Arthur Omar
Arthur Omar | |
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 Arthur Omar in 2012. | |
| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Poços de Caldas, Brazil |
| Known for | Video art, photography, films, installations |
| Style | Contemporary |
| Website | Official website |
Arthur Omar (born 1948, Poços de Caldas)[1] is a Brazilian contemporary artist.[2] Omar is a video artist, photographer, filmmaker, and installation artist.
Career[edit]
Omar works with cinema, video, photographic installations, music, poetry, and drawing.[3] He also writes essays and theoretical reflections on the process of creation and the nature of images. Themes such as aesthetic ecstasy, sensory and social violence, and the creation of visual metaphors characterize his work.
In 1999, Omar was the subject of a complete retrospective of films and videos at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[3][4] In 2001, additional retrospectives took place in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.[citation needed]
In the 1997 edition of the São Paulo Bienal, Omar presented Anthropology of the Glorious Face,[5] a panel consisting of 99 large-format black-and-white photographs. Some of these images are the origin of the current color series The Mechanical Skin.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
In 2001, Omar received awards given by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte for two exhibitions:[clarification needed] The Splendor of Opposites, a series of landscape photographs of the Amazon.[citation needed]
Exhibitions[edit]
He published the photo albums Antropologia da face gloriosa (Anthropology of the glorious face),[5] Zen and the Glorious Art of Photography, and The Splendor of Opposites.[citation needed]
In 2005, he exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles festival, France.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Guiomar, Ramos (2008). Um cinema brasileiro antropofágico? (1970–1974). Annablume. p. 4. ISBN 978-85-7419-809-5. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ Machado, Arlindo (2007). Made in Brasil: três décadas do vídeo brasileiro. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Iluminuras. p. 348. ISBN 978-85-7321-271-6. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ a b "16th Videobrasil researches ties between video, visual arts, and cinema". e-flux. August 2, 2007. Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ "MoMA press release 10/22/99" (PDF). Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Arthur Omar transforma anônimos em ícones". O Estado de S. Paulo. May 2, 2003. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
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