Research in artist: Candice Breitz

Candice Breitz born in Johannesburg, 1972, and she is a multimedia artist based in Berlin.

She is also a professor of Fine Art at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2007.

In some  of her interesting video art work, she videotapes different people performing the same subject she combines it together in an individual frame but with one chorus line.

And these performing people she invited are from different background but have something in Common. For example, in the video “King (A Portrait of Michael Jackson), 2005”, all the performers in the video are fans of Michael Jackson.

Perhaps, Candice Breitz is using her video to show the power and the influence of these subject or people.

Candice Breitz's work:

Image from: King (A Portrait of Michael Jackson)

Image from: 'Queen ( A portrait of Madonna)'

Candice Breitz: Queen (A Portrait of Madonna) 2005/2006, clipping from Mary Scherpe on Vimeo.

Analysis:

Breitz video work are very creative, specially the “King” and “Queen”.

She ask different people to performing in the same subject, these people have no relationship but have one common – they love the “subject” that Breitz ask them to perform.

Different people have different mind-set and view – Breitz have shown these ideas in her video. But what if they have same belief? This belief can put people together and strengthen them.

In “King” and “Queen” video, performers sing the same track, think of same person but dance and sound in different way – it shows their personality as same as they show the same belief.

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