Candice Breitz
Candice Breitz (born 1972)[1] is a South African white Jewish artist who works primarily in video and photography.[2][3] She won a 2007 Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize.[4] Her work is often characterized by multi-channel moving image installations, with a focus on the "attention economy" of contemporary media and culture,[5] often represented in the parallelism of the identification with fictional characters and celebrity figures and widespread indifference to global issues.[6] In 2017, she was selected to represent South Africa at the 57th Venice Biennale.[7] Early life and educationBreitz was born in Johannesburg.[1] She holds degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University.[8] WorkBreitz uses found video footage, appropriating video from popular culture.[9] She is represented by KOW (Berlin), Kaufmann Repetto (Milan / NYC) and the Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg / Cape Town / London).[citation needed] Breitz's 2016 seven-channel installation, Love Story, shares the personal narratives of six individuals who have fled their countries in response to a range of oppressive conditions: Sarah Ezzat Mardini, who escaped war-torn Syria; José Maria João, a former child soldier from Angola; Mamy Maloba Langa, a survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Shabeena Francis Saveri, a transgender activist from India; Luis Ernesto Nava Molero, a political dissident from Venezuela; and Farah Abdi Mohamed, an idealistic young atheist from Somalia.[10] Created as part of Performa Commissions for the Performa Biennial, New York City (2009)[11] is her first live performance. Exploring themes of identity and inclusion, this evening length play follows the formula of a television sitcom. New York City involves four sets of identical twins in two separate but identical productions. Academic careerBreitz has been a tenured professor at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2007.[citation needed] Personal lifeShe currently lives in Berlin.[citation needed] ExhibitionsSolo exhibitions
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