Candice Breitz

The artist Candice Breitz ( b. 1972 in Johannesburg) is originally from South Africa. She lives in Berlin and teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Braunschweig. In their photo and video work explores the role of media in the development of individuals or groups.

Life

Candice Breitz spent her childhood in Johannesburg. She studied in South Africa and the USA, art history, she worked for several years in New York. Since 2003 she lives and works in Berlin. In 2007 she won the international prize for contemporary art at the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco.

Exhibitions (selection)

2005 Candice Breitz 's breakthrough at the Venice Biennale with her ​​video installation Mother Father. At twelve screens are six male and female Hollywood actors from the film context dissolved and to be seen against a black background. The result is a conversation between mothers and fathers on parenting.

On 28 November 2008, the Temporary Kunsthalle Berlin opened with a two-part exhibition by Candice Breitz. Inner Outer Space is the title of the exhibition. In the first part she showed Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon ), 2006, King ( A Portrait of Michael Jackson ), 2005 and Queen ( A Portrait of Madonna ), 2005. For all three works, the artist was looking for the most authentic fans, were ready to show off a full album of the artist in front of the camera on their own special way. How big is the influence of pop music on the lives of the recipients? The fans as the most intense recipients are a part of the study to address this question. In the second part of the exhibition this remains with the work of Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon ) was obtained, plus Father, 2005, and Him, from 1968 to 2008, a new work by the artist. Removed from the context of movie roles, the actor Jack Nicholson is in dialogue with itself

• 2010: The Scripted Life, Kunsthaus Bregenz

Exhibition catalogs

• Tannert: Candice Breitz: Alien ( Ten Songs from Beyond ). Museum Folkwang in the RWE Tower, Essen, 2002.
• Suzanne Cotter: Candice Breitz: Re - Animations. Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, 2003.
• Marcella Beccaria: Candice Breitz. Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli - Torino 2005.
• Sabine Himmelsbach, Paula von Sydow: Candice Breitz: Mother. Revolver Archive for Contemporary Art, Frankfurt 2005.
• Louise Neri: Candice Breitz. White Cube, London 2005 ( edited by Jay Jopling / White Cube, Francesca Kaufmann and Sonnabend Gallery ).
• Christine Kintisch: Candice Breitz: Working Class Hero. BAWAG Foundation, Vienna 2006.
• Christy Lange ( Interview ): Candice Breitz. Kukje Gallery, Seoul 2006.
• Artemis Potamianou: Candice Breitz. Hellenic American Union, Athens, 2006.
• Octavio Zaya: Candice Breitz: Multiple Exposure. (Barcelona Leon: ACTAR MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, 2007).
• Jennifer Allen: Candice Breitz / Inner Outer Space. Temporary Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, 2008.
• Michael Juul Holm: Candice Breitz: Louisiana Contemporary. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek 2008.