Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin

Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin are artists living and working in London.^[1] Adam Broomberg was born in 1970, in Johannesburg, South Africa and Oliver Chanarin was born in 1971, in London, United Kingdom.^[2]

Together they have had numerous international exhibitions. Their work is represented in major public and private collections. They were awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for their book War Primer 2,^[3] described as a "book that physically inhabits the pages of Bertolt Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer."^[4] They were awarded the International Center of Photography Infinity Award^[5] for their publication, Holy Bible.^[6]

Broomberg & Chanarin founded the imprint Chopped Liver Press to publish and sell their own books as well as those by other artists.^[7][8]

Publications

• Trust. London: Westzone, 2000.
• Ghetto. London: Trolley, 2003.
• Mr Mkhize's Portrait. London: Trolley, 2004. ISBN 1904563317.
• Chicago. SteidlMACK, 2006.
• Fig. Göttingen: Steidl; Brighton: Photoworks, 2007. ISBN 978-3865214751.
• The Red House. Göttingen: Steidl, 2007.
• People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground. London: Mack, 2011. ISBN 978-1907946042.
• War Primer 2. London: Mack, 2011. ISBN 978-1907946158.
• SPBH Book Club Vol 1. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2012.
• Holy Bible. London: Mack; AMC, 2013. ISBN 978-1907946417.
• Scarti. London: Trolley, 2013. ISBN 978-1907112461.
• Dodo. Mexico City: Editorial RM / JUMEX, 2014. ISBN 978-8415118923.
• Humans and Other Animals. London: Tate Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1849763677
• Spirit is a Bone. London: Mack, 2015. ISBN 9781910164181.

Awards

• 2004: Vic Odden Award, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England.^[9]
• 2013: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London,^[10] for War Primer 2
• 2014: Infinity Award, International Center of Photography, New York.^[5]

Exhibitions

• British Art Show 8, Leeds; Edinburgh; Norwich; Southampton.^[11]
• "Rudiments", Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.^[12]
• "Rudiments", Lisson Gallery, London.^[13]
• Conflict, Time, Photography, Tate Modern, London, November 2014 – March 2015;^[14] Museum Folkwang, Essen, 10 April – 5 July 2015.^[15]
• To Photograph the Details of a Dark Horse in Low Light, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[16]
• Shanghai Biennale 2014, Shanghai.^[17]
• Cross Section of a Revolution, Lisson Gallery, London.^[18]
• New Photography 2013, Museum of Modern Art, New York.^[19]
• Tate galleries, London.^[20]
• Apexart, New York.^[21]
• Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Jeolla province, South Korea.^[22]
• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[23]
• International Center of Photography, New York.
• Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin.^[24]
• The Photographers' Gallery, London.^[25]
• Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar.^[26]
• Dodo, Colección Júmex, Mexico City.^[27]
• Divine Violence, Mostyn, Llandudno, north Wales, July–November 2014, included Broomberg & Chanarin's Afterlife.^[28]

Collections

• Tate Modern, London.
• Museum of Modern Art, New York.
• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
• Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• International Center of Photography, New York.
• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

References

1. "Bio : Broomberg & Chanarin". Choppedliver.info. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
2. "Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin - Artist's Profile". Saatchigallery.com. 1996-09-27. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
3. Sean O'Hagan. "Deutsche Börse photography prize 2013 won by Broomberg and Chanarin | Art and design". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
4. Vincent, Alice (2013-06-10). "Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin win the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013". London: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
5. "Infinity Awards | International Center of Photography". Icp.org. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
6. "MACK - Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin - Holy Bible". Mack. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
7. "ABOUT". choppedliverpress. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014.
8. Jeffrey Ladd (2013-06-06). "The Holy Bible, Appropriated: An Illustrated Scripture by Broomberg and Chanarin - TIME". Lightbox.time.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
9. "Vic Odden Award". Rps.org. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
10. "DB 2013 Winner | DBPP 2013 | The Photographers' Gallery". The Photographers' Gallery. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
11. "Artists announced for British Art Show 8 « a-n The Artists Information Company". A-n.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
12. "Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski". Csw.art.pl. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
13. "Broomberg & Chanarin: Rudiments | Exhibitions". Lisson Gallery. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
14. "Conflict, Time, Photography". Tate Modern. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
15. "Conflict, Time, Photography". Museum Folkwang. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
16. "Broomberg & Chanarin - To Photograph the Details of a Dark Horse in Low Light". Foam. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015.
17. "The 10th Shanghai Biennale | Exhibition". Power Station of Art. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
18. "Cross Section of a Revolution | Exhibitions". Lisson Gallery. 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
19. "New Photography 2013". MoMA. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
20. "Ruin Lust". Tate. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
21. "Death of a Cameraman :: Martin Waldmeier". apexart. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
22. "Gwangju Biennale Foundation". Gwangjubiennale.org. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
23. "facts, fictions and stories - two projects by broomberg & chanarin - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam". Stedelijk.nl. 2006-11-09. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
24. "Seeing is believing – Programm - KW Institute for Contemporary Art". Kw-berlin.de. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
25. "Deutsche Börse Prize 2013 | The Photographers' Gallery". Thephotographersgallery.org.uk. 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
26. "Tea with Nefertiti". Mathaf. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
27. Javier Rivero. "Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo". Fundacionjumex.org. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
28. "Broomberg and Chanarin : Divine Violence". Artes Mundi. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

External links

• Official website
• 2015 Interview with Chris Dercon in 032c Magazine
• 2015 Interview with Magali Genuite in "DOUBLE" Magazine
• 2014 Interview with Adam Carr in Mousse Magazine
• 2014 Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin for frieze Magazine
• 2014 Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin for Tate Etc. Magazine
• 2014 Interview with Sabine Mirlesse in Bomb Magazine