Christian Boltanski
Christian Boltanski (6 September 1944 – 14 July 2021) was a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and filmmaker. He was best known for his photography works and contemporary French Conceptual style.[1]
| Christian Boltanski | |
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| File:Christian Boltanski (UNTREF - Bienal Sur 2016) (cropped).jpg | |
| Boltanski in 2016 | |
| Born | 6 September 1944 Paris, France |
| Died | 14 July 2021 (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
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His 1989 portrait, Monument to the Lycée Chases hangs at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. He had solo exhibitions at the New Museum (1988), the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, the La Maison Rouge gallery, The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, and many others.
Boltanski died on 14 July 2021 at a Paris hospital from cancer, aged 76.[2]
Gallery
- Christian Boltanski sculpture in Folkestone.jpg
Sound installation The Whispers, Folkestone Triennal (2008)
- Krypta (Salzburger Dom) room 2 - Vanitas by Christian Boltanski.jpg
Vanitas, Salzburger Dom 2008.
- Christian Boltanski. Signatures.jpg
Signatures, 2011.
- Les habitants de l'hôtel de Saint-Aignan en 1939 (détail), Christian Boltanski - Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme - Boltanski.jpg
The inhabitants of the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan in 1939 (1998) – Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme.
- Christian Boltanski Chance 9 JAN - 23 MAR 2014 at Carriageworks.jpg
Chance, 2014.
- Christian-Boltanski-portrait.jpg
Christian Boltanski, 1990.
- Christian Boltanski - IVAM.jpg
Christian Boltanski, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2015.
References
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- ↑ "L'artiste plasticien Christian Boltanski est mort". Le Monde. 14 July 2021. https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/07/14/l-artiste-plasticien-christian-boltanski-est-mort_6088254_3382.html. Retrieved 14 July 2021.