Vanessa Beecroft | |
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 Beecroft in White Madonna with Twins (2006) | |
| Born | April 25, 1969 |
| Nationality | English, Italian |
| Education | Brera Academy (Milan, Italy) |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Performance, photography, drawing, painting, sculpture |
| Works | VB performances |
| Movement | Relational art |
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| Children | 4 |
| Website | vanessabeecroft |
Vanessa Beecroft (born April 25, 1969) is an Italian-born American contemporary performance artist; she also works with photography, video art, sculpture, and painting. Many of her works have made use of professional models, sometimes in large numbers and sometimes naked or nearly so, to stage tableaux vivants.[2] She works in the United States, and is based in Los Angeles as of 2009[update].[3] Her early work was focused on gender and appeared to be autobiographical; her later work is focused on race.[4] Starting in 2008 she began working with Kanye West on collaborations and commercial projects.[4]
- ^ Morrill, Rebecca; Wright, Karen; Elderton, Louisa (2019). Great women artists. London: Phaidon Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0714878775.
- ^ Francis Summers. Beecroft, Vanessa. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (subscription required).
- ^ "Featured artist: Vanessa Beecroft". ITSLIQUID. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
- ^ a b Larocca, Amy (2016-08-09). "The Bodies Artist, For Kanye Collaborator Vanessa Beecroft, People Are the Perfect Palette". The Cut. Retrieved 2020-01-05.