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Burgin was born in Sheffield in England . He studied Art at the Royal College Of Art , in London ,from 1962 to 1965 (A.R.C.A., 1st Class, 1965) before going to the United States to study at Yale University (M.F.A. 1967). He has taught at Trent Polytechnic from 1967 to 1973 and at the School of Communication, Polytechnic of Central London from 1973 to 1988. He lived and worked in San Francisco from 1988 to 2001 where he taught in the History Of Consciousness program at the University Of California, Santa Cruz . In 2000 he was Robert Gwathmey Chair in Art and Architecture, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York. He is now Millard Professor of Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London and Professor Emeritus of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz. He also teaches at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee , Switzerland . In 2005 he received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Sheffield Hallam University (Hon. DUniv). Burgin first came to attention as a Conceptual Art ist. He has worked with Photography and Film , calling Painting "the anachronistic daubing of woven fabrics with coloured mud". His work is influenced by theorists and philosophers such as Karl Marx , Sigmund Freud , Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes . His work is focused on the juxtaposition of image and text. In 1986, Burgin was nominated for the Turner Prize for his exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and Kettle's Yard Gallery in Cambridge and for a collection of his theoretical writings (The End of Theory) and a monograph of his visual work (Between). SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2005 The Little House, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York 2004 Assemblée dans un Parc, Lilles 2004, Galerie l'Aquarium, Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Valenciennes 2003 Victor Burgin, LisboaPhoto 2003, Cordoaria Nacional, Torreão Nascente, Lisbon 2003 Room,1970, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York 2003 Listen to Britain, Norwich Art Gallery 2003 Listen to Britain, Cornerhouse, Manchester 2002 Watergate, Matt’s Gallery, London 2002 Listen to Britain, Arnolfini, Bristol 2001 Victor Burgin,(Retrospective) Tapies Foundation, Barcelona 2001 Nietzsche's Paris and Studies for Video, Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris 2001 Nietzsche's Paris, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York 2000 Nietzsche's Paris, Architectural Association, London 1999 Lichtung, Weimar 99 Cultural Festival, Weimar, Germany 1999 The Glue Man and other studies for video, John Weber Gallery, New York 1998-9 Case History, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 1999 The Embrace and Studies for Video’ Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria 1998 Love Letters, Möcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest 1996 Love Stories, John Weber Gallery, New York 1995 The End, State University of New York at Buffalo Art Gallery/Research Center in Art + Culture 1994 Venise (video), Museum of Modern Art, New York 1994 The End, John Weber Gallery, New York; 1994 Les Quatres Saisons, Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris 1993 Family Romance, Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington 1992 Fiction Film, John Weber Gallery, New York 1992 Passages, (Retrospective), Espace Poulain, Ville de Blois, France 1991 Passages, (Retrospective), Musee d'Art Moderne Villeneuve d'Ascq, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France 1990 Family Romance and Other Works, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Los Angeles 1990 Family Romance, John Weber Gallery, New York 1989 Object Relations, John Weber Gallery, New York 1989 Minnesota Abstract, Film in the Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota 1989 Victor Burgin, Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris 1988 Park Edge, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 1988 Victor Burgin, Le Casa D’Arte, Milan 1986 Victor Burgin, (Retrospective) ICA, London 1986 Victor Burgin,Kettles Yard, Cambridge 1986 Victor Burgin, Orchard Gallery, Derry 1986 Office at Night, John Weber Gallery, New York 1986 Office at Night, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Albert and Vera List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1986 Office at Night, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois 1984 The Bridge, John Weber Gallery, New York 1984 The Bridge Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris 1984 Impressions Gallery of Photography, York 1982 Tales from Freud, John Weber Gallery, New York 1982 Tales from Freud, Yarlow-Salzman Gallery, Toronto 1981 Zwiczek Polskich Artsow Fotografickow, Warsaw 1981 Victor Burgin, Musee de la Ville de Calais, Calais 1980 In Lyon, Espace Lyonnais d’Art Contemporain, Lyon 1980 Victor Burgin US 77/Zoo 78, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York 1980 Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris 1979 John Weber Gallery, New York 1979 Zoo, DAAD Gallery, Berlin 1979 Zoo, Hetzler Gallery, Stuttgart 1978 Victor Burgin, Museum Of Modern Art, Oxford 1978 Victor Burgin US 77, Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris 1977 Victor Burgin US 77, John Weber Gallery, New York 1977 Victor Burgin, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1976 Lei Feng, Foksal Gallery, Poznan, Poland 1976 Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London 1975 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris 1975 Paul Maenz, Cologne 1975 Galleria Daniel Templon, Milan 1974 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris 1974 Lisson Gallery, London 1973 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris 1973 Paul Maenz, Cologne 1973 Paul Maenz, Brussels 1972 Galleria Daniel Templon, Milan 1971 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris 1971 Paul Maenz, Cologne 1971 Galleria Daniel Templon, Milan 1970 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris PUBLIC COMMISSIONS 2004 Restored, Permanent video installation for London Symphony Orchestra, St. Luke’s, Old Street, London. 1994 Permanent video installation for the Médiatheque d’Orléans, Ville d’Orléans, France. 1994 Design for permanent video installation for the Hotel Furkablick, Furkapasshöhe, Switzerland. 1993 Venise, 30 min video, Ville de Marseille, France. 1993 Poster for Images pour la lutte contre le sida, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, France/Agence française de lutte contre le sida: national poster campaign with posters commissioned from an international selection of 35 artists. 1989 Original print for ‘Estampes et Revolution: 200 Ans Après,’ Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, France (100 sets of prints, commissioned from an international selection of artists, and distributed throughout France as part of the Bicentennial Celebration of the French Revolution). 1989 Fall, Video-wall version (9 monitors) , two minute videodisk programme, Tate Gallery, London. 1987 Fall, Video-wall (36 monitors), two minute videodisk programme, Mississauga Shopping Mall, and other locations, Toronto. 1976 What does possession mean to you?,’ color poster, 1000 copies posted in the streets in the center of Newcastle upon Tyne, summer; other poster works, various dates. BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS 2004 The Remembered Film, London, Reaktion Books 2004 Ensayos, Barcelona, Gustavo Gili 2002 Relocating, London and Bristol, August/Arnolfini 2001 Victor Burgin, Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies 2000 Shadowed, London, Architectural Association 2000 Victor Burgin: Robert Gwathmey Lectures, New York, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1997 Venise, London, Black Dog Publishing 1997 Szerelmes Levelek/Love Letters, Mücsarnok Museum, Budapest 1996 In/Different Spaces: place and memory in visual culture, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press 1996 ome Cities, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, and London, Reaktion Books 1995 Japanese translation of: The End of Art Theory: Criticism and Postmodernity (see 1986, below), Tokyo, Keiso Shobo Publishers 1995 History Painting, Buffalo, University at Buffalo Art Gallery/Research Center in Art + Culture 1991 Passages, Lille, Musée d’art moderne de la Communaté Urbaine de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq 1989 Taideteorian Loppu, Helsinki, Suomen Valokuvataiteen Museon Säätiö, Literos, collection of essays by Burgin in Finnish translation 1988 Victor Burgin, Opere 1982-1986, Milan, Le Case d’Arte 1988 Victor Burgin: Office at Night and Danaïdes/Dames, Charlotte, North Carolina, Knight Gallery, City of Charlotte 1986 The End of Art Theory: Criticism and Postmodernity, Macmillan Press, London and Basingstoke, and Humanities Press International, New Jersey (l986), reprinted 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996 1986 Between, Basil Blackwell, Oxford and New York 1986 Formations of Fantasy, (co-edited with Donald, J. and Kaplan, C.), Methuen, London 1982 Thinking Photography, Victor Burgin (ed.), Introduction, three essays, bibliography , The Macmillan Press Ltd., London and Basingstoke, and Humanities Press International, New Jersey (l982), reprinted 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 (twice), 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 1982 Hôtel Latône, Calais, Edition Musée de Calais 1977 Family, New York, Lapp Princess Press, Ltd., in association with Printer Matter, Inc. 1977 Victor Burgin, Eindhoven, Stedelijk van abbemuseum 1976 Two Essays on Art, Photography and Semiotics, London, Robert Self Publications 1973 Work and Commentary, London, Latimer EXTERNAL LINKS
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