James Coleman (Irish artist)

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James Coleman (born 1941) is an Irish installation and video artist associated with slide-tape works: sequences of still images fading one into the other with synchronized sound. Often, social situations are depicted with a precision which, paradoxically, creates a narrative ambiguity. There is often a focus in his works on how time can warp subjective experience, and how this subjectivity is indispensable to an understanding of how the photographic image accrues meaning. [1]

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James Coleman was born in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon. He studied at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, and at University College, Dublin and then spent time in Paris and London before moving to Milan, where he stayed for twenty years. He now lives and works in Ireland. He represented Ireland in the 1973 Paris Biennale. His many exhibitions include a large retrospective shown in a number of major galleries throughout Dublin in 2009, [2] and retrospectives at Reina Sofia, Madrid (2012), [1] and at Centre Pompidou, Paris (2021). [3]

He was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa by the National University of Ireland at NUI Galway in June 2006.

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References

  1. 1 2 Blitzer, Jonathan. "Review: Seeing James Coleman for Oneself | The James Coleman Retrospective at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid". WSJ. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. Dillon, Brian (1 September 2009). "James Coleman". Frieze. No. 125. ISSN   0962-0672 . Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. Magazine, Juliet Art (3 July 2021). "James Coleman at Pompidou Centre, Paris". Juliet Art Magazine. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. List of Artworks at MACBA Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine