Max Dean

Max Dean
Born (1949-06-29) June 29, 1949[1]
Leeds, England
Nationality Canadian
Occupation artist
Notable work The Table: Childhood
Robotic Chair

Max Dean (born 1949, Leeds) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist.[2][3][4]

Life

Dean was born June 29, 1949 in Leeds, England. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1952,[5] settling in Vancouver.[1]

Work

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Dean did multimedia performances involving his body in conjunction with sound, photography and other media.[6][7][8]

Since the 1980s, Dean has become known for his installations that use robotics and electronics to achieve artistic effects.[9] His work As Yet Untitled (1992-1995) involves a robotic arm that presents generic family photos to the viewer, who must act to prevent the photo from being immediately shredded.[10][11][12][13] The piece received extensive press and critical coverage[14][15][16][17][18] and was acquired by the Art Gallery of Ontario.[19]

Dean has collaborated extensively with Cornell University professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Raffaello D'Andrea. Between 2003 and 2006[20] they collaborated with Canadian artist Matt Donovan to create the installation work Robotic Chair, a chair that falls apart and puts itself back together again without human intervention.[21][22][23]

Dean also collaborated with D'Andrea on the work The Table: Childhood, which was included in the Arsenale section of the 2001 Venice Biennale.[2][24][25]

Collections

Dean's work is included in several museum collections, including the National Gallery of Canada[2] and the Vancouver Art Gallery.[26] His piece As Yet Untitled is part of the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.[19]

Awards

In 1997, Dean received the Jean A. Chalmers National Visual Arts Award from the Ontario Arts Council.[27] In 2005, Dean received the Gershon Iskowitz prize from the Art Gallery of Ontario.[5][28] In 2014, he was a recipient of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Roger Matuz (1997). Contemporary Canadian artists. Gale Canada. ISBN 978-1-896413-46-4.
  2. 1 2 3 "Max Dean - National Gallery of Canada". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". Canada Council. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Max Dean: A Year of Waiting". Canadian Art. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Artist Max Dean wins Gershon Iskowitz Prize". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Mark, Lisa Gabrielle. "Button Pusher" (PDF). Canadian Art. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. ↑ A. A. Bronson; Peggy Gale (1979). Performance by artists. Art Metropole. ISBN 978-0-920956-00-7.
  8. ↑ Donald McGrath; Diana Nemiroff; Michèle Thériault; France Choinière; Colette Tougas; Tim Barnard (April 2005). Point & shoot: performance and photography. Dazibao. ISBN 978-2-922135-26-8.
  9. ↑ "Max Dean". Widewalls.ch. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  10. ↑ Del Loewenthal (2013). Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age. Routledge. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-0-415-66735-7.
  11. ↑ Martha Langford (27 June 2007). Scissors, Paper, Stone: Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-0-7735-7686-5.
  12. ↑ Uwe Fleckner; Martin Warnke; Hendrik Ziegler (2011). Handbuch der politischen Ikonographie. C.H.Beck. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-3-406-57765-9.
  13. ↑ C International Contemporary Art. C magazine. 1996.
  14. ↑ Peter Weiermair; Frankfurter Kunstverein; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (1996). Prospect: photography in contemporary art : Frankfurter Kunstverein, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. Edition Stemmle.
  15. ↑ Milroy, Sarah. "We need artists to soldier on". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  16. ↑ British Journal of Photography. Henry Greenwood & Company, Limited. 2001.
  17. ↑ Lewis, Jacob. "How the Tate Brought a Pioneering Art-Robot Back Online". Gizmodo UK. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  18. ↑ Art/text. Art & Text. 1996.
  19. 1 2 Phillips, Sherry. "Conservation Notes: Rebooting Max Dean’s As Yet Untitled". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  20. ↑ Sean Cubitt; Paul Thomas (8 November 2013). Relive: Media Art Histories. MIT Press. pp. 259–. ISBN 978-0-262-01942-2.
  21. ↑ Ju, Anne. "Raffaello D'Andrea's robotic chair creates stir online, falling apart and reassembling itself". Cornell University News. Cornell University. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  22. ↑ Bosco, Roberta. "El robot como experimento estético". El Pais. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  23. ↑ Haider, Saba. "Ever Wished For A Chair That Can Re-assemble On Its Own? Wish Granted.". Gizmodo India. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  24. ↑ David Krasner; David Z. Saltz (11 February 2010). Staging Philosophy: Intersections of Theater, Performance, and Philosophy. University of Michigan Press. pp. 102–. ISBN 0-472-02514-7.
  25. ↑ Art Papers. Atlanta Art Papers, Incorporated. 2002.
  26. ↑ "Vancouver Art Gallery showcases artworks from the collection in The Poetics of Space" (PDF). Vancouver Art Gallery. Vancouver Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  27. ↑ "The Chalmers Awards for Creative Excellence in the Arts". Ontario Arts Council. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  28. ↑ "The Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO". The Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 10 June 2016.


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