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Buck Ellison
American artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Buck Ellison (born 1987)[1] is an American visual artist, known for his photography. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Biography
Buck Ellison was born in 1987 in San Francisco, California.[1] He received a BA degree in German literature from Columbia University, in 2010; and an MFA degree from the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main in 2014.[1][2]
Through collages, films, and photographs, he produces a deep network of inquiry into how whiteness and privilege are sustained and broadcast.[3][4]
Ellison has exhibited at The Hammer Museum,[5][6] and has been in group exhibitions including the 16th Lyon Biennial, 2022,[7] the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2022,[8] Made in L.A. 2020: a version, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Huntington Libraries and Museum, Pasadena, 2020 (cat.),[5] Antarctica, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2018[9] The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 2016 (cat.)[7] among others.
His work has been reviewed in Aperture,[3] Artforum,[2] ArtReview, the British Journal of Photography, Flash Art,[10] Kaleidoscope, Mousse magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texte zur Kunst.[1][11]
His first monograph, Living Trust, won the Paris Photo-Aperture Best PhotoBook Award 2020.[12]
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Collections
His work is in the museum collections of the Aïshti Foundation, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),[13] Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[14]
Bibliography
- Abudu, KJ, “Photography Report: Imaging Racial Capital,”, e-flux, 25 April 2023.
- Packard, Cassie, "Buck Ellison Meets Prince," Art Review, 24 April 2023.
- Glass, Joshua, “Can Buck Ellison Make You Care About Erik Prince?,” Cultured Magazine, 21 March 2023.
- Diehl, Travis, “Buck Ellison’s Great White Society,” The New York Times, 24 June 2022.
- Griffin, Jonathan, “Buck Ellison’s American Freaks,” Art Review, 9 June 2022.
- Living Trust, Loose Joints, 2020 (monograph)[15]
Awards and recognition
- Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award, first PhotoBook winner (2020)[12]
References
External links
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