Prada presents the exhibition “Dara Birnbaum” with the support of Fondazione Prada. The solo show dedicated to the artist is in conjunction with her extensive exhibition on view at Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan until 25 September 2023.
PRADA AOYAMA June 1 - August 28, 2023 5-2-6 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Monday to Sunday: 11am - 8pm
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Throughout her career, Dara Birnbaum (New York, 1946) has challenged the precepts of art and mass media by deeply exploring the cultural intersections of video art, television, music, and technologies. As stated by Barbara London, “Dara Birnbaum is an inspiring innovator, whose work retains its currency. Today she continues to collaborate with talented editors and composers, as she refines the process of her masterful practice.”
Curated by Barbara London, with Valentino Catricalà and Eva Fabbris, the Tokyo exhibition gathers a total of four works realized from 1979 to 2011: Kiss the Girls: Make Them Cry, Arabesque, Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat dur and New Music Shorts.
Dara Birnbaum was born in 1946 in New York, where she continues to live and work. Birnbaum received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, a BFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, and a Certificate in Video and Electronic Editing at the Global Village, the Video Study Center at the New School for Social Research, New York. Dara Birnbaum’s pioneering video, media, and installation work has addressed the ideological and aesthetic character of mass media imagery over the past five decades and has been considered fundamental to our understanding of the history of media art.
CREDITS
Artist’s portrait Francesca D’Amico Exhibition view of “Dara Birnbaum” Photo: Daichi Ano and Tomoyuki Kusunose