Buck Ellison Explained

Buck Ellison (born 1987)^[1] is an American visual artist, known for his photography.^{[2] [3] [4]} He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Biography

Buck Ellison was born in 1987 in San Francisco, California. He received a BA degree in German literature from Columbia University, in 2010; and an MFA degree from the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main in 2014.^[5]

Through collages, films, and photographs, he produces a deep network of inquiry into how whiteness and privilege are sustained and broadcast.^[6]

Ellison has exhibited at The Hammer Museum,^{[7] [8]} and has been in group exhibitions including the 16th Lyon Biennial, 2022,^[9] the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2022,^[10] Made in L.A. 2020: a version, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Huntington Libraries and Museum, Pasadena, 2020 (cat.), Antarctica, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2018^[11] The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 2016 (cat.) among others.

His work has been reviewed in Aperture, Artforum, ArtReview, the British Journal of Photography, Flash Art,^[12] Kaleidoscope, Mousse magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texte zur Kunst.^[13]

His first monograph, Living Trust, won the Paris Photo-Aperture Best PhotoBook Award 2020.^[4]

Collections

His work is in the museum collections of the Aïshti Foundation, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),^[14] Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.^[15]

Bibliography

• Abudu, KJ, “Photography Report: Imaging Racial Capital,”, e-flux, 25 April 2023.
• Packard, Cassie, "Buck Ellison Meets Prince," Art Review, 24 April 2023.
• Glass, Joshua, “Can Buck Ellison Make You Care About Erik Prince?,” Cultured Magazine, 21 March 2023.
• Diehl, Travis, “Buck Ellison’s Great White Society,” The New York Times, 24 June 2022.
• Griffin, Jonathan, “Buck Ellison’s American Freaks,” Art Review, 9 June 2022.
• Living Trust, Loose Joints, 2020 (monograph)^[3]

Awards and recognition

• Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award, first PhotoBook winner (2020)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pinsky . Marina . 20 April 2017 . Comfort is Tricky: Marina Pinsky and Buck Ellison . Mousse Magazine and Publishing.
2. News: Diehl . Travis . 2022-06-24 . Buck Ellison’s Great White Society . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-05 . 0362-4331.
3. Web site: April 23, 2020 . Photographer Buck Ellison’s Depictions of Wealth in White America . Another Man.
4. Web site: Abel-Hirsch . Hannah . December 5, 2020 . An unlikely portrait of W.A.S.P America . 1854 Photography.
5. Web site: Summer 2017 . Openings: Buck Ellison . . 0004-3532.
6. Web site: 30 March 2022 . A Photographer's Canny Investigation of American Privilege . Aperture.org.
7. Web site: Buck Ellison | Hammer Museum .
8. Web site: Review: Extreme alienation reigns in the Hammer Museum's (Unopened) biennial . . 10 November 2020 .
9. Web site: Buck Ellison . KunstAspekte.art.
10. Web site: Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept .
11. Web site: "Antarctica. An Exhibition on Alienation" at Kunsthalle Wien — Mousse Magazine and Publishing . 6 February 2019 .
12. Web site: Buck Ellison Balice Hertling / Paris |. December 17, 2019. Flash Art.
13. What Old Money Looks like in America, and Who Pays for It . . August 2021 .
14. Web site: Mama Edition: AP 1/2 + edition of 3 Buck Ellison (United States, San Francisco, born 1987, active Los Angeles) . Los Angeles County Museum of Art . 25 September 2022.
15. Web site: Buck Ellison, 1987– . 2022-11-05 . Whitney.org . en.