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artist Bill Viola created four hours of video as a visual complement to this profound psychological drama. It also tells the story of its commissioning by the then Paris Opera director Gerard Mortier, who pushed the boundaries of what opera could be by inviting a trinity of California-based creatives to re-imagine a Tristan und Isolde for our ...
Bill Viola has been referred to as "the Rembrandt of the video age" and, indeed, his work pays homage not only to the famous Dutch master but to the tradition of creating large-scale works of art that draw the viewer into beautifully painted images and compelling narratives.
Bill Viola is an American video and installation artist known for exploring themes of spirituality and existential introspection. View Bill Viola’s 113 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Feb 29, 2012 · Bill Viola (US: VY-oh-lə, UK: VEE-oh-lə; born January 25, 1951) is an American contemporary video artist whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in new media. His works focus on the ideas behind fundamental human experiences such as birth, death and aspects of consciousness.
Jul 15, 2008 · Bill Viola's The Passing is fifty-four minutes of visual comment on the themes of birth, life, and death.
Sep 18, 2020 · Contemporary video artist Bill Viola transforms imagery into experiences from beautiful to sublime. With the power of the natural elements and his camera, he delves into life's biggest questions.
Separate books in English and German. Walsh,John, ed. Bill Viola: The Passions (exh.cat.). Texts by Peter Sellars, Bill Viola and John Walsh; conversation between Hans Belting and Bill Viola; visual documentation by Kira Perov. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum in association with The National Gallery, London.
An acknowledged pioneer of video art, Viola was crucial in establishing video as a major medium in contemporary art. Slowly Turning Narrative offers Viola’s characteristically hypnotic sense of wonderment at the world and also reveals the fullness of his philosophical vision.
Mar 11, 2014 · PARIS — The largest retrospective ever of the American video artist Bill Viola opened at the Grand Palais here last week. With 20 high-tech works that draw on age-old themes, the exhibition ...
Bill Viola (b. 1951) is a pioneer in developing video as a major art medium. For more than forty years, he has made work that addresses life, death, and the intervening journey and is rooted in both Eastern and Western art and spiritual traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism.
