Allan Sekula
Biography
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Allan Sekula is an American photographer, writer, critic and, more recently, a filmmaker. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1951, died in Los Angeles in 2013.
Since the early 1970s his work has bridged the gap between conceptual art and documentary practices, focusing on economic and social themes ranging from family life, work and unemployment, to schooling and the military industrial complex.
While calling many of the conventions of documentary into question, he continues to see photography as a social practice, answerable to the world and its problems.
Selected exhibitions include Sao Paulo Biennial (2010), La Virreina, Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona (2011, 2010), Taipei Biennial (2010), Mukha Anvers (2010), Documenta Kassel (2007, 2002), Centre Pompidou (2006, 1996), Whitney Museum (2006, 2002, 1993, 1976), Generali Foundation, Vienna (2010, 2007, 2006, 2003), MACBA, Barcelone (2004, 2001, 2012), Winterthur Foto Museum (2001), Foto Institute Rotterdam (2001, 1997).
Selected press
Beaux Arts éditions - Qu'est-ce que la photographie aujourd'hui
Allan Sekula à contre-courant
Publications
Écrits sur la photographie
Publisher: Beaux-Arts de Paris20 €
Disassembled Movies 1972-2012
Publisher: Akbank Art Center
Polonia and Other Fables
Publisher: The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Zacheta National Gallery of Art
TITANIC'S wake
Publisher: Le Point du Jour
ISBN 978-2-912132-31-2
Performance Under Working Conditions
Publisher: Generali Foundation
Dismal Science. Photo Works 1972-1996
Publisher: University Galleries. Illinois State University
