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Ryan Trecartin
Born: 1981
Citizenship: us
Place(s) of work: New Orleans (us) ; Philadelphia (us) ; Los Angeles (us)
Bio:
The works of filmmaker and artist Ryan Trecartin, born in 1981, are concerned with his generation of over-stimulated consumers of youth culture. Assuming the role of orchestrator or organizer, Trecartin collaborates with fellow artist friends on film projects, sculptural works, and large installations whose gaudy, fun-house aesthetics reflect the today's clutter of multiplatform cultural refuse. The idea of community and of collaborating to bring disparate parts into a complex, colorful whole is as much a part of his process as it is the enlivening concept of his work. Trecartin negotiates the … (read more)
Techniques & Media: Film and Video Art, Installation, Mixed Media, Sculpture
Inspirations & Key Themes: Community, Entertainment Industry, Gender, identity, Mass media
Associated with : Kalup Linzy
Influenced by : John Waters

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New Museum of Contemporary Art
April 8th 2009 - July 5th 2009

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