Born in New York, 1957, the American artist Tony Oursler is known for his multimedia works, his installations and his works of performing art.
Read MoreThe multimedia works that made him famous are videos projected in three dimensions, often on spherical surfaces, which accentuate the expressive charge of the subject, a face in the act of speaking, observing or shouting.
Combining sculpture, multimedia projections and recordings of the human voice, Oursler seeks interaction with the audience and the animation of psychological and philosophical concepts within an almost dreamlike space. Great attention is given to the light. In 2013 he directed the videoclip of his long-time friend David Bowie 'Where are we now?'.
His works are present in collections such as: The Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh), Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (Paris), the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the Tate Modern, and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City).
Text courtesy Dep Art Gallery.
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