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Buck Ellison

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Buck Ellison
Born1987 (age 37–38)
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Städelschule (MFA)
Known forVisual arts, Photography
Notable workLiving Trust
AwardsParis Photo–Aperture Best PhotoBook Award (2020)
Websitebuckellison.com

Buck Ellison (born 1987)[1] is an American visual artist, known for his photography. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Biography

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Buck Ellison was born in 1987 in San Francisco, California.[1] He received a BA degree in German literature from Columbia University, in 2010; and an MFA degree from the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main in 2014.[1][2]

Through collages, films, and photographs, he produces a deep network of inquiry into how whiteness and privilege are sustained and broadcast.[3][4]

Ellison has exhibited at The Hammer Museum,[5][6] and has been in group exhibitions including the 16th Lyon Biennial, 2022,[7] the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2022,[8] Made in L.A. 2020: a version, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Huntington Libraries and Museum, Pasadena, 2020 (cat.),[5] Antarctica, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2018[9] The Sun Placed In The Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 2016 (cat.)[7] among others.

His work has been reviewed in Aperture,[3] Artforum,[2] ArtReview, the British Journal of Photography, Flash Art,[10] Kaleidoscope, Mousse magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texte zur Kunst.[1][11]

His first monograph, Living Trust, won the Paris Photo-Aperture Best PhotoBook Award 2020.[12]

Collections

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His work is in the museum collections of the Aïshti Foundation, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),[13] Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[14]

Bibliography

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Awards and recognition

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Pinsky, Marina (20 April 2017). "Comfort is Tricky: Marina Pinsky and Buck Ellison". Mousse Magazine.
  2. ^ a b "Openings: Buck Ellison". Artforum. Summer 2017. ISSN 0004-3532.
  3. ^ a b "A Photographer's Canny Investigation of American Privilege". Aperture.org. 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ Diehl, Travis (2022-06-24). "Buck Ellison's Great White Society". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  5. ^ a b "Buck Ellison | Hammer Museum".
  6. ^ "Review: Extreme alienation reigns in the Hammer Museum's (Unopened) biennial". Los Angeles Times. 10 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Buck Ellison". KunstAspekte.art.
  8. ^ "Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept".
  9. ^ ""Antarctica. An Exhibition on Alienation" at Kunsthalle Wien — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". 6 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Buck Ellison Balice Hertling / Paris |". Flash Art. December 17, 2019.
  11. ^ "What Old Money Looks like in America, and Who Pays for It". The New Yorker. August 2021.
  12. ^ a b Abel-Hirsch, Hannah (December 5, 2020). "An unlikely portrait of W.A.S.P America". 1854 Photography.
  13. ^ "Mama Edition: AP 1/2 + edition of 3 Buck Ellison (United States, San Francisco, born 1987, active Los Angeles)". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Buck Ellison, 1987–". Whitney.org. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  15. ^ "Photographer Buck Ellison's Depictions of Wealth in White America". Another Man. April 23, 2020.
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