Sylvie Blocher

Sylvie Blocher (born 1953) is a French artist.[1][2]

Sylvie Blocher
Born1953 (age 66–67)
Morschwiller-le-Bas, Alsace[1]
NationalityFrench
Known forVideo art
Websitesylvieblocher.net

Blocher is known for her video works that engage local communities.[3] Her long-running project Living Pictures is a series of video portraits that, according to Blocher, attempts to "render speech in images".[4][5]

Solo exhibitions

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[1] the Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes,[15] MUDAM Luxembourg,[16] the Centre Pompidou[17] and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[2]

References
  1. "Blocher, Sylvie". collections.mnbaq.org. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
  2. "Blocher, Sylvie". sfmoma.org. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
  3. Lally, Elaine; Ang, Ien; Anderson, Kay (May 12, 2011). "The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation". UWA Publishing – via Google Books.
  4. LeVitte-Harten, Doreet; Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle (May 12, 1999). "Heaven". Distributed Art Pub Incorporated – via Google Books.
  5. Caron, Muriel (April 1, 2003). "Sylvie Blocher : Living Pictures and other Human Voices, vidéos 1992-2002". Critique d’art. Actualité internationale de la littérature critique sur l’art contemporain (21) – via journals.openedition.org.
  6. Gill, Carolyn Bailey (2000). Time and the Image. ISBN 9780719058141.
  7. "A Publication of the AGYU". www.yorku.ca.
  8. "Camerawork". San Francisco Camerawork, Incorporated. May 12, 2007 – via Google Books.
  9. Lee, Ellen (February 23, 2007). "Searching their souls -- on camera / Exploring Silicon Valley's definition of success". SFGate.
  10. "C3West | Sylvie Blocher: What is Missing? | MCA Australia".
  11. "Sylvie Blocher: What is Missing?". Artlink Magazine.
  12. "Sylvie Blocher "S'inventer autrement" at Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Se?te •". 27 December 2015.
  13. "Sylvie Blocher à Sète - Passeuse d'imaginaire". ArtsHebdoMédias. December 21, 2015.
  14. "Sylvie Blocher, une artiste qui se «coltine» le monde". September 16, 2016 – via www.la-croix.com.
  15. "Sylvie Blocher, Été 93 ← Acquisitions ← COLLECTION ← IAC — Institut d'art contemporain — Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes".
  16. "Sylvie Blocher".
  17. "La passeuse | Centre Pompidou". www.centrepompidou.fr.
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