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Biography
Born 1954 in San Francisco, CA
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
1976 | Harvard University, B.A. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 | Four Seasons, Skokloster Castle, Sweden Four Seasons, Atlanta Botanical Gardens |
2013-2014 | Heads, Hands, Heels, Horses & Helium, Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York Four Seasons, New York Botanical Garden |
2013 | Four Seasons, New York Botanical Garden |
2012 – 2013 | Four Seasons, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix AZ |
2012 | Four Seasons, Dulwich Picture Gallery, United Kingdom |
2010 |
After Tiepolo, Ensor and Carracci, Sonnabend Gallery
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2009 |
Butchers, Dragons, Gods and Skeletons, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort
Worth, TX; July 18 – October 25
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2008 | The Butcher’s Shop, Sonnabend Gallery |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 | The Sonnabend Collection, Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna,Venice |
2012 | Feast Your Eyes, Bowes Museum, United Kingdom |
2011 | Ileana Sonnabend: An Italian Portrait, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice |
2010 |
Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy, National Gallery of Art,
Washington D.C., September 19, 2010–January 9, 2011; sculpture
traveled to the Piazza del Duomo in Milan and the Gardens of the Château de Versailles, France At the Edge, Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, NH
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FILMOGRAPHY
Features:
2006 |
The Situation (Director)
a color film in 35mm, 111 minutes
with performances by: Connie Nielsen and Damian Lewis
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2002 |
Lathe of Heaven (Director)
a color film in 35mm, 90 minutes
with performances by: James Caan, Lukas Haas, David Strathairn and
Lisa Bonet
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2000 |
Up at the Villa (Director)
a color film in 35mm, 115 minutes
with performances by: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn and Anne
Bancroft
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1997 |
The Blood Oranges (Director and Co-Writer)
a color film in 35mm, 93 minutes
with performances by: Charles Dance and Sheryl Lee
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1995 |
Angels and Insects (Director and Co-Writer)
a color film in 35mm, 116 minutes
with performances by: Kristin Scott Thomas, Patsy Kensit and Mark
Rylance; Premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival; topgrossing
U.S. independent film of the year; nominated for an Academy
Award in costume design
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1993 |
The Music of Chance (Director and Co-Writer)
a color film in 35mm, 98 minutes
with performances by: James Spader and Mandy Patinkin
Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (in the Un Certain Regard section)
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DOCUMENTARIES
1992 | Money Man |
1992 | Gilbert & George: The Singing Sculpture |
1991 |
Magicians of the Earth: Kings of the Water
Magicians of the Earth: Seni’s Children
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1990 | Magicians of the Earth: A Young Man’s Dream and a Woman’s Secret |
1989 | Magicians of the Earth: The Giant Woman and the Lightning Woman |
1988 |
Stones and Flies: Richard Long in the Sahara
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1988 | A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China |
1984 |
Scenes and Songs from Boyd Webb
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FILM RETROSPECTIVES
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York
The Tate, London
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
AWARDS
1991 | Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship |