Tony Oursler (1957-). He was born in New York in 1957. Oursler completed a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at the California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California in 1979. His art covers a range... Read full biography
Tony Oursler (1957-). He was born in New York in 1957. Oursler completed a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at the California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California in 1979. His art covers a range of mediums working with video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting. He has gained... Read full biography
Tony Oursler (1957-). He was born in New York in 1957. Oursler completed a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at the California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California in 1979. His art covers a range of mediums working with video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting. He has gained international attention with controversial exhibitions staged around the world in museums and galleries. For over ten years these shows have combined sculpture, video and performance with a unique... Read full biography
Tony Oursler (1957-). He was born in New York in 1957. Oursler completed a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at the California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California in 1979. His art covers a range of mediums working with video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting. He has gained international attention with controversial exhibitions staged around the world in museums and galleries. For over ten years these shows have combined sculpture, video and performance with a unique primacy that rivets viewers with irony and pathos. The artist's research into the history of moving images, spirit images, psychological disorders and cases of multiple personality have provided inspiration for the scripted mutterings, screams and twitches... Read full biography
Tony Oursler (1957-). He was born in New York in 1957. Oursler completed a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at the California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California in 1979. His art covers a range of mediums working with video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting. He has gained international attention with controversial exhibitions staged around the world in museums and galleries. For over ten years these shows have combined sculpture, video and performance with a unique primacy that rivets viewers with irony and pathos. The artist's research into the history of moving images, spirit images, psychological disorders and cases of multiple personality have provided inspiration for the scripted mutterings, screams and twitches that he and his actors record on video. Recent large installations have drawn from youth culture,... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
In the Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art
2003
Weintraub, Linda
415 pages (color)
Video Acts (Exhibition catalog)
2002
0 pages
Tony Oursler (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Janus and Kelley
239 pages (color)
Tony Oursler: Introjection
2000
Shearer, Linda (essay)
0 pages
Art at the Turn of the Millennium
1999
Larsen, Lars et all
561 pages (color)
Performance: Live Art Since 1960
1998
Goldberg, Rose Lee
240 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Binational American Art of the Late 80s (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Fairbrother, Trevor (others)
226 pages (color)
The Second Link: Viewpoints on Video in the Eighties (Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta) (Exhibition catalog)