Fred Wilson (artist)

Fred Wilson (artist)

Conceptual artist Fred Wilson, born in 1954 in the Bronx, describes himself as of "African, American Indian, European and Amerindian" descent. [ [http://www.renabranstengallery.com/WilsonF_Article_LATimes.html Rena Bransten Gallery articles] ] In May 2008, it was announced Mr. Wilson will become a Whitney Museum trustee replacing Chuck Close.

Wilson received a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant in 1999 and the Larry Aldrich Foundation Award in 2003. Wilson represented the United States at the Biennial Cairo in 1992 and the Venice Biennale in 2003. [ [http://www.renabranstengallery.com/Bio_WilsonF.html Rena Bransten Gallery biography] ] In 2001, he was the subject of a retrospective, "Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations, 1979-2000", organized by Maurice Berger for the Center for Art and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The show traveled to numerous venues, including the Santa Monica Museum of Art, Berkeley Museum of Art, Blaffer Art Gallery (University of Houston), Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery (Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY), Addison Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Museum in Harlem.

In his 1992 seminal work co-organized with The Contemporary Museum, “Mining the Museum,” Wilson reshuffled the Maryland Historical Society’s collection to highlight the history of Native and African Americans in Maryland. For the 2003 Venice Biennale, Wilson created a multi-media installation which borrowed its title from a line in "Othello." His elaborate Venice work, "Speak of Me as I Am," focused on representations of Africans in Venetian culture. [ [http://www.renabranstengallery.com/WilsonF_Article_LATimes.html Rena Bransten Gallery articles] ]

An alumni of the famous Music & Art High School in New York, Wilson received a BFA from SUNY Purchase in 1976, where he was the only black student in his program, [ [http://www.renabranstengallery.com/WilsonF_Article_LATimes.html Rena Bransten Gallery articles] ] he says that he no longer has a strong desire to make things with his hands. “I get everything that satisfies my soul,” he says, “from bringing together objects that are in the world, manipulating them, working with spatial arrangements, and having things presented in the way I want to see them.” He does this, because as many contemporary " conceptual " artists, he may not even be a good sculptor or painter and relies in the work of other people to disguise his mediocre own work. [ [http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/wilson/index.html PBS art:21 biography] ]

Wilson's unique artist approach is to examine, question, and deconstruct the traditional display of art and artifacts in museums. With the use of new wall labels, sounds, lighting, and non-traditional pairings of objects, he leads viewers to recognize that changes in context create changes in meaning.

Wilson's unorthodox artistic practice impells us to question the biases and limitations of cultural institutions and how have they shaped our interpretations of artistic value and historical truth.

References

* [http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/wilson/ Biography, interviews, essays, artwork images and video clips] from PBS series "" - Season 3 (2005).

[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/arts/design/whitney-brief.html] from New York Times


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