| Mircea Cantor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1977 Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Field | Video, Animation, Sculpture, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Conceptual Art |
| Awards | Marcel Duchamp Prize, 2011 Ricard Prize, 2004 |
Mircea Cantor (born 1977) is a Romanian-born artist who follows in the tradition of Marcel Duchamp in that he employs readymade objects to elucidate the ambiguities of everyday life .[1] Cantor's choice of media is diverse, in that he has employed video, animation, sculpture, drawing, painting, and installation in his practice.[2]
Cantor's 2005 video work, "'Deeparture", which was on view in the contemporary galleries at The Museum of Modern Art, features a deer and a wolf together in a pristine white box environment. The visual effects are often ambiguous. Cantor's work is included in The Museum of Modern Art,[3] New York, the Walker Art Center,[4] Minneapolis, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Kunsthaus Zurich; Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany; Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden as well as in other collections worldwide. He was awarded with Ricard Prize in Paris in 2004; in 2011 he won Best Dance Short Film at Tiburon International Film Festival with Tracking Happiness movie. Also in 2011 he is the winner of Marcel Duchamp Prize 2011 in Paris.