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Cameron Platter 
Summary
Cameron Platter (born 1978) is a South African contemporary visual artist.
Cameron Platter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Website | cameronplatter |
Work edit
His work has been described as "unorthodox",[1] "the delinquent love child of Quentin Tarantino and Dr Seuss"[2] and where "the bizarreness of everyday life comes together in an expression unashamedly unforgiving, yet deeply observant".[3]
Examples are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York;[4][5][6] the FRAC des Pays de la Loire in France; the Iziko South African National Gallery; the Margulies Collection in Miami, Florida; the Zeitz Collection in South Africa; and the New Church Collection in South Africa.[7]
Exhibitions edit
Exhibitions include:
- U-saved-me,[8] Depart Foundation, Los Angeles (2016)
- Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa,[9][10] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (2017)
- Imaginary Fact, Contemporary South African Art and the Archive,[10][11] 55th Venice Biennale (2013)
- De Leur Temps,[12] Musee des Beaux-arts de Nantes (2013)
- Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now,[4][13][5] Museum of Modern Art, New York (2011)
- Les Rencontres Internationales, Palais de Tokyo (2014) and the Centre Georges Pompidou (2010), Paris;[14] Le Biennale de Dakar 2010, Dakar, Senegal
- Coca- Colonization, Marte Museum, El Salvador;[15][16]
- Absent Heroes and Brave New World... 20 Years of Democracy, Iziko South African National Gallery.[17]
References edit
- ^ ""Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now" - artforum.com / critics' picks". artforum.com. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "A R T T H R O B _ R E V I E W S _ C A P E". www.artthrob.co.za. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Everyday but far from the obvious". The M&G Online. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b "MoMA | Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now". www.moma.org. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b "The Power of Happiness: Cameron Platter's Impressions from South Africa". www.moma.org. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Fang, Alexander (25 April 2011). "Spotlight: Cameron Platter in Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now". Inside Out. MoMA. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "The New Church Museum". thenewchurch.co. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Projects | > Depart Foundation". www.departfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Venice Biennale 2013: An imperfect past ?and its impact on the present". The M&G Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b "YBCA". www.ybca.org. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "South African artists announced for participation in Venice Biennale". Art South Africa. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes: Expositions à venir". www.museedesbeauxarts.nantes.fr. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "MoMA | Category: Impressions from South Africa". www.moma.org. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "| LES RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES | new cinema and contemporary art |". www.art-action.org. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Coca-colonized". MARTE-C. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "May 2011: Coca-Colonized at the Museum of Art (MARTE Museum) in San Salvador El Salvador | Claire Breukel". clairebreukel.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Event View - Calendar – Iziko Museums". www.iziko.org.za. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
External links edit
- http://cameronplatter.com/