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Kendall Geers

Kendall Geers (Born 1968) was active/lived in Africa.  Kendall Geers is known for Sculpture.

Geers was born in Germiston (South Africa) and currently lives and works in Brussels. At the age of fifteen he ran away from home to join the anti-apartheid movement, eventually fleeing the country for London and then New York. At the 1993 Venice Biennale she officially changed her date of birth to May 1968, a momentous year in world history for political protest and equality. This act represented Geers' rejection of the cultural heritage that had shaped her upbringing and her rebirth as an artist and activist. Geers' paintings, sculptures and interventions, spanning a wide range of media, employ wordplay and densely layered motifs to expose ideological structures. Using diverse references-from art history, linguistics, poetry, protest, and play-his works question artistic value and mock notions of originality. His work reveals a sharp humor, combining the raw energy of punk with the spiritual philosophy of poets such as Arthur Rimbaud, William Blake and William S. Burroughs. Art can "   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2057 characters.]  Artist bio

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