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CANDICE BREITZ
Post Script
9 February-15 June, 2008
Candice Breitz was born in 1972 in Johannesburg.
She lives and works in Berlin. www.candicebreitz.net
Having participated in numerous international exhibitions, Candice Breitz was invited to the Venice Biennale in 2005 and in 2007, was awarded the prestigious international contemporary art prize by the Prince Pierre Foundation of Monaco. In 2005 and 2006, during the exhibitions Theorema, a private collection in Italy, then Figures of the Actor, the paradox of the Actor - an exhibition comprising more than 700 artworks exploring four centuries of the representation of the actor - the Collection Lambert had the opportunity to present Candice Breitz ‘s work and to establish a privileged relationship with the artist.
In 2008 the museum will devote an entire solo exhibition to this major artist. Mother + Father, 2005, but also Becoming, 2003, King (A Portrait of Michael Jackson), 2005, Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon), 2006, Queen (A Portrait of Madonna), 2005 or even the gigantic photographs of the very recent series Monument, 2007 will also populate the splendid rooms of the 18th century hôtel particulier.
“Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon)”, 2006
enregistré à Culture Lab, Newcastle University, Royaume Uni, aout 2006, installation de 25 écrans commandés chacun par un disque dur, 39’ 55’’
vue de l’exposition à la Bawag Foundation, Vienne, Courtesy Jay Jopling / White Cube, Londres, Photographie Alex Fahl
Neon Bible
9 February-18 May, 2008
Kendell Geers, Loris Gréaud, Bethan Huws, Claude Lévêque , Jonathan Monk, Bruce Nauman, David Shrigley
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