Marlene Kos

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Marlene Kos (born 1942) [1] is an American visual artist known for video art and installations. She was primarily active during the 1970s, during which time she often collaborated with her then-husband, Paul Kos. She was born in Sacramento, California.

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Lightning (1976) video still Marlene Kos, Lightning video 1976.jpg
Lightning (1976) video still

Kos' hypnotic video work explores the illusory qualities of televised images. [2] Kos has exhibited her work at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, [3] the Zachęta National Gallery of Art, [4] the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, [5] the National Gallery of Art, [6] among other venues. During the 1970s, Kos often collaborated on videos with her former husband, Paul Kos, [7] [2] and on occasion scripted and performed in relation to his installations. [8]

Kos' work Lightning (1976) produced in collaboration with Paul Kos was originally held in the Castelli-Sonnabend collection of video art. It questions the notion of observation and whether seeing is in believing. This experimental video is shot from the "privileged position" of the camera operator, depicting a woman "and what she sees as well as what she cannot see." [2] The work questions the nature of reality in relation to observation of phenomena. The woman in the video (Marlene Kos) misses seeing the lightning strike by a few seconds each time it strikes, thus highlighting the privileged position of the camera man. [9]

Collections

Kos' work is represented in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, [1] the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, [10] and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, [11] among other institutions.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Marlene Kos". Art Facts. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Marlene Kos". Video Data Bank. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Marlene Kos: Past Films". Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Marlene Kos". Mutual Art. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Amerikanische Videos 1965 – 1975 The Castelli / Sonnabend Tapes and Films". ArtFacts. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "True to Nature: Artists' Shorts" . Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Helfand, Glen (2003-04-03). "Shelf Life / Paul Kos' playful, political artwork endures despite shifting technologies". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  8. ↑ "Tokyo Rose (Paul Kos)". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Conversations at the edge: On Paul Kos". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Marlene Kos". Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Marlene Kos". Stedelijk Museum Collection online. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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