Luis Camnitzer (Lübeck, 1937) Lives and Works in New York.
Luis Camnitzer (1937), considered as one of the most important Latin American artists, promoter of critical thinking in art and of the artistic education system. Camnitzer’s artwork explores subjects such as social injustice, repression, and institutional critique. His humorous, biting, and often politically charged use of language as art medium has distinguished his practice for over four decades.
Emblematic figure within the analysis of the contemporary visual practice, he invites us here, through three installations made of different mediums and at distinct periods, to explore the relation between language and visibility. These works would provide a view into Camnitzer’s diverse practice as a conceptualist, and illustrate his critical role as a global link between developments of new visual languages in conceptual art.
His work has been exhibited in important international institutions such as: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid, Spain; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA; Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany; Uruguay Pavilion at 43 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy; Whitney Biennial, Whitney, USA; El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA; Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Chile, Chile; Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, USA; Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico, Mexico; List Visual Arts Center, M.I.T., Cambridge, USA; Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, USA; Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany; Daros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland; Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, USA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, EEUU.