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Juan Downey
Juan Downey

Juan Downey (Also known as Juan Owned) (May 11, 1940 - June 9, 1993) was a pioneer video artist. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Video art is a type of Art which relies on Moving pictures and is comprised of Video and/or audio data Born in Santiago, Chile, he received a B.A. in architecture from the Catholic University of Chile. Santiago ( (litteraly in spanish Saint James) is the Capital of Chile, and the center of its largest Conurbation ( Greater Santiago Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC formerly PUC (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is one of Chile 's oldest universities and one of the most prestigious He also studied at S. W. Hayter's Atelier 17 in Paris and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Pratt Institute is a specialized private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as in Utica New York Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. He immigrated to New York in 1965 and died in New York City at the age of 53 survived by his wife, Marilys Lamadrid. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The City of New York He is best known for his video work that is an eclectic voyage into political discourse, the history of art, ideas, personal discovery and self-reflection. Downey rediscovered a form of moving discourse that combined a multicultural deconstructivist investigation of language with his own deep understanding of color, form, shape and process. The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of racial, cultural and ethnic diversity within the Demographics of a specified Deconstruction is a term used in Philosophy, Literary criticism, and the Social sciences, popularised through its usage by Jacques Derrida in In addition to his videotapes, Downey also produced an extensive body of work that included installations, drawings, and paintings. Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto Magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. Drawing is a Visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e

As Carolee Schneemann eulogized:Tropos, topos: the passion of structure, the logic of chance; impacting political issue and the archaic mark with technologies of video. Carolee Schneemann (born October 12, 1939 in Fox Chase Pennsylvania) is an American visual artist known for her discourses on the body Your frame - a common bird escapes rare shadows. Confirming influence. Complex and lucid. The muscle of eye and mind. Husband of Marilys Lamadrid. 1

Juan Downey was the creator of more than 40 works. His videotapes, drawings, performances and installations have been exhibited in solo shows at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D. The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of C. ; the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the Jewish Museum, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Contemporary Art Museum in Houston; The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston; the International Center of Photography in New York; and the Schlessinger-Boissante Gallery in New York. The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney" harbors one of the most important collections of 20th century American art The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( SFMOMA) is a major Modern art Museum and San Francisco Landmark. The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói — MAC is situated in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The International Center of Photography is a photography museum school and research center located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City ( United Downey's work has also been included in group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; at Documenta 6 in Kassel, West Germany; at four Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial exhibitions in New York; at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; at the Venice Biennale; and at the World Wide Video Festival at The Hague. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth documenta is an exhibition of modern and Contemporary art which now takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west The Venice Biennale (Biennale di Venezia also called in English the "Venice Biennial " is a major Contemporary art exhibition that takes place once In 1998 Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Centre Julio Gonzalez in Valencia, Spain hosted a major retrospective of Downey's extensive body of work. Valencia ( Valencian: València, Valencia Spanish phonology --> is the capital of the Spanish autonomous

Video works by Juan Downey

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