Tracey Rose

Tracey Rose ( born 1974 in Durban ) is a South African artist who works with performance, video installations and photography. Rose lives and works in Johannesburg.

Biography

Tracey Rose was born in 1974 in Durban. She studied Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where she graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts. 2001 was Rose " artist in residence " in the South African National Gallery Cape Town; During this time she created among others, the work with which it was represented at the exhibition curated by Harald Szeemann 49th Biennale di Venezia in 2001. In the United States, Rose is represented by the gallery The Project. Rose Vaal Triangle Technikon teaches at the Institute in Vanderbijl Park, and at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Work and working methods

Roses works speak to the dogmatic restrictions, and the weaknesses and deficiencies of institutionalized cultural discourse. In them is consistently their insistence regarding the confrontation with identity politics, especially in relation to the themes of race and gender, significantly.

According to Jan Avgikos makes " the supple reference to the performance art of the 60s and 70s, a large part of the fascination of the work of Tracey Rose in ".

Sue Williamson about the artist: Tracey Rose is no one jumping to issue for any occasion immediately and has become that she has already retired by more than one exhibition project if their circumstances do not appear correctly known. "

Roses work has been shown in many countries of Africa, Europe and the United States.

Her latest solo exhibitions include:

  • " The Cockpit ", MC, Los Angeles, USA (2008)
  • " Plantation Lullabies ", Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa ( 2008)

Group exhibitions in which Rose attended in 2007 include:

  • " El Mirall sud - Africa" ​​, Centre de Cultura Contemporània De Barcelona, Spain
  • "Mouth Open, Teeth Showing: Major Works from the True Collection ," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
  • "Check List Luanda Pop ", African Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale, Italy
  • " Heterotopias ", Thessaloniki Biennale, Greece
  • "Global Feminisms ," The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Works ( selection)

The Thinker, found objects and text, 1996. Small-size reproduction of the sculpture The Thinker by Auguste Rodin, used as a weapon in a family dispute ..

I tensioning and clamping II, 1997. The work was presented at the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale (1997) as part of the exhibition Graft, curated by Colin Richards, and shown at the Biennale in Dakar in 2000.

Ongetiteld ( Untitled ). Video from a surveillance camera and the artist shows how she shaved off all their body hair. The work was created in 1998 as part of the exhibition democracys Images of Bildmuseet Umea, Umea, Sweden.

TKO, 2000.

Ciao Bella, 2001. A created for the 49th Venice Biennale work.

Solo Exhibitions

1999

  • The Project, New York, USA

2000

  • The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • The Project, New York, USA

2002

  • Ciao Bella, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • The Project, New York, USA

2004

  • The Project, New York City, USA
  • The Thieveing ​​Fuck and the Intagalactic Lay, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2007

  • The Project, New York, USA

2008

  • Plantation Lullabies, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • The Cockpit, MC Art, Los Angeles, USA

2009

  • Doual'art raison d' être, Espace, Douala, Cameroon
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