Tracey Rose
Tracey Rose is a South African artist who lives and works in Johannesburg. Rose is best known for her performances, video installations, and photographs.
Biography
Tracey Rose is born in 1974 in Durban, South Africa. She attends the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in Fine Arts where she is obtain her B.A. in 1996. She teaches at Vaal Triangle Technikon, Vanderbijl Park, South Africa and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In February and March 2001 she is artist-in-residence in Cape Town at the South African National Gallery where she develops her work for the Venice Biennale 2001 curated by Harald Szeemann. Tracey Rose is represented in the US by Christian Haye of The Project[1].
Work
Rose's work responds to the limitations of dogma and the flaws in institutionalized cultural discourse. Always evident in her work is a the artist's insistence in confronting the politics of identity, including sexual, racial, and gender-based themes.[2]. According to Jan Avgikos[3], "part of Rose's appeal is her fluid referencing of '60s and '70s performance art".
- The Thinker, found object and text, 1996. A small reproduction of the sculpture The Thinker by Auguste Rodin used as a weapon in a family argument[4].
- Span I and Span II, 1997. The work was presented at the second Johannesburg Biennale in the show Graft curated by Colin Richards, 1997. The work was also presented at the Dakar Biennale in 2000.
- Ongetiteld (Untitled). A video made with surveillance cameras in which she shaves off all of her bodily hair. The work was presented in Democracys Images, Bildmuseet in Umeå in Sweden, 1998.
- TKO, 2000.
- Ciao Bella, 2001. The work was produced for the Venice Biennale 2001.
- Lucie's Fur Version 1:1:1 - La Messie, 2003, lambda photograph, 148 x 102cm[5].
Exhibitions
According to Sue Williamson[6], "Tracey Rose is not a practitioner who jumps at every curatorial opportunity offered her, and has been known to withdraw from more than one exhibition if the circumstances have not seemed right." Rose's work has been widely exhibited in Africa, Europe and the United States. Recent solo exhibitions include "The Cockpit" at MC, Los Angeles, CA,[7] "Plantation Lullabies" at Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa,[8] both in 2008.
Recent group exhibitions include "El mirall sud-africà" at the Centre De Cultura Contemporània De Barcelona, Spain, "Mouth Open, Teeth Showing: Major Works from the True Collection" at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, "Memories of Modernity" in Malmo, Sweden, "Check List: Luanda Pop" at the African Pavilion in the 52nd Venice Biennale, Italy, "Heterotopias" at the Thessaloniki Biennale in Greece, and "Global Feminisms" at The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art in Brooklyn, New York (all 2007).
Caryatid & BinneKant Die Wit Does and Imperfect Performance: A tale in Two States are among her most recent live performances, seen at the Düsseldorf Art Fair in Germany, and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden, respectively. In 2001 Rose was also included in "Plateau de l'humanite" in the 49th Venice Biennale curated by Harald Szeemann.
Solo exhibitions
- The Project, New York, 1999
- The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2000
- The Project, New York, 2000
- Ciao Bella, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2002
- The Project, New York, 2002[9]
- The Project, New York City, 2004
- The Thieveing Fuck and the Intagalactic Lay, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2004
- The Project, New York City, NY, 2007
- Plantation Lullabies, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2008
- The Cockpit, MC Kunst, Los Angeles, 2008
- Raison d'être, Espace doual'art, Douala, 2009
References
- ^ The artist profile on Artfacts.
- ^ "Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists". The Independent (Independent News and Media Limited). 1 December 2006. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/art-of-africa-the-50-best-african-artists-426441.html. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ^ Jan Avgikos, The Project - Reviews - Tracey Rose in "Art Forum", October 2002.
- ^ Sue Williamson, A feature on an artist in the public eye: Tracey Rose in "Artthrob", n. 43, March 2001.
- ^ Tracy Murinik, The Gospel of Tracey Rose in "Art South Africa", v2.4, June 2004. The cover image of the magazine is a work by Tracy Rose.
- ^ Sue Williamson, A feature on an artist in the public eye: Tracey Rose in "Artthrob", n. 43, March 2001.
- ^ "Exhibitions - Tracy Rose, "The Cockpit"". http://www.mckunst.com/exhibitions/19.TR/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ^ "Tracy Rose, "Plantation Lullabies"". Goodman Gallery. http://www.goodman-gallery.com/troseex.html. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ^ Holland Cotter, Art in review: Tracey Rose in "The New York Times", 31/05/2002.
Bibliography
- Sue Williamson, A feature on an artist in the public eye: Tracey Rose in "Artthrob", n. 43, March 2001.
- Jan Avgikos, The Project - Reviews - Tracey Rose in "Art Forum", October 2002.
- Tracey Rose: Fresh, edited by Kellie Jones and Emma Bedford, South African National Gallery, 2003.
- Emma Bedford, Tracey Rose in 10 years 100 artists: art in a democratic South Africa, ed. Sophie Perryer, Struik, 2004.
- Tracey Murinik, Tracey Rose: plasticienne, Les Carnets de la création, Carnets de la création: Afrique du sud, Éditions de l'Oeil, Paris, 2005.
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