Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
Luis Camnitzer (b.1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist and writer who moved to New York in 1964. El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
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Thank you for sharing, we would appreciate if you could take a look at our guidelines. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm) Artist: Luis Camnitzer, Uruguayan/German (1937 - ) Title: Ejercicio Final Portfolio: Grafica Latinoamericana Year: 1970 Medium: Intaglio with Collage, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 30 in. Edition of 5 with 1 AP, The American Star (Captain Riley) (1990)
. A highly regarded critic and curator, Camnitzer is a frequent contributor to contemporary art magazines. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica
A pioneer of 1960s Conceptualism, Luis Camnitzer uses language as his primary medium, deploying words and text in prints, sculpture, and installation work.In a key body of work produced in the 1970s, Camnitzer paired images and text by placing ordinary objects within wood-framed glass boxes with text printed on brass plaques. His work frequently addresses social injustices in his native Latin America, as in the photo-and-text series “Uruguayan Torture Series” (1983–4), as well as the political landscape in his adopted United States. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
@camnitzerluis. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
In 1964 he moved from Montevideo to New York, where he has lived and worked since. Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, Fredrikstad, Norway
Uruguayan. Limited-Edition Prints by Leading Artists, He practiced every day, plate 2 from Uruguayan Torture Series, 1983, Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay). His work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the MACBA, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona.Luis Camnitzer's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $150 USD to $11,400 USD, ⦠A pioneer of 1960s Conceptualism, Luis Camnitzer uses language as his primary medium, deploying words and text in prints, sculpture, and installation work. n.d. stencil Recently Viewed. Etching on paper
This solo exhibition features some seventy works created since 1966, offering visitors a close look at the Uruguayan artist who may be considered one of the art worldâs key figures in the second half of the 20th century. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. âThis is a Mirror, You are a Written Sentenceâ was created in 1968 by Luis Camnitzer in Conceptual Art style. Photo etching on brass
Photoetching in 35 parts, 29.30h x 21.80w in (74.42h x 55.37w cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Luis Camnitzer is a German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1937. An innovator of Conceptual art in New York during in the 1960’s, Luis Camnitzer is a German-born Uruguayan artist best known for his use of language in printmaking, sculpture, and installation. View Luis Camnitzerâs artworks on artnet. Drawings (2317) Fine Art - General (187) Mixed Media Art (2422) ⦠Luis Camnitzer (b.1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist and writer who moved to New York in 1964. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
His humorous, biting, and often politically charged use of language as art medium has distinguished his practice for over four decades. Eldzier Cortor. Linked Open Data Linked Open Data URI. In a key body of work produced in the 1970s, Camnitzer paired images and text by placing ordinary objects within wood-framed glass boxes with text printed on brass plaques. Camnitzer works primarily in sculpture, printmaking, and installation, exploring topics such as repression, institutional critique, and social justice. Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Library of Jerusalem, Israel
Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Colombia
Luis Camnitzer (born November 6, 1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist, curator, art critic, and academic who was at the forefront of 1960s Conceptual Art. São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil
4h x 16w x 2.30d in (10.16h x 40.64w x 5.84d cm). Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain de Lorraine, France
Landscape as an Attitude, 1979. . Auction Houses. Photoengraving in 9 parts; 113h x 95w in (287.02h x 241.3w cm)
Luis Camnitzer (Uruguayan, born 1937). Luis Camnitzer: Forewords and Last Words presents a selection of prints, multiples, and artistâs books by renowned conceptual artist Luis Camnitzer, highlighting his longstanding engagement with the print medium as well as his distinctive interweaving of wordplay, wit, and sociopolitical critique. Queens Museum, New York, NY
He was at the vanguard of 1960s Conceptualism, working primarily in printmaking, sculpture, and installations. Biblioteca Communale, Milan, Italy
A highly regarded critic and curator, Camnitzer is a frequent contributor to contemporary art magazines. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
Luis Camnitzer, âSelf-Portraitâ (1968-1972) The comprehensive show also features early conceptual works such as âSentencesâ (1966) and âEnvelopeâ (1967). LUIS CAMNITZER: My name is Luis Camnitzer.I am an Uruguayan artist living in New York. (1971-1974)
Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
Born in Lübeck in 1937, Luis Camnitzer escaped with his family from Nazi Germany to Uruguay in 1939. 9.5h x 13.1w in (24.1h x 33.3w cm), This is a poetic statement. After studying sculpture and architecture at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (National School of Fine Arts) in Montevideoâs Universidad de la Republica, Camnitzer won a grant to study at the Academy of Munich. Uruguay; New York; Nationalities. Installation view, Alexander Gray Associates (2014), The Form Generating the Content, 1973–1997
Composition Jewels. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Collection of Museum of Modern Art, New York, A) Objeto Cubierto Por Su Propia Imagen. 13.5h x 9.9w x 2d in (34.3h x 25.1w x 5.1d cm), Bricks (Installation) (1974/2012)
He is among the most important conceptual artists in Uruguay. Characterized by a biting humor and political charge, his practice investigates power structures through the lenses of communication, social injustice, and institutional critique. Works by This Artist (1 item) Fragment of a Cloud. Luis Camnitzer (Uruguayan, b. Germany 1937) is a prolific artist, theorist, and educator. Luis Camnitzer was born in Lübeck, Germany in 1937 and grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay. B) Objeto Cubierto Por La Imagen Del Observador. And the piece is called Memorial.It is an homage to those that disappeared during the dictatorship in Uruguay which was from 1973 'til 1984. Retrospectives of his work have been presented at Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY (1991); Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany (2003); Daros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (2010); El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY (2011); and Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá (2012). It ⦠About this artwork Currently Off View Prints and Drawings Artist Luis Camnitzer Title Her Fragrance Lingered On, plate eight from Uruguayan Torture Series Origin United States Date 1983 Medium Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper He has been featured in several international biennials, including the Bienal de la Habana, Cuba (1984, 1986, 1991, 2009); Pavilion of Uruguay, 43 Biennale di Venezia, Italy (1988); Whitney Biennial (2000); and Documenta 11 (2002). Luis Camnitzer (born 1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist and academic who resides in the United States. 12.25h x 18.75w in (31.11h x 47.63w cm) each. 7.69h x 9.96w x 1.98d in (19.53h x 25.29w x 5.03d cm), He practiced every day from Uruguayan Torture Series, 1983–84
Camnitzer responded to the growing wave of Latin American military regimes taking root in the late 1960s, but his work also points to the dynamic political landscape of his adopted country, the United States. Vacuum formed polystyrene
Edition of 5 with 1 AP. Luis Camnitzer. In 1964, he co-founded The New York Graphic Workshop, along with fellow artists Liliana Porter and José Guillermo Castillo (1941–1999). Artists. Concepts of pedagogy and art education form the crux of Camnitzerâs A Museum Is A School. Camnitzer’s artwork explores subjects such as repression under systems of power, pedagogical norms, and the deconstruction of familiar frameworks. Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the Uffizzi, Florence, Italy
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Graphite on paper
Formally allied with the American Conceptualists of the 1960s and â70s, over the past 50 years Camnitzer has developed an essentially autonomous work. View over 16 Luis Camnitzer artworks sold at auction to research and compare prices. Luis Camnitzer (born November 6, 1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist, curator, art critic, and academic who was at the forefront of 1960s Conceptual Art. Luis Camnitzer. From 1969 to 2000, he taught at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury, and is professor emeritus. Snite Museum, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
Museo del Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina
SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDELINES. Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Artist: Luis Camnitzer American, born Germany, 1937. Mixed Media
He was the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowships on two occasions, 1961 and 1982. Other works include adhesive labels printed with absurdist architectural proposals, and a series in which Camnitzer offered his signature for sale, in either hand-written text or print-based media. Michael Stipe. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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Camnitzer’s artwork explores subjects such as repression under systems of power, pedagogical norms, and the deconstruction of familiar frameworks. Luis Camnitzer and The Lehman College Art Gallery also wish to express appreciation to Art Matters, Inc. for sponsoring Mr. Camnitzer to create a special, limited edition artwork of fifty hand-altered, "censored" versions of this catalogue. Of his approach to art as a methodology, rather than a discipline, Camnitzer has said, “Art thinking should have the same overarching role that logical thinking has.” Along with fellow émigré artists Liliana Porter and José Guillermo Castillo, he founded the experimental New York Graphics Workshop. Luis Camnitzer Born in Lübeck, Germany, in 1937, Camnitzer immigrated with his family to Montevideo, Uruguay, at the age of two. Write the biography of an idea. Luis Camnitzer is regarded as a well established artist, who originates from Uruguay, like other celebrated artists such as Marcelo Viquez, Alexandro Garcia, Virginia Patrone, Marco Maggi, and Pablo Atchugarry. His work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions, including HOME—So Different, So Appealing, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), CA, which traveled to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (2017); I am you, you are too, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (2017); Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (2014); and Information, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (1970). Digital print on vinyl, Self-portrait 1968 (1968)
As his interest in language unfolded, so did his aim to identify socio-political problems through his art. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
He has authored the publications, Gund Gallery of Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, HANGAR - Centro de Investigação Artística, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rovereto, MAC Quinta Normal and El Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia. Malmö Stad, Sweden
During the 1970s, Camnitzer created a key body of work that blended both language and humor—producing a series of Object Boxes that placed ordinary items within wood-framed glass boxes with text printed on brass plaques. Introduction by Jane Farver EssayâMoral Imperatives: Politics as Art in Luis Camnitzer by Mari Carmen Ramirez EssayâPolitics and Ethnicity in the Work of Luis Camnitzer by Gerardo Mosquera StatementâManifesto, 1982 by Luis Camnitzer EssayâAccess to the Mainstream by Luis Camnitzer . Download video here. Luis Camnitzer: Retrospective Exhibition 1966-1990. This consistent dedication cements his place as a key figure in shaping debates around ideas of post-colonialism, Conceptualism, and pedagogy. Edition of 15 with 1 AP, Memorial (2009)
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Brass plaque with mixed media, Landscape as an Attitude (1979)
Auctions. Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pigment prints in 195 parts; 11.75h x 9.5w in (29.85h x 24.13w cm), (each)
Artist, educator, curator, and critic Luis Camnitzer has been writing about contemporary art ever since he left his native Uruguay in 1964 for a fellowship in New York City. He currently lives and works in New York. Luis Camnitzer: Retrospective Exhibition 1966-1990. Yeshiva University, New York, NY, Time Lapse: Luis Camnitzer's "The Museum is a School" at Museo Jumex, Artist Profile: Luis Camnitzer on “Art Thinking” and Art History, Luis Camnitzer on Giovanni Battista Piranesi's etchings, Artist Profile: Luis Camnitzer on His Reasons for Making Art Guggenheim Museum, 510 West 26 Street, New York NY 10001 United States, 224 Main Street, Garden Level, Germantown NY 12526 United States, 12h x 24w x 12d in (30.48h x 60.96w x 30.48d cm), Words/Matter: Latin American Art and Language at the Blanton, Luis Camnitzer: Hospice of Failed Utopias, Luis Camnitzer: Cinco Piezas, 2011 – 2018, Scenes for a New Heritage: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Permission To Be Global/Prácticas Globales, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Camnitzer’s work is in the permanent collections of countless institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Tate, London, UK; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zurich, Switzerland. He was the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowships on two occasions, 1961 and 1982. span.s1 {font-kerning: none}, ARCO Corporation, New York, NY
Introduction by Jane Farver EssayâPolitics and Ethnicity in the Work of Luis Camnitzer by Gerardo Mosquera StatementâManifesto, 1982 by Luis Camnitzer EssayâWonderbread and Spanglish Art by Luis Camnitzer EssayâThe Idea of the Moral Imperative in Contemporary Art by Luis Camnitzer Museo de Gráfica y Dibujo Latinoamericano, Roldanillo, Colombia
He was at the vanguard of 1960s Conceptualism, working primarily in ⦠Photo: Ross Collab. He immigrated to Uruguay when one year old and lives in U.S.A. since 1964. The art of Uruguayan artist Luis Camnitzer is a concrete example of the way in which this tension can provide the basis for a coherent and successful body of work that addresses the First/Third World problematic while providing an alternative to the question of a viable political art within the parameters of the present system. Fine Art. Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
A pioneer of 1960s Conceptualism, Luis Camnitzer uses language as his primary medium, deploying words and text in prints, sculpture, and installation work. Home art REGISTER VERIFY ABSENTEE REMINDER About Contact. Luis Camnitzer (b.1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist and writer who moved to New York in 1964. Find more prominent pieces of figurative at Wikiart.org â best visual art database. Luis Camnitzer is also represented by Galería Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain. Camnitzer works primarily in printmaking, sculpture, and installation, producing bitingly humorous works with a focus on language and socio-political concerns as in Memorial (2009), in which he inserted the names of the âdisappearedâ in Uruguay during the dictatorship into the telephone book. x 22 in. Luis Camnitzer Also Known as. As a transplant from the "periphery" to the "center," Camnitzer has had to confront fundamental questions about making art in the Americas, asking himself and others: What is "Latin American art"? Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
He was at the vanguard of 1960s Conceptualism, working primarily in printmaking, sculpture, and installations. Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidad de São Paulo, Brazil
Museo de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay
Jenny Holzer. In a key body of work produced in the 1970s, Camnitzer paired images and text by placing ordinary objects within wood-framed glass boxes with text printed on brass plaques. Michael Stipe. His humorous, biting, and often politically charged use of language as art medium has distinguished his practice for over four decades. Represented by industry leading galleries. 27.56h x 23.62w in (70h x 60w cm), Find an unnamed object and suggest a proper name for it. This photo-etching series epitomizes Camnitzer’s ability to question the social and political roles of an individual in society, while also examining a dimension of human psychology by pairing images and text to create new meaning. Jenny Holzer. Camnitzer’s work is in the permanent collections of countless institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Tate, London, UK; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zurich, Switzerland. He was at the vanguard of 1960s Conceptualism, working primarily in ⦠Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
He occupies a prominent place in the history of Latin American Conceptualism. Luis Camnitzer (Lübeck, Germany, 1937) has made his mark internationally not only as an artist but as a critic, educator and art theorist as well. 19h x 23.25w in (48.26h x 59.06w cm)
Luis Camnitzer is a Uruguayan artist born in Germany, 1937. National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia
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