Sanford Biggers: An artist's unflinching look at racial violence
Санфърд Бигърс: Непоколебим поглед на творец върху расисткото насилие
Sanford Biggers creates art that upends traditional narratives about topics ranging from hip hop to Buddhism to American history. Full bio
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to spark challenging conversations.
запалване на провокиращи разговори.
video and performance.
видео и представления.
are history and dialogue.
история и диалози.
of a lotus blossom.
изображение на цвета на лотос.
for transcendence
за трансцедентност
to be the cross-section of a slave ship.
напречно сечение на кораб за роби.
from a British slaving manual
британския наръчник за поробване
the atrocities of slavery.
да покаже жестокостите на робството.
to talk about slavery,
робството,
глобална индустрия.
и превъзмогнем
about our shared past.
за общото ни минало.
we carved over 6,000 figures.
ние издълбахме над 6 000 фигури.
by the City of New York
от Ню Йорк за създаване
at the Eagle Academy for Young Men,
Академия за млади хора,
by this history.
история.
by a more recent phenomenon,
по-скорошен феномен,
wooden African figures
африкански фигури
around the world.
по целия свят.
of them is completely debatable,
е спорен,
to be imbued with power,
пропити със сила
how to use this in my own work.
да ги използвам в моята работа.
the killings of Trayvon Martin,
убийството на Трейвън Мартин,
Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice
Сандра Бланд, Тамир Райс
unarmed black citizens
невъоръжени черни граждани
with no punishment at all.
никакво наказание.
спазващ закона,
at gunpoint by the police.
съм бил на мушка от полицията,
simply entitled "BAM."
просто озаглавено "БАМ".
the identity of each of these figures,
на всяка една от тези фигура,
and easier to disregard.
и по-лесни за пренебрегване.
brown wax
кафяв
high-speed video cameras.
високоскоростни камери.
kept me from actually pulling the trigger,
от действителното дърпане на спусъка,
be shooting myself.
сякаш стрелям по себе си.
fired the shots.
възпроизведе изстрелите.
and cast them first in wax,
във восък,
like the image you see here,
на изображението, което виждате тук,
of its violent creation
създаване,
наскоро в Маями, една
every gun shot to her soul.
всеки изтрел в душата си.
на изкуството
racial violence throughout US history.
в цялата история на САЩ.
than just US history.
от историята ни.
what prompted these recent killings.
какво подтиква тези убийства.
of a lynching postcard
пощенска марка
have been going on for over 500 years.
продължават повече от 500 години.
about history and race
за историята и расизма
и като общество.
безопасно място
to engage one another
един с друг
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sanford Biggers - Conceptual artistSanford Biggers creates art that upends traditional narratives about topics ranging from hip hop to Buddhism to American history.
Why you should listen
An LA native working in NYC, Sanford Biggers creates artworks that integrate film, video, installation, sculpture, drawing, original music and performance. He intentionally complicates issues such as hip hop, Buddhism, politics, identity and art history in order to offer new perspectives and associations for established symbols. Through a multi-disciplinary formal process and a syncretic creative approach, he makes works that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are conceptual.
The significance of Biggers' work within contemporary society has been celebrated through solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally, most recently at the Brooklyn Museum, Sculpture Center and Mass MoCA. He has participated in prestigious residencies and fellowships including: Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany; Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland; Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California; ARCUS Project Foundation, Ibaraki, Japan; and the Art in General/ Trafo Gallery Eastern European Exchange in Budapest, Hungary. He has been a fellow of the Creative Time Global Residency, the Socrates Sculpture Park Residency, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council World Views AIR Program, the Eyebeam Atelier Teaching Residency, the Studio Museum AIR Program, the P.S. 1 International Studio Program and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture residency.
Biggers' installations, videos and performances have appeared in venues worldwide including Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London, the Whitney Museum and Studio Museum in Harlem, New York and the Yerba Bue a Center for the Arts in San Francisco, as well as institutions in China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Poland and Russia. The artist's works have been included in notable exhibitions such as: Prospect 1 New Orleans Biennial, Illuminations at the Tate Modern, Performa 07 in NY, the Whitney Biennial and Freestyle at the Studio Museum in Harlem. His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum and Bronx Museum.
Biggers has won awards including: the American Academy in Berlin Prize, Greenfield Prize, New York City Art Teachers Association Artist-of-the-Year, Creative Time Travel Grant, Creative Capital Project Grant, New York Percent for the Arts Commission, Art Matters Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts Award, the Lambent Fellowship in the Arts, the Pennies From Heaven/ New York Community Trust Award, Tanne Foundation Award and Rema Hort Mann Foundation Award Grant.
Biggers is Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Visual Arts program and a board member of Sculpture Center, Soho House and the CUE Foundation. He has also taught at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Sculpture and Expanded Media program and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University's VES Department in 2009.
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