George Barber (artist)
| George Barber | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958 |
| Occupation | video artist |
George Barber (born 1958) is a video artist based in London. He is represented by Waterside Contemporary.[1]
Career
George Barber received his BA from St Martins School of Art in 1980 and his MA from The Slade in 1984. Barber first gained acclaim through his low-tech video pieces composed of found footage which he deconstructed in an effort to display them as contradicting their intended purposes. These works were "influential in defining an emergent 'slacker' aesthetic"[2] as well as establishing the Scratch-video movement. Many of Barber's works ('Absence of Satan' and ' Yes Frank No Smoke' in particular) are seminal pieces in the history of British video art.[3]
Barber's works became more varied in the later stages of his career as he shifted towards a more narrative style in his monologue works such as 'Refusing Potatoes' or 'I Was Once Involved In A Shit Show'. These simple performances were formally quite different from the scratch videos however conceptually in line with Barber's larger body of work as he layered his own stories with existing film and videos. As such, Barber's central concern remains the manipulation of found footage into new artistic experiences.[4] Barber has been part of numerous programmes at Tate Modern and had retrospectives at the ICA, New York Film & Video Festival and recently at La Rochelle Festival, France. In 2014 Barber takes part at exhibition 'The Invisible Force Behind.' at Imai – inter media art institute[5] within Quadriennale Dusseldorf.[6]
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
- 2013
- The Freestone Drone, waterside contemporary, London
- The Freestone Drone, Art Istanbul International, Istanbul
- 2010
- The Long Commute, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
- 2009
- Beyond Language, Marc De Puchredon Gallery, Basel
- Light Industry, X-initiative’s NO SOUL FOR SALE, New York
- 2008
- Automotive Action Painting, Chapter Arts, Cardiff
- The Long Commute, Jack the Pelican Presents Gallery, New York
- 2007
- Retrospective, Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- Kirkcudbright International Art Festival, Scotland
- 2006
- Automotive Action Painting, Tate Britain, London
- Retrospective, Split Film & Video Festival, Croatia
- 2005
- New Work One man show, London Gallery West, London
- 2004
- Shouting Match, World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam / Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
- 2002
- Upside Down Minutiae and Yes Frank No Smoke, Gallery Contemporain Centre Regional D’Art, SETE
Awards
2008 Automotive Action Painting, First Prize, 24th Hamburg International Short Film Festival
2004 Walking Off Court, Grand Prix, Split Film & Video Festival
1998 2CB CURTAIN TRIP, Gold Award, ARS ELECTRONICA, Austria
1990 Gold Award, ARS ELECTRONICA, Austria
1996 Award, Exploding Cinema Group[7]
References
- ↑ http://waterside-contemporary.com/artists/george-barber/
- ↑ http://www.georgebarber.net/biography.htm
- ↑ http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/george-barber/
- ↑ http://www.georgebarber.net/biography.htm
- ↑ http://www.imaionline.de/content/view/228/lang,de/
- ↑ http://quadriennale-duesseldorf.de/english/programme/the_invisible_force_behind.html
- ↑ http://www.georgebarber.net/biography.htm