Candice Breitz
Candice Breitz is a South African artist who works with video and photography. Her work is very thought provoking as it often highlights political and socioeconomic issues and plays with perception. She gathers material from a particular group of people who have something in common eg Michael Jackson fans, women giving birth, sex workers, mothers, fathers, etc and mixes excerpts from the footage with excerpts from films or using well known actors. It's very powerful.
'Throughout her career, Breitz has explored the dynamics by means of which an individual becomes him or herself in relation to a larger community, be that community the immediate community that one encounters in family, or the real and imagined communities that are shaped not only by questions of national belonging, race, gender and religion but also by the increasingly undeniable influence of mainstream media such as television, cinema and popular culture. Most recently, Breitz’s work has focused on the conditions under which empathy is produced, reflecting on a media-saturated global culture in which strong identification with fictional characters and celebrity figures runs parallel to widespread indifference to the plight of those facing real-world adversity.' (Goodman Gallery, 2019)
'Throughout her career, Breitz has explored the dynamics by means of which an individual becomes him or herself in relation to a larger community, be that community the immediate community that one encounters in family, or the real and imagined communities that are shaped not only by questions of national belonging, race, gender and religion but also by the increasingly undeniable influence of mainstream media such as television, cinema and popular culture. Most recently, Breitz’s work has focused on the conditions under which empathy is produced, reflecting on a media-saturated global culture in which strong identification with fictional characters and celebrity figures runs parallel to widespread indifference to the plight of those facing real-world adversity.' (Goodman Gallery, 2019)
Goodman Gallery (2019) Candice Breitz Available at: https://www.goodman-gallery.com/artists/candice-breitz#bio (Accessed: 8 February 2021)
Kow-Berlin (no date) Candice Breitz Available at: https://kow-berlin.com/artists/candice-breitz (Accessed: 8 February 2021)
Kow-Berlin (no date) Candice Breitz Available at: https://kow-berlin.com/artists/candice-breitz (Accessed: 8 February 2021)