Mircea Cantor
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Mircea Cantor | |
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| Born | 1977 |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Known for | Video, Animation, Sculpture, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Conceptual Art |
| Notable work | Double Heads Matches (2002-2003), The Landscape is Changing (2003), Deeparture (2005), Diamond Corn (2005), Monument for the End of the World (2006), Shadow for a While (2007), Rosace (2007), Hiatus (2008), DNA kiss (2008-2010), Arch of Triumph (2008), Seven Future Gifts (2008), Tracking Happiness (2009), Vertical Attempt (2009), Io (2009), Which Light Kills You (2010) Holy Flowers (2010), Rainbow (2010) |
| Awards | Marcel Duchamp Prize, 2011
Ricard Prize, 2004; Zece pentru Romania' awards held by Realitatea TV, 2010; Best Dance Short Film award, Tiburon International Film Festival, California, 2011 |
Mircea Cantor (born 1977) is a Romanian-born artist.
He has received critical attention for his subtle commentary on issues of contemporary society. This includes, on a larger scale, the positives and negatives of globalization. On a more specific scale, this includes characteristics of Romanian folk traditions such as with his photograph "Hiatus" (2008) which presents scaled-up version of traditional wool spindle or his other monumental work the "Arch of Triumph" (2008).
His work follows in the tradition of Marcel Duchamp in that he employs Readymade objects or iconography to elicit the ambiguities of everyday life in this postmodern era of cultural overlap with the disintegration of cultural boundaries.[1] Cantor's choice of media is diverse, in that he has employed video, animation, sculpture, drawing, painting, and installation in his practice.[2]
Cantor's 2005 video work, "'Deeparture", which was on view in the contemporary galleries at The Museum of Modern Art, features a deer and a wolf together in a pristine white box environment which works to heighten the palpable tension. His visual effect is often ambiguous - often left for the viewer to make sense of. Cantor's work is included in The Museum of Modern Art,[3] New York, the Walker Art Center,[4] Minneapolis, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Kunsthaus Zurich; Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany; Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden as well as in other collections worldwide. He was awarded with Ricard Prize in Paris in 2004; in 2011 he won Best Dance Short Film at Tiburon International Film Festival with Tracking Happiness movie. Also in 2011 he is the winner of Marcel Duchamp Prize 2011 in Paris.
Mircea Cantor is represented in Paris by Yvon Lambert Gallery,[5] in Tel Aviv by Dvir Gallery[6] and in Rome by Magazzino.[7]
Selected solo exhibitions
- Mircea Cantor: Heilige Blumen (Holy Flowers), Kunsthalle Nürnberg, 2010
- Mircea Cantor: Tracking Happiness, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, 2009
- Mircea Cantor: The Title Is the Last Thing, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006
Notes and references
- ^ Demos, T.J. "Mircea Cantor: The Title is the Last Thing". Philadelphia: Harper Perennial, 2006
- ^ Art Net Info
- ^ Moma link to artists site
- ^ Walker Art Center
- ^ Mircea Cantor at Yvon-Lambert.com
- ^ Mircea Cantor at Dvir Gallery
- ^ http://www.magazzinoartemoderna.com/GALLERIA/bio_artista.php?id_artista=23
External links
- Mircea Cantor official website
- Interview on ARTINFO.com
- Article in Frieze Magazine 2009
- Article in Le Figaro, 24 October 2011
- Article in Die Zeit, September 10th, 2009
- Mircea Cantor at Camden Arts Centre
- Mircea Cantor at Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris
- Mircea Cantor at Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
- Mircea Cantor at Magazzino, Rome