Welcome, Guest Sign In | Sign Up | Help
Thank you for using Upcoming!
To help focus our efforts on core Yahoo! product experiences, we will discontinue Upcoming by 30th April 2013. You can find more details here
(close)
  • Add Photos from

    Your photos will appear on this event page automagically in a little while!

Event Photos
Have a photo? Add it here
Candice Breitz: Working Class Hero
Thursday October 15, 2009 from 10:00am - 8:45pm
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
151 3rd St
San Francisco, California 94103 Get Directions
Berlin-based South African artist Candice Breitz has produced a number of video installations that deal with the impact of pop culture on contemporary consciousness -- especially our obsession with celebrity. 'Working Class Hero' (A Portrait of John Lennon), 2006, is the fourth installment in a series that focuses on pop-music icons (previous works address Bob Marley, Michael Jackson and Madonna). For 'Working Class Hero,' Breitz invited a diverse community of Lennon fans to pay tribute to the late musician by performing his first solo album, 'Plastic Ono Band,' from beginning to end. In addition to offering intimate portraits of each participant, the resulting 25-channel video installation forms a survey of fan culture and reflects on the complex threads of identification that often characterize the relationship between celebrities and their public. On view in an adjacent gallery is a second work by Breitz, entitled ;Mother' (2005). For this work, the artist took famous film performances by actresses in the role of a mother and edited them into composite monologues, creating an exploration of Hollywood 's representation of the maternal.

Additional Local Dates

Date & TimeVenue
See all 0 future dates 
See fewer future dates 
See 69 past dates 
Hide past dates 
Comments


Sign Up or Sign In to comment on this event!
Been there, done that?
(undo)
or
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
Tags


Tools
Upcoming Badges for Your Blog/Website | Groups | Developers API
Help
News Blog | Community Guidelines | FAQ | Contact Us | About Us