Patty Chang
Born: February 3, 1972 (age 42)
Hometown: San Leandro, California http://pattychang.com/index-old.html
Artist Biography
Patty Chang is a video and performance artist who was formally trained in painting and sculpture. She is well known for her video performances as she uses her body as a main medium. Her work composes of examining stereotypes and cultural myths.[1] She appears in most of her work as the use of her body raises questions of contemporary gender issues in Asian and Western culture.[2] Currently, Chang lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Artworks
Chang’s work focuses on the objectification especially in art history and popular culture. In particular, she challenges popular female stereotypes by pushing the standard extremes. Chang achieves so by utilizing her body in amusing and humorous ways. For example, she has been impersonating the identity of contortionists, sex workers, and legendary street fighter Bruce Lee in her work. [3]
Exhibitions and Works
Her latest solo exhibitions include “The Product of Love,” Mary Boone Gallery, New York (2009); and “Die Ware Liebe,” Arratia, Beer, Berlin, Germany (2009); recent group exhibitions include “Chewing Color: Patty Chang, Kate Gilmore, Marilyn Minter,” MTV HD Screen, Times Square, New York (2009); “The F Word,” The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada (2008); “You Are My Mirror 1 (Je T’aime Moi Non Plus),” FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France (2008). [4]
- Melons (1998)
- Fountain (1999)
- Losing Ground (2000)
- Eels (2001)
- Contortion (2002)
- Fan Dance (2003)
- Chez le Grecs (2004)
- Shangri-La (2005)
- Condensation of Birds (2006)
- Gathering Around Tree (Present)
Select Permanent Collections
- Asia Society, New York, NY
- Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- La Maison Rouge, Fondation de Galbert, Paris, France
- Museo De Arte Contemporáneo De Castilla Y León (MUSAC), León, Spain
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- Museum of Modern Art, New York. NY
- New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
- Sammlung Julia Stoschek, Berlin, Germany
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
References
- ↑ Asia Society http://sites.asiasociety.org/gofigure/artists/patty-chang/
- ↑ Art Space http://www.artspace.com/patty_chang
- ↑ Art Space http://www.artspace.com/patty_chang
- ↑ Asia Society http://sites.asiasociety.org/gofigure/artists/patty-chang/
Wiki Author
Bo Ha 2014