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DARA BIRNBAUM
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15/04/2023 - 15/09/2023: Humanistic/artistic cultural events Exhibitions
“Dara Birnbaum” is an extensive survey exhibition dedicated to the work of the American artist internationally acclaimed for her pioneering video, media, and installation work.
Curated by Barbara London, with Valentino Catricalà and Eva Fabbris, the exhibition offers different perspectives to understand the distinguished career of Dara Birnbaum (New York, 1946), an artist who consistently has challenged the precepts of art and mass media.
Dara Birnbaum was born in 1946 in New York, where she continues to live and work. After receiving a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, and BFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, she studied Video and Electronic Editing at the Video Study Center at the New School for Social Research, New York. Dara Birnbaum’s pioneering video, media, and installation work has addressed the ideological and aesthetic character of mass media imagery over the past four decades and has been considered fundamental to our understanding of the history of media art. She was one of the first artists to design complex and innovative installations that juxtapose imagery from multiple sources while integrating three-dimensional elements—large-scale photographs, sculptural, or architectural elements—into the work. She is known for her groundbreaking strategies and for using manipulated television footage.
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Where: Fondazione Prada Milano - LARGO ISARCO, 2
20139 MILANO |
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