Barbara Kasten

Barbara Kasten (born 1936) is an American artist from Chicago Illinois. Her work involves the use of abstract video and photograph projections.[1]

Barbara Kasten
Scene III, 2012
Born1936
Chicago, IL
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia College of Arts and Crafts
Known forConceptual Art
MovementContemporary Art
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Endowment of the Arts Grant; Fulbright Hays Fellowship; Distinguished College Artist, Columbia College Chicago

Schooling and career

Kasten trained as a painter and textile artist at the University of Arizona (BFA), the California College of Arts & Crafts (MFA) with Trude Guermonprez, and a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań with Magdalena Abakanowicz.[2] She was influenced by the Bauhaus movement and László Moholy-Nagy.[3] After school, she turned to photography to encompass her interdisciplinary work, beginning in 1973 with the commercial process of diazotype and subjects reminiscent of performance art.[2] Working for over 40 years, she is often inspired by the act of depicting a three-dimensional space onto a two-dimensional plane.[4][5] She often uses mirrors, lights, and props for conceptually-based pieces.[6] As she continues her practice, her work has continued to pure abstraction.[7]

Kasten completed her Master in Fine Arts Degree in sculpture textile design from California College of arts and crafts in 1970.[8]

She has won many awards, notably the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.[9]

In 2015, Kasten was given the first career survey of her work, entitled "Barbara Kasten: Stages" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.[10] It traveled to the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts where it was presented in conjunction with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Monographs
  • Barbara Kasten: Architecture & Film (2015–2020), edited by Stephanie Cristello. Texts by Stephanie Cristello, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Humberto Moro, and Mimi Zeiger. Milan: Skira, 2022. (ISBN 9788857247199)
  • Barbara Kasten: The Diazotypes, edited by Ellen Alderman and Lisa Leshowitz, text by Alex Klein. Chicago: Graham Foundation; New York: DAP, 2015.
  • Barbara Kasten: Stages, JRP|Ringier, Zurich, essays by Alex Kitnick, Alex Klein, Jenni Sorkin (2015) (ISBN 9783037644102)
  • Barbara Kasten: Works 1986-1990, RAM, Tokyo, Japan, essays by Deborah Irmas, Meg Perlman, Michele Druon (1991) (ISBN 096307850X)
  • Constructs: Barbara Kasten, New York Graphic Society and The Polaroid Corporation, essay by Estelle Jussim (1985) (ISBN 0821215833)
  • How We See: Photobooks by Women, 10x10 Photobooks, (2018)[11]

Public collections

Selected solo exhibitions
  • "Barbara Kasten: Works", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (2020)[16]
  • "Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber", Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, U.A.E. (2019)[17]
  • "Intervention, 2018" at Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon, AON Grand Ballroom, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (2018)

References
  1. "Barbara Kasten". Art21. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  2. Fulton, Lauren R. "On Paper, on Chairs: Barbara Kasten," Art in Print, Vol. 6 No. 4 (November–December 2016).
  3. Irvin, Nick (2012-07-27). "Reality at the Core: Q+A with Barbara Kasten - Interviews - Art in America". Artinamericamagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  4. "Frieze Interview". Barbara Kasten. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  5. Holly Myers (December 3, 2011). "Art Review: Barbara Kasten at Gallery Luissoti". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  6. "Barbara Kasten 20x24 Constructs". 20x24 Gallery. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  7. Regan Golden-McNerney (September 27, 2011). "Eye Exam:Concrete Light". NewCity Art. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  8. "Artist Collection". ArtsWA. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  9. Guggenheim Fellowship "Barbara Kasten - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  10. "Barbara Kasten: Stages". Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  11. Lederman, Russet; Tatskevich, Olga; Lang, Michael; Ishiuchi, Miyako; Lubben, Kristen; Abenavoli, Valentina (2018). How we see: photobooks by women. ISBN 9780692144299. OCLC 1050446852.
  12. "Discover Art & Artists". The Art Institute of Chicago.
  13. "Barbara Kasten | MoMA".
  14. "Barbara Kasten born 1936". Tate.
  15. "Searchable Art Museum". New Mexico Museum of Art. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  16. "Barbara Kasten: Works - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg". www.kunstmuseum-wolfsburg.de. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  17. "Projects - Sharjah Art Foundation".
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