Artist: John Piper (1903 - 1992)
Nationality: British
Movement: Neo-Romanticism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
John Piper began painting after the death of his father in 1926, training at the Royal College of Art and producing abstract work. He joined the London Group and the Seven and Five Society in the mid-1930’s and worked on the avant-garde journal, Axis. Later in his career, Piper began to focus on the English landscapes and architecture. He became a war artist and chronicled images of destroyed buildings. Piper expanded his interests later in his life, creating stained-glass windows, stage sets, and a tapestry for the Chichester Cathedral.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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John Dixon Batten The Piper, third plate from the portfolio Sketches Made on the Lithography Night 14 April 1905 by Member s of the Art Workers Guild, Clifford Inn Hall and Published for the Benefit of the Chest Lithograph 1905
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Artist: Wassily Kandinsky and R. Piper & Co. Title: Uber das Geistige in der Kunst
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Artist: Wassily Kandinsky and R. Piper and Co. Title: Klänge Date: 1913 Medium: book with
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John Piper - Cheltenham Fantasia 1939 pencil, indian ink, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum British
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Henry Chawner Shenton The Blind Piper etching 19th century
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Norman Lindsay Moonlights Piper Aquatint and etching 1925
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John Piper - Ruined Cottage, Llanthony, Wales 1939-1940 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Franz Marc "Pferde (horses)" from the book Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) (Munich: R. Piper Co., 1912) Watercolor 1912
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Paul Klee Seiltanzer (Tightrope Walker) from Kunst der Gegenwart (Contemporary Art) (Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1923) color lithograph 1923
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Couple Following a Piper Embroidered Picture United States (New England) United States, New England, mid
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on pag 38 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Bertha Lum Pied Piper Color woodcut 1921
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 41 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 39 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 29 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 6 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 5 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 47 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 31 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 4 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 44 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 35 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 37 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 40 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 36 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 32 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 33 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 42 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 34 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 7 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 17 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Frontispiece (May Day Dance) in the bookThe Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 18 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 20 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 21 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 23 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 25 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 26 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 27 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 16 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 15 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 12 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 8 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 9 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 30 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 28 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 10 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Kate Greenaway The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) book with 38 color wood engravings including the frontispiece 1888
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Kate Greenaway Illustration on page 11 in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Bertha Lum Pied Piper Color woodcut 1921
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Kate Greenaway Title page vignette in the book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (London and New York: Frederick Warne, [1888]) color wood engraving 1888
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Rose Piper - Slow Down Freight Train 1946-47 oil on canvas Ackland Art Museum American
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Shepherdess and Piper Embroidered picture Massachusetts, (Boston), about 1745 Linen plain weave embroidered with wool
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Varney Masalay Hat raffia and dye circa 1950 - 1960
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Varney Masalay Hat with Pin raffia, dye, and metal circa 1950 - 1960
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Embroidered by Mary Fleet, Massachusetts (Boston), 1729-1796 Shepherdess and piper Embroidered picture Massachusetts, (Boston), about
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John Steuart Curry - John Brown 1938 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center American
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John Vanderlyn - John Sudam 1829-1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Wollaston - John Stevens c. 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Gray 1766 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Greene c. 1769 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. John Greene 1769 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Durand - Mrs. John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Frazee - John Marshall 1834-35 marble Boston Athenaeum American
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John Smibert - Mrs. John Pitts 1735 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Durand - John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Hoppner - John Granville 1790-95 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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John Johnston - John Peck c. 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Sartain Portrait of John A. Sutter mezzotint 1850
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. 1790 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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John Sartain John Calvin 19th century
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John Singleton Copley - Portrait of John Scollay 1764 black and white chal Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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John R. Johnston - Mrs. John R. Johnston before 1857 salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John B. Neagle William Helmuth (or John Henry Helmuth) oil on canvas 1834
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John Singleton Copley - The Honorable John Erving c. 1774 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art American
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Portrait of a Man, Said to Be John Durham, ca. 1790 John Barry (British, active
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Artist: artist unknown Title: Tapestry Fragment of Virgin and St. John Date: about 1520 -
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Artist: artist unknown Title: Standing Figure with Panpipes Date: late 19th century Medium: wood, shell,
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John Wesley Jarvis - Commodore John Rodgers c. 1814 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Colonel John Montresor c. 1771 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Dixon An Incantation Mezzotint 1773
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John Smibert John Nelson oil on canvas 1732
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John Smith Sir John Percival Bart Mezzotint 1704
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John Smith John Duke of Marlborough Mezzotint 1705
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John Hall King John, Act IV, Scene I 18th century
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John Trumbull - John Trumbull 1793 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John R. Johnston - John R. Johnston with Painting late 1850's salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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H.B. (John Doyle) John Wilkes 18th - 19th century
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John Kay John Campbell of Blythewood Etching 1784
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Wilson The Elephant and the Bookseller, opposite page 45 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), Vol. 1 Engraving 1793
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W. Grainger The Baboon and the Poultry, opposite page 17 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), vol. 2 Engraving 1793
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John Smith John Lambert the Elder, (after same) mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John Neagle - The Reverend John Albert Ryan 1825-1829 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Faber the Younger St. John, Apostle and Evangelist mezzotint 1754
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John Covert - John Covert's Father In His Pharmacy c. 1906 oil on cavnas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Gilbert Stuart - John Jay 1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Alice Neel - John 1980 lithograph on paper The Art Gallery University of Maryland
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John Stuart Curry John Brown Lithograph 1939
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William Strang John Bunyan, frontispiece portrait and first plate in the book The Pilgrim*s Progress by John Bunyan (London: John C. Nimmo, 1895) etching 1885
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John Neagle - Amy Taylor Dickson (Mrs. John Dickson) c. 1835 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (19)
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Museum of Contemporary Art, LA: MEDI(t)Ations: Adrian Piper’s Videos, Installations, Performances, and Soundworks 1968-1992
Also included in the exhibition are video and audio interviews with the artist. The exhibition is organized by independent curator Dara Meyers-Kingsley and is accompanied by an illustr...
newmuseum: Adrian Piper: A Retrospective, 1965 - 2000 and MEDI(t)Ations
MEDI(t)Ations, organized by independent curator Dara Meyers-Kingsley and distributed by Video Data Bank Chicago, compiles Piper's numerous works in video ...
Andy Warhol Museum: Adrian Piper
The Warhol will have the opportunity to present a traveling retrospective of Piper's work ...
Sherborne House and Gallery Holt: John Piper: A Versatile Artist
It is fitting that Sherborne House, which plans to become a major centre for culture and the visual arts in the region, should bring this important artist to the South West. Sherborne House is further delighted to offer three prints by John ...
Renishaw Hall: John Piper: England in the Mid Twentieth Century
John Piper was born in 1903, bought up and educated at Epsom, then a quiet country town, and the third son of a solicitor, who commuted daily to his office in Westminster. Charles Piper sympathised with his youngest son’s interest in the English...
Changing Room: Rings of Saturn: Maurice Doherty, Mick Peter, Owen Piper, David Sherry
Maurice Doherty takes a minimalist approach to art making, using simple visual devices to engage the viewer in his video and photographic works. ŒI like to present something that is essentially simplistic, but which potentially emanates into the m...
New Museum of Contemporary Art: Keith Piper: Relocating the Remains
The fluid, open-ended nature of Relocating the Remains reflects an underlying philosophical concern in Piper's art. For him, the shifting borders of video- and computer-based art permit ...
Witte de With Center for Contemportary Art: Occupying Space: Works from the Generali Foundation Collection
Photography, film, video, and installations are amply represented in the collection - the Generali Foundation has in fact been a pioneer in collecting policy involving these media. It holds the largest European collection of videos by artists. Ano...
neues Kunstmuseum Luzern: Body as Byte
Furthermore, they realize how problematic the reduction of the body to pure information would be. Therefore, they suggest a critique and discovery of simple Expectations and steadfast portray the embodiment in Real Life. Included in the exhibiti...
londonprintstudio: View and Review: Book Works 2000
Book Works have been commissioned new work in collaboration with artists and writers since 1984; publishing and producing books, multiples, CD-Roms, and internet/new media projects with a playlist of artists which includes Jemery Deller,
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center: What Business Are You In?
Artists’ relationships with the corporate and academic worlds are complex and often contradictory. Far from the myth of the romantic outsider, most artists depend on the support of institutions and corporations, much as they did on the aristocracy...
Tullie House Museum and Art Services: Stranger than Fiction: Photographs, Video and Film by Artists Living in Britian
Jananne Al-Ani explores Western perceptions of women in the Middle East; Zineb Sedira's triptych of life sized veiled figures confounds common prejudices about veiled women. The self is a readily available subject for art investigating identity...
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College: Inaugural Exhibtion: S.O.S. - Scenes of Sounds
Inventions such as the telephone, tape recorder, loudspeaker, radio, Walkman, compact disk, internet radio, and computer-synthesized speech have produced dra...
Thomas Erben Gallery: Helena Almeida: Pintura Habitada and Other Works, 1975 to Present
“Pintura Habitada” (Inhabited Painting), a series of photographic portraits from 1975, depicts the artist half-length and from behind, holding a paintbrush, her face and figure reflected in a mirror larger than the photo...
House of World Cultures: Black Atlantic: Global Development of Art and on Popular Trends
The programme presents art forms that arose from a half-remembered history of transport, slavery and racism, and out of an intense debate on traumas, prohibitions and exclusion. Together they form a patchwork of counter-history and counter-histori...
Museum of Modern Art: Rober Storr Promoted to Senior Curator at the MOMA
The title of Senior Curator indicates exceptional merit, and is among the highest distinctions this Museum can offer, remarked Mr. Lowry. This promotion recognizes Robert Storrs tremendous contributions, both as an exhibition organizer, a...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: New Work: Wangechi Mutu
The urgency of her work speaks to art’s most powerful function: to show us the world through the highly subjective and personal lens of the artist. Particularly interested in myths about gender and ethnicity that have long circulated in Africa and...
Vancouver Art Gallery: Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo: Places of Their Own
The Vancouver Art Gallery retains one of the most significant Emily Carr collections in the world and is justifiably proud to present this outstanding exhibition. Comprising 56 paintings, the exhibition was inspired by Dr. Sharyn Udall's book of t...
Shanghai Art Museum: Shanghai 5 Biennale: Techniques of the Visible
By bringing together the work of more than 120 artists from Asia, Africa, North America, Latin America and Europe, the curators have worked towards a diversity of approaches to technology, revealed both through the number of artist projects exhibi...

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