Andrea Robbins and Max Becher
Andrea Robbins and Max Becher | |
|---|---|
| Education | Andrea Robbins Cooper Union School of Art Rutgers University |
| Occupation | Artist duo |
| Known for | Photography Video art |
| Movement | Contemporary art Conceptual art |
Andrea Robbins (born 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts) and Max Becher (born 1964 in Düsseldorf) are U.S.-based visual artists. They have worked collaboratively since they met at the Cooper Union in New York in 1984. They married in 1988.
Education
Andrea Robbins received her BFA from the
Cooper Union School of Art and then attended Hunter College School of Art, both in New York City. Max Becher received his BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art, and his MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University
.
Work
Robbins and Becher employ photography, video and other digital media to document what they term "the transportation of place," situations in which one place or culture strongly resembles another distant one. Their conception of place often includes such notions as location in time, positions of ideology and cultural identity. Past subjects of their work have included German colonial towns in
African American cowboys
.
Exhibitions and reviews
The work of Robbins and Becher has been exhibited and collected by art museums such as the
, and many others.Books
- "Portraits,"ISBN 978-1-890761-11-0
- "The Transportation of Place,"ISBN 978-1-59711-010-5
- "Brooklyn Abroad." with essays by Nora Alter and Rupert Pfab, May 2006. Publisher Sonnabend Gallery and Museum Kunstpalast.
- "Contact sheet 98: Andrea Robbins and Max Becher: German Indians and Bavarian by Law,"ISSN 1064-640X
- "Andrea Robbins and Max Becher,"[15] with essays by Benjamin Buchloh, Catherine de Zegher, Everlyn Nicodemus, and Luc Lang, 1994. Publisher: Kanaal Art Foundation, Kortrijk and de Vleeshal, Middleburg, The Netherlands ASIN: B001QC688Y
Residencies and awards
- Artist-in-Residence, The Altos de Chavón Cultural Center Foundation, La Romana, Dominican Republic (affiliated with Parsons School of Design, New York) summer 1999
- Grant Recipient Artists-in-Residence, Light Work Foundation,[16] winter 1995
- Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Award,[17] 2005
- Cooper Union President's Citation for Art,[18] 2011
References
- ^ The New York Times "The Guggenheim Sounds the Alarm: It Ain't Necessarily So" Accessed July 10, 2011
- ^ The Whitney Museum."The American Effect" Accessed July 9, 2011
- ^ The Jewish Museum, New York. The Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography" Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 11, 2011
- ^ Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago."Andrea Robbins & Max Becher: The Transportation of Place" Archived September 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 9, 2011
- ^ Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, List of artists from the MACBA collection
- ^ galerienvirtuell.de, "Künstlerpaar Andrea Robbins und Max Becher in Köln und Düsseldorf" Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 10, 2011
- ^ Artforum,"Andrea Robbins & Max Becher - art exhibit at the Basilico Fine Arts, New York" Accessed July 4, 2011
- ^ Blind Spot Magazine Issue 6."Andrea Robbins & Max Becher:The Oregon Vortex" Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 10, 2011
- ^ New York Times."ART IN REVIEW; Andrea Robbins and Max Becher Accessed July 4, 2011.
- ^ The Washington Post."Illustrating That Looks Aren't Everything" Accessed July 5, 2011
- ^ Frankurter Allgemeine."Einmal Indianerhäuptling sein." Catrin Lorch, 2005
- ^ University of Maryland Baltimore County, "Portraits" Accessed July 4, 2011.
- ^ Aperture Press, "The Transportation of Place" Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 4, 2011.
- ^ Light Work, "Contact sheet 98: Andrea Robbins and Max Becher: German Indians and Bavarian by Law" Archived March 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 9, 2011
- ^ Kanaal Art Foundation and de Vleeshal, "Andrea Robbins and Max Becher" Archived October 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 10, 2011
- ^ Light Work Foundation, "Light Work Chronology" Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 10, 2011
- ^ Photographic Resource Center at Boston University "Godowsky Award Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 10, 2011
- ^ Cooper Union President's Citation for Ar, "PRESIDENT'S CITATION: ART" Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 9, 2011
