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Luis Camnitzer
Latin American Judaica Conceptual Chassidic Art Modern Woodcut Luis Camnitzer

1970

$1,100
£849.94
€982.61
CA$1,554.38
A$1,743.34
CHF 912.96
MX$21,183.28
NOK 11,593.07
SEK 10,991.04
DKK 7,334.68

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Luis Camnitzer and Martin Buber (1878-1965), New York: JMB Publishers Ltd, 1970. Printed at The New York Graphic Workshop. Hand signed on Arches paper. (Edition 24/100, numbered on Justification page) Woodblock prints based on folktales from the Hasidic Jewish tradition in Eastern Europe, selected by Camnitzer from the early masters section of Buber’s Die chassidischen Bücher as translated by Olga Marx. German Expressionist style Jewish woodcuts by Camnitzer titled: The Tap at the Window; The Helpful Mountain; The Deaf Man; How We Should Learn; Failure; Blessing of the Moon; To Say Torah and To Be Torah; The Mountain; The Bird Nest; and The Strong Thief. Luis Camnitzer (born November 6, 1937) is a German-born Uruguayan artist, curator, art critic, and academic who was at the forefront of 1960s Conceptual Art. Camnitzer works primarily in sculpture, printmaking, and installation, exploring topics such as repression, institutional critique, and social justice. For over five decades, his practice has explored the psychological and political dimensions of language. Luis Camnitzer was born in Lübeck, Germany in 1937 and moved to Montevideo, Uruguay in 1939. In 1953, he studied at the University of Montevideo's Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, where he concentrated on sculpture and architecture. In 1957, Camnitzer received a grant from the German government to study at Akademie der Bildenden Künste München At the Akademie, Camnitzer was mentored by sculptor Heinrich Kirchner. In 1960 Camnitzer held his first solo exhibition at the Centro de Artes y Letras Montevideo  and the following year began teaching at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. Camnitzer subsequently moved from Montevideo, Uruguay to New York City in 1964.   In New York, he and fellow artists Argentine Liliana Porter and Venezuelan Guillermo Castillo (1941–1999). founded the New York Graphic Workshop (1964–1970), a studio focused on redefining the medium of printmaking and dedicated to reviving its importance as a contemporary art form. Beginning in the late 1960s and evolving into the 1970s and 80s, his practice also expanded to examine socio-political issues, including the oppression and cruelty of military dictatorships in Latin America. Camnitzer produced one of his most important works, the Uruguayan Torture Series (1983–84). This series of photo-etchings emphasizes the artist's interest in combining socio-political critique with the psychological implications of text and images. Since the 1980s Camnitzer has produced installations and site-specific works, such as A Museum is a School (2009–present), in addition to his continuing practice in printmaking. He has exhibited at MoMA in many exhibitions and has been included in print shows with Thomas Bayrle, Mel Bochner, Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Broodthaers, Alberto Burri, Vija Celmins, Jean Fautrier, Jasper Johns, Käthe Kollwitz, Glenn Ligon, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. In 2018 a retrospective exhibition, Luis Camnitzer: Hospicio Para Utopias Fallidas, opened at Museo Reina Sofia. Since the 1960s, Camnitzer has focused on political subjects including identity, language, freedom, ethics, and historical tragedy. Camnitzer is a Uruguayan citizen. He lives and works in Great Neck, New York and taught at SUNY Old Westbury, where he is currently professor emeritus. Camnitzer has written several books, including New Art of Cuba (1994) and Conceptualism in Latin American Art: Didactics of Liberation (2007). He is represented by Alexander Gray Associates. Representation in public collections ARCO Corporation, New York, NY Biblioteca Communale, Milan, Italy Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the Uffizzi, Florence, Italy Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME Colección Patrica Phelps de Cisneros, Caracas, Venezuela/New York, NY Daros-Latinamerica, Zürich, Switzerland Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain de Lorraine, France Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA The Jewish Museum, New York, NY Library of Jerusalem, Israel Malmö Stad, Sweden Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Colombia Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica Museo de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela Museo de Gráfica y Dibujo Latinoamericano, Roldanillo, Colombia El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY Museo del Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidad de São Paulo, Brazil Museum Lodz, Łódź, Poland Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, Fredrikstad, Norway Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Museum Wiesbaden, Germany National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq The New York Public Library, New York, NY Queens Museum, New York, NY São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Snite Museum, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Yeshiva University, New York, NY Awards and recognition 2014 Premio Anual de Literature 2014, Ensayo de Arte, Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay 2012 United States Artists Ford Fellow, Visual Arts John Jones Art on Paper Award, Art Dubai: Skowhegan Medal for Conceptual & Interdisciplinary Practices 2011 Frank Jewett Mather Award, College Art Association 2002 Konex Mercosur Award for Uruguay 1998 Latin American Art Critic of the Year Award, Argentine Association of Art Critics 1996 First Prize, ES96, Tijuana Salón Internacional de Estandartes 1991 Art Matters Foundation 1982 Guggenheim Fellowship for Visual Art 1978 Creative Arts Program Services for Sculpture 1974 Prize, British International Print Biennial 1970 Prize, Biennial de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1968 Purchase Prize, Museum of Trenton, New Jersey 1965 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture 1961 Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Printmaking
  • Creator:
    Luis Camnitzer (1937, German, Uruguayan)
  • Creation Year:
    1970
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Width: 20.5 in (52.07 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38211891642

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