Sanford Biggers: An artist's unflinching look at racial violence
Senfords Bigerss: Mākslinieka nesatricināmais skats uz rasu vardarbību
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.
izaicinošu sarunu uzsākšanai.
video and performance.
video un priekšnesumu palīdzību.
are history and dialogue.
ir vēsture un dialogs.
of a lotus blossom.
atveidojumu stiklā.
for transcendence
to be the cross-section of a slave ship.
ir vergu kuģa šķērsgriezums.
from a British slaving manual
no britu vergturības rokasgrāmatas,
the atrocities of slavery.
vergturības zvērību ilustrēšanai.
to talk about slavery,
kā vispasaules nozari.
padarīt vispārēju un pārpasaulīgu.
about our shared past.
par mūsu kopīgo pagātni.
we carved over 6,000 figures.
mēs izgrebām vairāk nekā 6000 figūriņu.
by the City of New York
pie Ņujorkas pilsētas pasūtījuma
at the Eagle Academy for Young Men,
pie Īglas zēnu akadēmijas,
by this history.
visvairāk skartās grupas.
by a more recent phenomenon,
arī kāda nesenāka parādība,
wooden African figures
around the world.
un krāmu tirdziņiem visā pasaulē.
of them is completely debatable,
ir ļoti diskutabla,
to be imbued with power,
how to use this in my own work.
kā to izmantot savā darbībā.
the killings of Trayvon Martin,
ir pieredzējusi Treivona Mārtina,
Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice
Sandras Blendas, Tamira Raisa
unarmed black citizens
melnādaino pilsoņu nogalināšanu
with no punishment at all.
vispār bez jebkāda soda.
at gunpoint by the police.
simply entitled "BAM."
ko nosaucu vienkārši par „BAM”.
the identity of each of these figures,
katras figūriņas identitāti,
and easier to disregard.
un neievērojamākas.
brown wax
es tās iemērcu biezā, brūnā vaskā,
high-speed video cameras.
un ātrdarbības videokamerām.
kept me from actually pulling the trigger,
neļāva nospiest gaili,
be shooting myself.
fired the shots.
mans video operators Rauls.
and cast them first in wax,
un izlēju tās vispirms no vaska,
like the image you see here,
kā redzams šajā attēlā,
of its violent creation
to veidošanas vardarbīgās pēdas
every gun shot to her soul.
ka dvēselē jutusi katru šāvienu.
racial violence throughout US history.
upuriem ASV vēsturē.
than just US history.
attiecas ne tikai uz ASV vēsturi.
what prompted these recent killings.
kas veicinājis šo neseno vardarbību.
of a lynching postcard
pastkarti ar linča tiesa
have been going on for over 500 years.
ir vairāk nekā 500 gadu vēsture.
about history and race
par vēsturi un rasi,
kā cilvēki un sabiedrība.
rada drošu telpu
to engage one another
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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