Craigie Horsfield
Craigie Horsfield (born 1949 in Cambridge) is an English artist. In 1996 he was nominated for the annual Turner Prize. Horsfield described his work (photographs of the environments and people around him) as, "intimate in scale but its ambition is, uncomfortable as I find it, towards an epic dimension, to describe the history of our century, and the centuries beyond, the seething extent of the human condition." He often prints the photographs many years after they were first taken, bringing into contrast memory and the present reality.
Craigie Horsfield
- Born
- 1949 · Cambridge.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer · artist
- Fields
- photography
- Movements
- contemporary art
- Languages
- English
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Craigie Horsfield (born 1949 in Cambridge) is an English artist. In 1996 he was nominated for the annual Turner Prize. Horsfield described his work (photographs of the environments and people around him) as, "intimate in scale but its ambition is, uncomfortable as I find it, towards an epic dimension, to describe the history of our century, and the centuries beyond, the seething extent of the human condition." He often prints the photographs many years after they were first taken, bringing into contrast memory and the present reality.
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His work was shown in Documenta XI, Kassel in 2002 and the Whitney Biennial in 2003. He lives and works in London and New York.
The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is photography. Places of work recorded in the authority are Poland and London. Work by Craigie Horsfield is recorded in the collections of Tate, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
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Craigie Horsfield was born on 1 January 1949.
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