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'''Elaine Sturtevant''', an American [[artist]] born 1930 in [[Lakewood, Ohio]], has achieved recognition for her works that consist entirely of copies of other artists' works. |
'''Elaine Sturtevant''', an American [[artist]] born 1930 in [[Lakewood, Ohio]], has achieved recognition for her works that consist entirely of copies of other artists' works. She lives and works in Paris.<ref>[http://ropac.net/exhibition/raw-power Sturtevant] [[Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac]], Paris/Salzburg.</ref> |
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==Work== |
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Sturtevant turns the concept of originality on its head. All of her works are copies of the works of other artists; none is an original. |
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Sturtevant was born in Lakewood, Ohio (USA) and made the first years of her artists life working in New York where she began in 1965 to manually reproduce paintings and objects created by her contemporaries with results that can immediately be identified with an original.<ref>[http://ropac.net/artist/sturtevant Sturtevant: Raw Power, 3 March 2007 - 7 April 2007] [[Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac]], Paris/Salzburg.</ref> Sturtevant thus turns the concept of originality on its head. All of her works are copies of the works of other artists; none is an original. She initially focused on works by such American artists as [[Roy Lichtenstein]], [[Claes Oldenburg]], [[Jasper Johns]], and [[Andy Warhol]]. In the late 1960s, she concentrated on replicating works by [[Joseph Beuys]] and [[Duchamp]]. Since the early 1980s, she has focused on the next generation of artists, including [[Robert Gober]], [[Anselm Kiefer]], [[Paul McCarthy]], and [[Felix Gonzalez-Torres]]. She masters [[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[photography]] and [[film]] in order to produce a full range of copies of the works of her chosen artists. In most cases, her decision to start copying an artist happened before those artists achieved broader recognition. Nearly all of the artists she chose to copy are today considered iconic for their time or style. This has given rise to discussions amongst art critics on how it has been possible for Sturtevant to identify these now famous artists at such an early stage. |
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In 1991, Sturtevant presented an entire show consisting of her repetition of Warhol’s ‘Flowers’ series. In 1965 a Jasper Johns flag painting that formed part of [[Robert Rauschenberg]]'s “Short Circuit” was stolen, so Rauschenberg got Sturtevant to paint a reproduction of Johns’s flag.<ref>Carol Vogel (June 9, 2011), [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/arts/design/prime-rauschenberg-at-chicago-art-institute.html Now Starring in Chicago, a Prime Rauschenberg] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> |
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==Exhibitions== |
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Sturtevant had her first her solo show in 1965 at the Bianchini Gallery.<ref>Bruce Hainley, [http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/erase_and_rewind/ Erase and Rewind: Elaine Sturtevant] ''[[Frieze (magazine)|Frieze]]'', Issue 53, June-August 2000.</ref> Solo exhibition of her work have since been shown at [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]], [[Museum für Moderne Kunst]], Frankfurt am Main (2004), and [[Deichtorhallen]], Hamburg (1992). |
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==Recognition== |
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| ⚫ | On June 4, 2011, Sturtevant received the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 54th [[Venice Biennale]]<ref>[http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/golden-lions.html La Biennale di Venezia Golden Lion 2011]</ref> In 2012, she was awarded the Kurt Schwitters Prize for Lifetime Achievement by the [[Sprengel Museum]], Hannover. |
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==Literature== |
==Literature== |
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*Anne Dressen et al. ''Sturtevant - The Razzle Dazzle of Thinking'' (Paris: Paris Musées, 2010). |
*Anne Dressen et al. ''Sturtevant - The Razzle Dazzle of Thinking'' (Paris: Paris Musées, 2010). |
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Elaine Sturtevant, an American artist born 1930 in Lakewood, Ohio, has achieved recognition for her works that consist entirely of copies of other artists' works. She lives and works in Paris.[1]
Work
Sturtevant was born in Lakewood, Ohio (USA) and made the first years of her artists life working in New York where she began in 1965 to manually reproduce paintings and objects created by her contemporaries with results that can immediately be identified with an original.[2] Sturtevant thus turns the concept of originality on its head. All of her works are copies of the works of other artists; none is an original. She initially focused on works by such American artists as Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, and Andy Warhol. In the late 1960s, she concentrated on replicating works by Joseph Beuys and Duchamp. Since the early 1980s, she has focused on the next generation of artists, including Robert Gober, Anselm Kiefer, Paul McCarthy, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres. She masters painting, sculpture, photography and film in order to produce a full range of copies of the works of her chosen artists. In most cases, her decision to start copying an artist happened before those artists achieved broader recognition. Nearly all of the artists she chose to copy are today considered iconic for their time or style. This has given rise to discussions amongst art critics on how it has been possible for Sturtevant to identify these now famous artists at such an early stage.
In 1991, Sturtevant presented an entire show consisting of her repetition of Warhol’s ‘Flowers’ series. In 1965 a Jasper Johns flag painting that formed part of Robert Rauschenberg's “Short Circuit” was stolen, so Rauschenberg got Sturtevant to paint a reproduction of Johns’s flag.[3]
Exhibitions
Sturtevant had her first her solo show in 1965 at the Bianchini Gallery.[4] Solo exhibition of her work have since been shown at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (2004), and Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (1992).
Recognition
On June 4, 2011, Sturtevant received the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 54th Venice Biennale[5] In 2012, she was awarded the Kurt Schwitters Prize for Lifetime Achievement by the Sprengel Museum, Hannover.
Literature
- Anne Dressen et al. Sturtevant - The Razzle Dazzle of Thinking (Paris: Paris Musées, 2010).
- Lena Maculan (Ed.). Sturtevant. Catalogue Raisonné (Frankfurt/Main: Museum für Moderne Kunst and Ostfildern Ruit: Hatje-Cantz, 2005).
- Bruce Hainley. Sturtevant: Shifting Mental Structures (Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2002).
References
- ^ Sturtevant Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/Salzburg.
- ^ Sturtevant: Raw Power, 3 March 2007 - 7 April 2007 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/Salzburg.
- ^ Carol Vogel (June 9, 2011), Now Starring in Chicago, a Prime Rauschenberg New York Times.
- ^ Bruce Hainley, Erase and Rewind: Elaine Sturtevant Frieze, Issue 53, June-August 2000.
- ^ La Biennale di Venezia Golden Lion 2011
- http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/golden-lions.html
- http://www2.cfwb.be/lartmeme/no026/pages/page2.htm
- http://www.france24.com/en/20100402-elaine-sturtevant-art-exhibition-the-razzle-dazzle-of-thinking-paris-musee-art-moderne-jackson
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