Victor Burgin

author · photographer

Victor Burgin is a British conceptual artist and photographer who gained prominence in the late 1960s. Known for his radical interventions into mainstream media through the interplay of text and image, his work explores politics, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the materiality of photography. He studied at the Royal College of Art in London (1965) and received an MFA from Yale University in 1967. His practice evolved from political photography to photo-text works and later incorporated digital video and 3D modeling. Burgin currently lives and works in Paris, France.[1,2]

Themes

  • Conceptual Art
  • Media Critique
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Semiotics
  • Politics

Works by Victor Burgin

  • Between 1986 · Basil Blackwell / Institute of Contemporary Arts · book · English ISBN 0631152350 Originally produced to accompany an exhibition at the ICA in London.
  • The End of Art Theory: Criticism and Postmodernity 1986 · Macmillan · book
  • In/Different Spaces 1996 · California · book
  • Voyage to Italy 2006 · book

Exhibitions

  • 2013 Victor Burgin: On Paper Richard Saltoun Gallery, London solo
  • 1969 When Attitudes Become Form ICA, London group
  • 1970 Information MoMA, New York group

Awards

  • 1986 Turner Prize nomination

References

  1. 2023 link
  2. University of California Press link