Bart Dorsa
Bart Dorsa (born 1967) is an American artist, photographer, film-maker. Dorsa works in an old photographic technique (Collodion process). Dorsa's notable exhibitions have been at the Venice Biennale and Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
Bart Dorsa
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- Name
- Bart Dorsa
- Born
- 1967
- Birthplace
- California, United States
- Known for
- Photography
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · filmmaker · artist
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Bart Dorsa (born 1967) is an American artist, photographer, film-maker. Dorsa works in an old photographic technique (Collodion process). Dorsa's notable exhibitions have been at the Venice Biennale and Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
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Biography
In 2011 Dorsa pedaled his Flaming Duck kinetic sculpture around the city of Moscow.
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• Name — Bart Dorsa • Born — 1967 • Birthplace — California, United States • Known for — Photography • Website — http: www.dorsa.com • Illustration — Katya Diptych 7, Crossroads series, 2012, Collodion and Silver Glass Photographic Plates, Individual size 93 cm x 61,5 cm, Courtesy Bart Dorsa
Early life
Early life
Dorsa was born in California to Frank and Marilyn Dorsa, and is the grandson of Frank Dorsa Sr the inventor of the Eggo waffle.
Career
Career
Dorsa began his career in visual arts as an independent filmmaker, but later moved to photography and sculpture. In May and June 2011 Dorsa pedaled his Flaming Duck kinetic sculpture for 6 weeks around the city of Moscow at times shooting fire as high as 50 feet into the air. Dorsa conceived the Duck as a present for his father's 69th birthday.
Art
Art
For almost 10 years now Bart Dorsa has been living in Moscow and working with various photographic techniques creating images that are experimental, emotional and have consistently challenged conventional notions of beauty. Dorsa studies wet plate technique in Europe and later experimented a lot with different cameras, lenses, and hand-made emulsions. To achieve the desired effect, Dorsa gradually removed all excess elements, until at some point he destroyed the camera and began shooting with only a lens and a camera obscura. Bart Dorsa has transformed traditional exhibition locations into spaces that create a context of mystery and emotion, covering the spaces in fabric and building unique 'sanctuary' space-within-space structures.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• May 2015 - November 2015 part of Glasstress Gotika Exhibition, Collateral Event of the 56th Venice Biennale, • May 2013 - September 2013 "Katya" within Collateral Events of the 55th Venice Biennale • May 2011 "Against The Sun", Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, Moscow • November 2009 "Deep Inside My Doll House", Moscow Museum of Modern Art • April 2009 "Silver Tongue Devil", Pobeda Gallery, Moscow
Filmography
Filmography
• 1999 - The Invisibles (executive producer) • 1999 - Here Lies Lonely (director) • 2001 - 3000 Miles to Graceland (actor)
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- 1.Venezia, Anita. Message From Moscow. Alive Magazine. 8 November 2009.
- 2.Collateral Events. La Biennale di Venezia.
- 3.Bart Dorsa. Katya. Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
- 4.Lally, Kathy. Dorsa is daffy, yet makes Muscovites laugh — and think. The Washington Post. 10 July 2011.
- 5.Sherri Liberman. American Food by the Decades. ABC-CLIO. 134. 2011. 978-0-313-37698-6.
- 6.Philippe Dagen. Dans un sanctuaire vénitien, icônes et reliques de sainte Katia. Le Monde, 2013.
- 7.Bart Dorsa - Artist - Glasstress 2015.
- 8.Bart Dorsa - Artist - Glasstress 2015.
- 9.Marsilio. La Biennale di Venezia. 55ª Esposizione internazionale d'arte. Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (2 vol.). 204–205. 2013. 9788831715584.
- 10.Deep Inside My DollHouse. Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
- 11.Silver Tongue Devil.
- 12.Bart Dorsa. IMDb.
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