Luis Camnitzer

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Luis Camnitzer
Born (1937-11-06) November 6, 1937 (age 86)
Lübeck, Germany
NationalityUruguayan
MovementConceptual art
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(m. 1965; div. 1979)​
Selby Hickey
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(m. 1979)​

Luis Camnitzer (born November 6, 1937) is a

institutional critique, and social justice.[1]

Early life and education

Luis Camnitzer was born in

Akademie der Bildenden Künste München[2] At the Akademie, Camnitzer was mentored by sculptor Heinrich Kirchner.[citation needed
]

Career and Practice

In 1960 Camnitzer held his first solo exhibition at the Centro de Artes y Letras Montevideo

Museo Reina Sofia
.

Themes

Since the 1960s, Camnitzer has focused on political subjects including identity, language, freedom, ethics, and historical tragedy.[3]: 48  As Jane Farver discusses, "conceptual in nature, [Camnitzer's] work is powerful and evocative; it is often humorous, and sometimes deeply disturbing. Always, he challenges and implicates the viewer" [6]

Personal life

Camnitzer is a Uruguayan citizen.

SUNY Old Westbury, where he is currently professor emeritus.[1] Camnitzer has written several books, including New Art of Cuba (1994) and Conceptualism in Latin American Art: Didactics of Liberation (2007). He is represented by Alexander Gray Associates.[7]

Representation in public collections

  • ARCO Corporation, New York, NY
  • Biblioteca Communale, Milan, Italy
  • Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
  • Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX
  • Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the Uffizzi, Florence, Italy
  • Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
  • Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
  • Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
  • Colección Patrica Phelps de Cisneros, Caracas, Venezuela/New York, NY
  • Daros-Latinaamerica, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain de Lorraine, France
  • Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
  • J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
  • Library of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Malmö Stad, Sweden
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
  • Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Colombia
  • Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica
  • Museo de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Museo de Gráfica y Dibujo Latinoamericano, Roldanillo, Colombia
  • El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
  • Museo del Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
  • Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
  • Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
  • Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidad de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Museum Lodz, Łódź, Poland
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, Fredrikstad, Norway
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  • Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
  • National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq
  • The New York Public Library, New York, NY
  • Queens Museum, New York, NY
  • São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
  • Snite Museum, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
  • Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
  • Yeshiva University, New York, NY

Awards and recognition

  • 2014 Premio Anuale de Literature 2014, Ensayo de Arte, Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay
  • 2012 United States Artists Ford Fellow, Visual Arts John Jones Art on Paper Award, Art Dubai: Skowhegan Medal for Conceptual & Interdisciplinary Practices
  • 2011 Frank Jewett Mather Award, College Art Association
  • 2002 Konex Mercosur Award for Uruguay
  • 1998 Latin American Art Critic of the Year Award, Argentine Association of Art Critics
  • 1996 First Prize, ES96, Tijuana Salón Internacional de Estandartes
  • 1991 Art Matters Foundation
  • 1982 Guggenheim Fellowship for Visual Art
  • 1978 Creative Arts Program Services for Sculpture
  • 1974 Prize, British International Print Biennial
  • 1970 Prize, Biennial de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 1968 Purchase Prize, Museum of Trenton, New Jersey
  • 1965 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
  • 1961 Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Printmaking

References

  1. ^ a b "Luis Camnitzer - Artists - Alexander Gray Associates".
  2. ^ a b "The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation".
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780313315442
    . Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  4. ^ "Luis Camnitzer bio". The New York Graphic Workshop: 1964-1970. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  5. ^ "Luis Camnitzer: The Mediocrity of Beauty, February 19–March 28, 2015". alexandergray.com. 2015.
  6. ^ Jane Farver, Luis Camnitzer: Retrospective Exhibition 1966-1990 (New York: Lehman College Art Gallery, 1992), p. 3.
  7. ^ Alexander Gray Associates artist page

External links

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