Angela Bulloch
Encyclopedia
Angela Bulloch is an artist who often works with sound and installation; she is recognised as one of the Young British Artists
.
Exhibition, 1988. She was nominated for the Turner Prize
in 1997, part of an all-female shortlist that also included Cornelia Parker
, Christine Borland
and Gillian Wearing
(who won the prize that year).
Bulloch has used video, sound and light to explore pre-edited systems. Many of her works make use of biofeedback
systems. Such as in her 1994 work Betaville, a machine painting vertical and horizontal stripes on a wall, was triggered whenever someone sat on the bench in front of it.
Young British Artists
Young British Artists or YBAs is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988...
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Life and career
studied at Goldsmiths' College, London (1985–1988) and was included in the FreezeFreeze (exhibition)
Freeze is the title of an art exhibition that took place in July 1988 in an empty London Port Authority building at Surrey Docks in London Docklands. Its main organiser was Damien Hirst. It was significant in the subsequent development of the Young British Artists.-Organisation:Freeze was...
Exhibition, 1988. She was nominated for the Turner Prize
Turner Prize
The Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised...
in 1997, part of an all-female shortlist that also included Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Ann Parker OBE, RA is an English sculptor and installation artist. -Life and career:Parker studied at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design and Wolverhampton Polytechnic...
, Christine Borland
Christine Borland
Christine Borland is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists . Borland attended the University of Ulster, and the Glasgow School of Art....
and Gillian Wearing
Gillian Wearing
Gillian Wearing OBE RA is an English conceptual artist, one of the YBAs, and winner of the annual British fine arts award, The Turner Prize, in 1997. On 11 December 2007, Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London....
(who won the prize that year).
Bulloch has used video, sound and light to explore pre-edited systems. Many of her works make use of biofeedback
Biofeedback
Biofeedback is the process of becoming aware of various physiological functions using instruments that provide information on the activity of those same systems, with a goal of being able to manipulate them at will...
systems. Such as in her 1994 work Betaville, a machine painting vertical and horizontal stripes on a wall, was triggered whenever someone sat on the bench in front of it.
External links
- Angela Bulloch at Artcyclopedia
- Simon Lee Gallery London
- "Performance Anxiety" - Exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- "Turner Prize History" - Tate Britain's entry on Angela Bulloch
- "Biography" - Angela Bullochs details at Galerie Engholm Engelhorn Vienna
- "Images" - Angela Bullochs details at Galerie Engholm Engelhorn Vienna
- Angela Bulloch at the Berliner Poster Verlag