Bruce Conner

Bruce Conner ( born November 18, 1933, McPherson, Kansas, USA, † July 7, 2008 in San Francisco) was an American avant-garde artists. He was considered an American film pioneer.

Life

Bruce Conner studied 1951/1952 at the Wichita State University and received his bachelor's degree in 1956 from the University of Nebraska. He then studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the University of Colorado, where he met his future wife, the artist Jean Sandstedt. He became internationally known for his avant-garde sculptures from nylons, furniture parts, broken dolls, and other garbage of prosperity in the expiring 1950s. In 1958 he showed his " A Movie ", an experimental film from found footage, which attained cult status and precursor for today's video clip was. This was followed by films such as "Cosmic Ray" (1961 ), "Report" (1967 ), "Crossroads" (1976) and nearly twenty more.

Conner counted alongside Stan Brakhage, Ken Jacobs, Jonas Mekas and Andy Warhol to the stars of the underground film scene of the late 1950s and 1960s. In 1988 he was awarded the " Maya Deren Independent Film and Video Artists Award " from the American Film Institute.

Exhibitions

• 2011: Bruce Conner, Kunsthalle Wien
• 2011: Bruce Conner, Kunsthalle Zurich