Michel Auder
Michel Auder (born 1945) is a French and American photographer and filmmaker. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Michel Auder
- Name
- Michel Auder
- Born
- 1945
- Birthplace
- Soissons, France
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- photographer · film director · television producer · video artist
- Fields
- photography · film
- Languages
- French · English
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Michel Auder (born 1945) is a French and American photographer and filmmaker. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is French and English. The field of work recorded is photography and film. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brooklyn and New York City. Work by Michel Auder is recorded in the collections of Kunsthaus Zürich, Frans Hals Museum and Hessel Museum of Art.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Michel Auder • Born — 1945 • Birthplace — Soissons, France • Website — http: www.michelauder.com
Art career
Art career
His earliest works are travel logs and endearing portraits of friends including Hannah Wilke, Alice Neel, Annie Sprinkle, Eric Bogosian, Louis Waldon, and Larry Rivers. His work is often in the format of a video diary. In 2004, the Williams College Museum of Art held a comprehensive exhibition of Auder's work. His work was included in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. Auder's work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum Brandhorst.
Personal life
Personal life
Auder married painter/actress and author Viva in 1969 and together they had one daughter, Alexandra Auder, in February 1971. This event is included in the couple's film diaries. Auder was married to Cindy Sherman from the early 1980s until the late 1990s.
Selected works
Selected works
• Keeping Busy, 1969 • Cleopatra, 1970 • The Valerie Solanas Incident, 1971 • Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol, 1971–1976 • Chronicles: Family Diaries, 1971-1973 (Excerpts) • Made for Denise, 1978 • Seduction of Patrick, 1979 • Portrait of Alice Neel, 1976–1982 • Chasing the Dragon, 1982 • Flying, 1983 • The Games: Olympic Variations, 1984 • My Last Bag of Heroin (For Real), 1986 • Brooding Angels, Made for R.L., 1988 • Roman Variations, 1991 • Voyage to the Center of the Phone Lines, 1993 • Polaroid Cocaine, 1993 • Louis Waldon, 1994 • The Vanuatu Chronicles, 1998 • T.W.U. Richard Serra, An Unsolicited Video by Michel Auder, 1980–82, re-edit 2002 • Louis Waldon in Chronicles: Los Angeles/Bel-Air (July 1999), 2002 • Chronicles: Columbian Wedding (April 1999), 2002 • Morocco 1972: The Real Chronicles with Viva, 2002 • Chronicles: Van's Last Performance, 1971, edited 2002 • The World Out of My Hands, 2006 • New Mexico Chronicles, 2006 • The Feature (with SeeThink Productions), 2007 • Endless Column, 2011
Life and career
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1945
Michel Auder born at Soissons.
Collections
• Museum Brandhorst, Münich • Kadist Collection, Paris
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- 1.Michel Auder MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 2.Michel Auder Frieze. Frieze.
- 3.Shearer, Linda. Michel Auder Chronicles and Other Scenes. Williams College Museum of Art.
- 4.Michel Auder. whitney.org.
- 5.The collection Museum Brandhorst. museum-brandhorst.de.
- 6.Untitled Document.
- 7.Kadist Collection. Michel Auder: The Town.
- 8.Kadist Collection. Michel Auder: Talking Head.
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Michel Auder is recorded as photographer, film director, television producer and video artist.
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