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Vanessa Beecroft PUBLICATIONS
Born 1969 Genoa, Italy. Known for: Portrait, figurative painting, installation.
Italian born, Vanessa Beecroft's live events, reminiscent of fashion shows, theater, and film scenes are recorded through photography and video, but her "conceptual approach is actually closer to... Read full biography
Italian born, Vanessa Beecroft's live events, reminiscent of fashion shows, theater, and film scenes are recorded through photography and video, but her "conceptual approach is actually closer to painting." In her performances and exhibition openings they silently take up their positions, moving... Read full biography
Italian born, Vanessa Beecroft's live events, reminiscent of fashion shows, theater, and film scenes are recorded through photography and video, but her "conceptual approach is actually closer to painting." In her performances and exhibition openings they silently take up their positions, moving very little, standing before the public like living pictures. "Beecroft is making contemporary versions of the complex figurative compositions that have challenged painters from the Renaissance onwards.... Read full biography
Italian born, Vanessa Beecroft's live events, reminiscent of fashion shows, theater, and film scenes are recorded through photography and video, but her "conceptual approach is actually closer to painting." In her performances and exhibition openings they silently take up their positions, moving very little, standing before the public like living pictures. "Beecroft is making contemporary versions of the complex figurative compositions that have challenged painters from the Renaissance onwards. She sets up a structure for the participants in her live events to create their own composition, presenting themselves according to their own internalized aesthetic system (PAF)." . She is not involved in the performances as a model, but gives... Read full biography
Italian born, Vanessa Beecroft's live events, reminiscent of fashion shows, theater, and film scenes are recorded through photography and video, but her "conceptual approach is actually closer to painting." In her performances and exhibition openings they silently take up their positions, moving very little, standing before the public like living pictures. "Beecroft is making contemporary versions of the complex figurative compositions that have challenged painters from the Renaissance onwards. She sets up a structure for the participants in her live events to create their own composition, presenting themselves according to their own internalized aesthetic system (PAF)." . She is not involved in the performances as a model, but gives instructions to the models. Beecroft explains, "I am not certain what exactly her motive or purpose is, I may need to search a bit more to fin... Read full biography
Vanessa Beecroft - Artist Info
About Vanessa Beecroft: Books
Books & Publications (4)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesRapture Art's Seduction by Fashion
2002
(Exhibition catalog)Townsend, Chris0 pagesArt at the Turn of the Millennium
1999Larsen, Lars et all561 pages (color)