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Jaar, Alfredo

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1956

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Europa or the Difficulty of History / Jaar, Alfredo ; Altaio, Vicenc., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-32566-34147
Scope and Contents

The political, poetic text in three languages by Vincenc Altaio printed with varied typefaces, sizes and overlays was illustrated by Alfredo Jaar. For the exhibition, the latter made colored photographs that consisted of six large panels depicting fire in the foreground and a long vertical line of smaller photographs of the faces of war victims in the background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Translucent Writing / Adrian R ; Dwyer N ; Holzer J ; Jaar A ; Kosuth J ; Locher T ; Ruscha E ; Weibel P ; Nannucci M ; Mallarme S ; Merz M ; Nauman B ; Ray M ; Insam G ; Eerdekens F., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-36450-38244
Scope and Contents

The works in this exhibition featured neon, computer generated, video, and LED word works. Ferdinand Schmatz contributed an essay entitled "Word-Writing-Space - The NON-written Book: Approaches to Mallarme, Light and Time." Peter Weibel's essay is "The Medium Writing in the Age of the Turing Galaxy." Curator Grita Insam, guest curator, contributed a catalogue epilogue relating to the theme of the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994