| Biography |
Fascinated by collective memory, transience and the passing of time, Christian Boltanski (Paris, 1944) developed an impressive collection of sculptures, films and installations that deal with these subjects, either directly or indirectly. Boltanski very often uses found items, like in No Man’s Land (Drill Hall, New York 2010), an enormous mountain of worn clothes with the soundtrack of thousands of human beating hearts in the background, that accentuate the anonymity and destiny of human existence. Boltanski created Les Archives du Coeur, an auditory collection of human heartbeats in Naoshima (Japan), and he created various pieces for the Biennial in Venice, like the installation Chance in 2011, and received numerous national and international awards for his oeuvre. His work is part of the collection of the most prominent museums, among which, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Tate Collection, London and in the Netherlands de Pont, Tilburg. |
