Sanford Biggers: An artist's unflinching look at racial violence
Sanford Biggers: Pandangan tanpa menghakimi seorang seniman terhadap kekerasan rasial
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.
memulai percakapan yang menantang.
video and performance.
seni pahat, video dan penampilan.
are history and dialogue.
sejarah dan dialog.
of a lotus blossom.
for transcendence
simbol transenden
dilihat lebih dekat,
to be the cross-section of a slave ship.
terbuat dari penampang kapal budak.
from a British slaving manual
dari panduan budak Inggris
the atrocities of slavery.
untuk menunjukkan kekejaman perbudakan.
to talk about slavery,
membahas perbudakan,
menyatukan dan melampaui
warga kulit hitam Amerika
about our shared past.
tentang masa lalu kita semua.
we carved over 6,000 figures.
kami mengukir lebih dari 6.000 bentuk.
by the City of New York
berukuran 8,5 meter
at the Eagle Academy for Young Men,
di Eagle Academy for Young Men,
by this history.
terdampak oleh sejarah ini.
by a more recent phenomenon,
terpengaruh oleh fenomena baru-baru ini,
wooden African figures
patung kayu Afrika
around the world.
di seluruh dunia.
of them is completely debatable,
patung ini masih diragukan,
to be imbued with power,
patung ini disisipi kekuatan,
how to use this in my own work.
menggunakannya dalam karya saya.
the killings of Trayvon Martin,
pembunuhan Trayvon Martin
Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice
Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice
unarmed black citizens
warga kulit hitam tanpa senjata,
with no punishment at all.
tanpa hukuman sama sekali.
bahkan saya sendiri,
yang taat hukum,
at gunpoint by the police.
dengan senjata oleh polisi.
simply entitled "BAM."
yang berjudul "BAM" ini.
the identity of each of these figures,
identitas setiap patung ini
and easier to disregard.
dan lebih mudah untuk diabaikan.
brown wax
ke arena tembak
patung-patung ini dengan peluru.
high-speed video cameras.
kamera video berkecepatan tinggi.
kept me from actually pulling the trigger,
mencegah saya untuk menarik pelatuknya,
be shooting myself.
fired the shots.
yang menembak.
and cast them first in wax,
seperti gambar yang Anda lihat,
like the image you see here,
of its violent creation
pembuatan yang kasar
merasakan setiap tembakan di jiwanya.
every gun shot to her soul.
racial violence throughout US history.
lainnya sepanjang sejarah AS.
than just US history.
dari sekedar sejarah AS.
seorang mahasiswa filsafat
what prompted these recent killings.
pembunuhan baru-baru ini.
of a lynching postcard
bergambar hukuman mati
mengingatkan
have been going on for over 500 years.
telah berlangsung lebih dari 500 tahun.
about history and race
mengenai sejarah dan ras,
individu dan masyarakat.
menciptakan ruang aman
to engage one another
untuk terlibat bersama-sama
nyata dan dibutuhkan.
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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