Beryl Korot

Beryl Korot ( born September 17, 1945 in New York City ) is a U.S. American painter and video artist.

Life and work

Korot was born 1945 in New York. In 1976, she married Steve Reich and had a son. She lives in Vermont and New York City.

As a video artist, she turned in the early 70s from installations of several CRT monitors. Also, several screens were assembled into a surface. Her early works include Dachau (1974 ) and Text and Commentary (1977).

In the 80 years she concentrated on her painting, which is based on an invented language. Weaving and video are for them related techniques and most of the paintings from this period are executed on handgewobenem linen or traditional canvas to paint on.

With composer Steve Reich, she realized so far two video operas " The Cave" (1993) and " Three Tales " (2002), in Bonn (1997), Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Berlin and London were listed.

Exhibitions

  • 2011 The Aldrich Contemporary Art
  • 2009 Museum of Contemporary Art (Karlsruhe ), Karlsruhe
  • 2006 Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
  • 2002 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • 1990 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
  • 1977 Documenta 6 in Kassel
  • 1976 Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf

Awards

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