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Vanessa Beecroft

Vanessa Beecroft (Born 1969) is active/lives in New York.  Vanessa Beecroft is known for Portrait, figurative painting, installation.

Italian born, Vanessa Beecroft's live events, reminiscent of fashion shows, theater, and film scenes are recorded through photography and video, but her "conceptual approach is actually closer to painting." In her performances and exhibition openings they silently take up their positions, moving very little, standing before the public like living pictures.

"Beecroft is making contemporary versions of the complex figurative compositions that have challenged painters from the Renaissance onwards. She sets up a structure for the participants in her live events to create their own composition, presenting themselves according to their own internalized aesthetic system (PAF)."

She is not involved in the performances as a model, but gives instructions to the models. Beecroft explains, "I am not certain what exactly her motive or purpose is, I may need to search a bit more to find her personal statements. To me, the models look like mannequins almost, so it makes me think of co   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1892 characters.]  Artist bio

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