Barbara Kasten
Barbara Kasten | |
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Scene III, 2012 | |
Born |
1936 Chicago, IL |
Nationality | American |
Education | California College of Arts and Crafts |
Known for | Conceptual Art |
Movement | Contemporary Art |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship; National Endowment of the Arts Grant; Fulbright Hays Fellowship; Distinguished College Artist, Columbia College Chicago |
Barbara Kasten (born 1936) is an American artist. Kasten trained as a painter and textile artist[1] at the University of Arizona (BFA) and the California College of Arts & Crafts (MFA). She was influenced by the Bauhaus movement and László Moholy-Nagy.[2] After school, she turned to photography to encompass her interdisciplinary work. Working for over 40 years, she often is inspired by the act of recording a three-dimensional space onto a two-dimensional plane.[3][4] She often uses mirrors, lights, and props for conceptually-based pieces.[5] As she continues her practice, her work has continued to pure abstraction.[6]
She has exhibited worldwide and is a sought after lecturer[7] and has had many commissions and residencies, including a Capp Street Residency.[8] She has taught and influenced many photographers and artists and holds the position of Distinguished College Artist at Columbia College Chicago. She has won many awards, notably the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.[9]
In 2015, Kasten was given the first career survey of her work, entitled "Barbara Kasten: Stages" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.[10] It traveled to the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts where it was presented in conjunction with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Monographs
- "Barbara Kasten: Stages", JRP|Ringier, Zurich, essays by Alex Kitnick, Alex Klein, Jenni Sorkin (2015) (ISBN 9783037644102)
- “Barbara Kasten: Works 1986-1990”, RAM, Tokyo, Japan, essays by Deborah Irmas, Meg Perlman, Michele Druon (1991) (ISBN 096307850X)
- “Constructs: Barbara Kasten”, New York Graphic Society and The Polaroid Corporation, essay by Estelle Jussim (1985) (ISBN 0821215833)
Select Public Collections
- Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois[11]
- American Art Museum, Smithsonian, Washington DC
- Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
- Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
- International Center of Photography, New York, New York
- International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester,NY
- J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California[12]
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
- TATE Modern, London, UK
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
- New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico[13]
Select Solo Exhibitions
- "Barbara Kasten: Stages", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2015)
- “Experimental Work from 1970”, Pacific Standard Time, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica (2011)
- “Ineluctable”, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago (2011)
- Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago (2007)
- Yancey Richardson Gallery. NY (2006) (1998)
- Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania (1995)
- International Center of Photography Midtown, New York, New York (1989)
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1982)
- Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York (1976)
References
- ↑ http://frieze-magazin.de/archiv/kritik/barbara-kasten/?lang=en
- ↑ Irvin, Nick (2012-07-27). "Reality at the Core: Q+A with Barbara Kasten - Interviews - Art in America". Artinamericamagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ↑ "Frieze Interview". Barbara Kasten. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ↑ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/12/barbara-kasten-at-gallery-luissoti.html
- ↑ http://www.20x24studio.com/?page_id=1724
- ↑ http://art.newcity.com/2011/09/27/eye-exam-concrete-light/
- ↑ http://www.aperture.org/event/artist-talk-barbara-kasten/
- ↑ http://www.anthonymeierfinearts.com/exhibitions/2003-07-11_legacy-a-benefit-exhibition-of-works-by-capp-street-project-alumnae/press-release[]
- ↑ Guggenheim Fellowship "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ↑ . Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia http://icaphila.org/exhibitions/6474/barbara-kasten-stages. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Rice,+Barbara+Kasten
- ↑ http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3011
- ↑ "Searchable Art Museum". New Mexico Museum of Art. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- Barbara Kasten and Justin Beal The New Yorker Art
- Rexer, Lyle, and Lesley A. Martin. The edge of vision: the rise of abstraction in photography. Aperture, 2009.
- Maul, Tim. "What Is a Photograph?." Afterimage 41.6 (2014): 22.
- Robertson, Rebecca. "Building Pictures." Art News, March (2011).
- Solomon-Godeau, Abigail. "Living with contradictions: critical practices in the age of supply-side aesthetics." Visual Culture: The Reader, London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage (1999): 224-43.
- Riches, Harriet. "Projecting Touch: Francesca Woodman's Late “Blueprints”." Photographies 5.2 (2012): 135-157.
- Adamson, Glenn. "The Fiber Game." Textile: the Journal of Cloth and Culture 5.2 (2007): 154-176.
External links
- Barbara Kasten website
- Bortolami Gallery: NY representation
- Gallery Luisotti: LA representation
- 2015 Bomb Magazine interview of Barbara Kasten by Leslie Hewitt