Bill Viola (1951–2024)
Author of Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House: Writings, 1973-1994
About the Author
Works by Bill Viola
Bill Viola Buried Secrets / Segreti sepolti 46th Venice Biennale, 1995 The United State Pavilion (1995) 27 copies, 2 reviews
Bill Viola, images and spaces : Madison Art Center, December 11, 1994 through February 12, 1995 (1994) 9 copies
Bill Viola : más allá de la mirada : imágenes no vistas : Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof&i (1993) 6 copies
Bill Viola. Vedere con la mente e con il cuore. Opere e saggi di un grande fotografo (1995) 3 copies
bill viola:the passing 2 copies
Bill Viola : ARC, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 20 décembre 1983-29 janvier 1984 1 copy
Night journey església del Convent de Santo Domingo, Pollença, del 20 de juliol al 17 de setembre 2006 (2006) 1 copy
Bill Viola - water 1 copy
Reflecting Pool, The 1 copy
Migration 1 copy
Ancient of Days 1 copy
Associated Works
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (1995) — Contributor — 415 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Viola, William John
- Birthdate
- 1951-01-25
- Date of death
- 2024-07-12
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Syracuse University (BFA|Experimental studio art)
- Organizations
- Everson Art Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Art/Tapes/22
WNET Channel 13 Television Laboratory
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (artist-in-residence) - Awards and honors
- U.S./Japan Creative Artist Fellowship (1980)
MacArthur Fellowship (1989)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000)
Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, France (2006) - Relationships
- Perov, Kira (widow, artistic partner)
- Cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Queens, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Syracuse, New York, USA
Florence, Italy
Tokyo, Japan
Long Beach, California, USA - Place of death
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
A very well put together catalogue-book concerning Viola's "Going Forth by Day" installation, which consists of 5 videos.
The high quality photographs, which are plenty, taken from each of the videos, are beautiful and combined with the texts that accompany them, manage to create an accurate description of how the videos and the overall installation, really are.
However, the most interesting part of this book, is the 30page interview with the artist. Viola talks about his influences, his view show more of art and the world and tackles some of the technical issues concerning his works. The interview covers some of his more known pieces, such as "The Greeting" and doesn't limit itself to the videos of "Going Forth by Day". It's a very enlightening dialogue that gives a great deal of insight into the artist's works.
The book also has some "procedural" drawings and notes, giving us a glimpse on how these videos were made, and how much work and effort was put into them.
It's a beautiful presentation of an amazing artist. If you are interested in video-art, or in Viola, I definitely recommend reading it. show less
The high quality photographs, which are plenty, taken from each of the videos, are beautiful and combined with the texts that accompany them, manage to create an accurate description of how the videos and the overall installation, really are.
However, the most interesting part of this book, is the 30page interview with the artist. Viola talks about his influences, his view show more of art and the world and tackles some of the technical issues concerning his works. The interview covers some of his more known pieces, such as "The Greeting" and doesn't limit itself to the videos of "Going Forth by Day". It's a very enlightening dialogue that gives a great deal of insight into the artist's works.
The book also has some "procedural" drawings and notes, giving us a glimpse on how these videos were made, and how much work and effort was put into them.
It's a beautiful presentation of an amazing artist. If you are interested in video-art, or in Viola, I definitely recommend reading it. show less
Bill Viola : Buried secrets=Segreti Septoli : the United States Pavillion, 46th Venice Biennale by Bill Viola
Bill Viola: Buried Secrets, the exhibition organized by curator Marilyn Zeitlin for the U.S. Pavilion at the 46th Venice Biennale in 1995. Bill Viola created five new video installations for the exhibition
Catalog of an exhibition held at the United States Pavilion, 46th Venice Biennale, June 11-Oct. 15, 1995
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Statistics
- Works
- 49
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 340
- Popularity
- #70,095
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 38
- Languages
- 7