Guggenheim Fellowship; National Endowment of the Arts Grant; Fulbright Hays Fellowship; Distinguished College Artist, Columbia College Chicago
Barbara Kasten (born 1936) is an American artist from Chicago Illinois. Her work involves the use of abstract video and photograph projections.[1]
Schooling and career
Kasten trained as a painter and textile artist at the
University of Arizona (BFA), the
California College of Arts & Crafts (MFA) with
Trude Guermonprez, and a
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship at the
University of Fine Arts in Poznań with
Magdalena Abakanowicz.[2] She was influenced by the Bauhaus movement and
László Moholy-Nagy.[3] After school, she turned to photography to encompass her interdisciplinary work, beginning in 1973 with the commercial process of
diazotype and subjects reminiscent of performance art.[2] Working for over 40 years, she is often inspired by the act of depicting a three-dimensional space onto a two-dimensional plane.[4][5] She often uses mirrors, lights, and props for conceptually-based pieces.[6] As she continues her practice, her work has continued to pure abstraction.[7]
In 2015, Kasten was given the first career survey of her work, entitled "Barbara Kasten: Stages" at the
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.[10] It traveled to the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts where it was presented in conjunction with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
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"Set Pieces". Frieze (Interview with Barbara Kasten). No. 143.
ISSN0962-0672.
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^Golden-McNerney, Regan (27 September 2011).
"Eye Exam: Concrete Light". NewCity Art.
Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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abc"Barbara Kasten". Washington State Arts Commission.
Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^Ishiuchi, Miyako; Lubben, Kristen; Abenavoli, Valentina (2018). Lederman, Russet; Tatskevich, Olga; Lang, Michael (eds.).
How We See: Photobooks by Women. Book design by Laura Coombs. New York City: 10x10 Photobooks.
ISBN9780692144299.
OCLC1050446852.