Cameron Platter Explained

Cameron Platter
Birth Date:1978
Nationality:South African

Cameron Platter (born 1978) is a South African contemporary visual artist.

Work

His work has been described as "unorthodox",[1] "the delinquent love child of Quentin Tarantino and Dr Seuss"[2] and where "the bizarreness of everyday life comes together in an expression unashamedly unforgiving, yet deeply observant".[3]

Examples are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York;[4] the FRAC des Pays de la Loire in France; the Iziko South African National Gallery; the Margulies Collection in Miami, Florida; the Zeitz Collection in South Africa; and the New Church Collection in South Africa.[5]

Exhibitions

Exhibitions include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now" - artforum.com / critics' picks. artforum.com. 2015-10-08.
  2. Web site: A R T T H R O B _ R E V I E W S _ C A P E. www.artthrob.co.za. 2015-10-08.
  3. Web site: Everyday but far from the obvious. The M&G Online. 2015-10-08.
  4. Web site: Fang. Alexander. Spotlight: Cameron Platter in Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now. Inside Out. MoMA. 20 January 2014. 25 April 2011.
  5. Web site: The New Church Museum. thenewchurch.co. 2015-10-08.
  6. Web site: Projects > Depart Foundation. www.departfoundation.org. en-US. 2018-04-25. 26 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180426080414/http://www.departfoundation.org/category/projects/. dead.
  7. Web site: Venice Biennale 2013: An imperfect past ?and its impact on the present. The M&G Online. 2015-10-08. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111039/http://mg.co.za/article/2013-04-19-00-an-imperfect-past-and-its-impact-on-the-present%20http://theculturetrip.com/africa/south-africa/articles/south-africa-s-leading-contemporary-artists-descend-upon-the-venice-biennale/. dead.
  8. Web site: YBCA. www.ybca.org. 2015-10-08.
  9. Web site: South African artists announced for participation in Venice Biennale. Art South Africa. 2015-10-08. en. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142313/http://artsouthafrica.com/220-news-articles-2013/1925-south-african-artists-announced-for-participation-in-venice-biennale.html. dead.
  10. Web site: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes: Expositions à venir. www.museedesbeauxarts.nantes.fr. 2015-10-08.
  11. Web site: MoMA Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now. www.moma.org. 2015-10-08.
  12. Web site: MoMA Category: Impressions from South Africa. www.moma.org. 2015-10-08.
  13. Web site: The Power of Happiness: Cameron Platter's Impressions from South Africa. www.moma.org. 2015-10-08.
  14. Web site: LES RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES new cinema and contemporary art . www.art-action.org. 2015-10-08.
  15. Web site: Coca-colonized. MARTE-C. 2015-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305180257/http://www.martecontemporary.org/coca-colonized/. 5 March 2016. dead.
  16. Web site: May 2011: Coca-Colonized at the Museum of Art (MARTE Museum) in San Salvador El Salvador Claire Breukel. clairebreukel.com. 2015-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20150822051630/http://clairebreukel.com/?page_id=445. 22 August 2015. dead.
  17. Web site: Event View - Calendar – Iziko Museums. www.iziko.org.za. 2015-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20141012084057/http://www.iziko.org.za/calendar/event/brave-new-world20-years-of-democracy. 12 October 2014. dead.

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