http://www.nea.gov/] NEA, the [http://www.getty.edu/research] Getty Research Institute, the [http://www.daad.de] Deutsche Akademischer Austausdienst and the Atelier Calder.
Allan Sekula was named a 2007 USA Broad Fellow and granted $50,000 byUnited States Artists , an arts advocacy foundation dedicated to the support and promotion of America's top living artists.
Sekula is on the faculty of the Program in Photography and Media at the [http://www.calarts.edu] California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia, California.Exhibitions
2005Aerospace Folktales, Christopher Grimes Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Shipwreck and Workers, STUK Kunstcentrum (Leuven, Belgium)
Shipwreck and Workers, Museum in Progress (Vienna, Austria)2004Titanic’s Wake, Harn Museum (Gainsville, FL)
Prayer for the Americans, Galerie Michel Rein (Paris, France)2003Black Tide / Marea negra, Christopher Grimes Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Allan Sekula,Performance under Working Conditions, Generali Foundation (Vienna, Austria)2002Irrational Exuberance, Christopher Grimes Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Waiting for Tear Gas (white globe to black), Camera Austria (Graz, Austria)2001Galerie Michel Rein (Paris, France)
Dead Letter Office, CEPA Gallery (Buffalo, NY)2000Titanic's Wake, Christopher Grimes Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
Titanic's Wake, C.C.C., Centre de Creation Contemporaine (Tours, France)1999Fish Story, Henry Art Gallery (Seattle)
1998Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels, Belgium)
Musee des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle (Calais, France)
Galerie Michel Rein (Paris, France)1996Museum Boymans van Beuningen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)1993University Art Museum (Berkeley, CA)
1991Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, Canada)
Books
Performance under Working Conditions (2003)
Titanic's wake (2003)
Seemannsgarn (2002)
Fish Story (1995)
Photography against the Grain: Essays and Photo Works 1973–1983 (1984)Films
[http://www.thequietintheland.com/laos/project_sekula.html] A Short Film for Laos (2006)
External links
* [http://www.cgrimes.com/artist/index.html] Allan Sekula at Christopher Grimes Gallery
* [http://www.wdw.nl/project.php?id=95] Allan Sekula - Fish Story at the Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art
* [http://www.mip.at/en/werke/640.html] Allan Sekula - Shipwreck and Workers at Museum in Progress
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/13274] Allan Sekula on ArtFacts.net
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