biografia di Josef KOUDELKA (1938)
Personal data
Birth : 01/10/1938 - Boskovice, Czech Republic
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Czech Republic - France
Address
Paris, FranceEducation
Czech Technical University – Zikova 4 – Prague, Czech Republic
Professional data
Work and Life
1987:Becames a French citizen
1974:Becames a member of Magnum
1970:Lefts Czechoslovakia
1961 – 1967:Works as an aeronautical engineer in Prague and Bratislava
1961:Starts a detailed study of gypsies
Prizes
1991
1991 : Henri Cartier-Bresson award – Grand prix international – Paris, France
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Black & white photograph - Gelatin silver print Subject
documentationcommunities
landscape
Works
| Au pied des monts métallifères | |
| Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Gelatin silver print Size : 139 x 59 cm | |
| Triangle noir au pied des monts Métallifères | |
| Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Black & white photograph Size : 34 x 106 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Le Triangle Noir
Centre d’Art Contemporain – Vassivière, France
02/16/2002 – 06/08/2002
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Eric Franck Fine Art – 7 Victoria Square – London, United Kingdom
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Robert Koch Gallery – 5th floor 49 Geary Street – San Francisco CA, United States
Group exhibitions
2002
Rencontres Internationales de Photographie
Arles, France
07/06/2002 – 07/13/2002
La Fotografia tra Storia e Poesia: La Collezione Fotografica della FNAC
Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia – Turin TO, Italy
05/23/2002 – 07/28/2002
Commandes photographiques du Groupe Lhoist
Musée d’Ixelles – Brussels, Belgium
05/16/2002 – 08/20/2002
2001
Commandes photographiques du Groupe Lhoist
CNP Centre National de la Photographie – Paris, France
12/05/2001 – 02/04/2002
1996
100 Photos – from the collection
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
09/14/1996 – 11/17/1996
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
1999
Chaos
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
1999
ISBN : 0714839000
1997
The Exiles
1997
ISBN : 0500542082
1978
Gipsies
1978
On the artist
Books
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
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