Sylvie Blocher (born 1953) is a French artist.[1][2]
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Morschwiller-le-Bas, Alsace[1] |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Video art |
| Website | sylvieblocher |
Blocher is known for her video works that engage local communities.[3] Her long-running project Living Pictures is a series of video portraits that, according to Blocher, attempts to "render speech in images".[4][5]
Solo exhibitions
edit- 1995 Feminin/ Masculin Centre Pompidou, Paris[6]
- 1998 Living Pictures York University Art Gallery, Toronto[7]
- 2007 Living Pictures/Men in Gold San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[8][9]
- 2010 Sylvie Blocher: What is Missing?, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney[10][11]
- 2015 S'inventer Autrement Mudam Luxembourg and Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Seite[12][13]
- 2016 Living Pictures Musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Denis, Saint-Deins, France[14]
Collections
editHer work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[1] the Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes,[15] MUDAM Luxembourg,[16] the Centre Pompidou[17] and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Blocher, Sylvie". collections.mnbaq.org. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
- ^ a b "Blocher, Sylvie". sfmoma.org. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ Lally, Elaine; Ang, Ien; Anderson, Kay (May 12, 2011). The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation. UWA Publishing. ISBN 9781742582870 – via Google Books.
- ^ LeVitte-Harten, Doreet; Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle (May 12, 1999). Heaven. Distributed Art Pub Incorporated. ISBN 9783893229352 – via Google Books.
- ^ Caron, Muriel (April 1, 2003). "Sylvie Blocher : Living Pictures and other Human Voices, vidéos 1992-2002". Critique d'Art. Actualité Internationale de la Littérature Critique Sur l'Art Contemporain (21) – via journals.openedition.org.
- ^ Gill, Carolyn Bailey (2000). Time and the Image. ISBN 9780719058141.
- ^ "A Publication of the AGYU". www.yorku.ca.
- ^ "Camerawork". San Francisco Camerawork, Incorporated. May 12, 2007 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lee, Ellen (February 23, 2007). "Searching their souls -- on camera / Exploring Silicon Valley's definition of success". SFGate.
- ^ "C3West | Sylvie Blocher: What is Missing? | MCA Australia".
- ^ "Sylvie Blocher: What is Missing?". Artlink Magazine.
- ^ "Sylvie Blocher "S'inventer autrement" at Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Se?te •". 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Sylvie Blocher à Sète - Passeuse d'imaginaire". ArtsHebdoMédias. December 21, 2015.
- ^ "Sylvie Blocher, une artiste qui se "coltine" le monde". September 16, 2016 – via www.la-croix.com.
- ^ "Sylvie Blocher, Été 93 ← Acquisitions ← COLLECTION ← IAC — Institut d'art contemporain — Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes".
- ^ "Sylvie Blocher".
- ^ "La passeuse | Centre Pompidou". www.centrepompidou.fr.