Adam Broomberg (born 1970) and Oliver Chanarin (born 1971) are artists living and working in

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. Together they have had numerous international exhibitions. Their work is represented in major public and private collections. They were awarded the

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for their book ''War Primer 2'', described as a "book that physically inhabits the pages of Bertolt Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication ''War Primer''." They were awarded the

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Infinity Award for their publication, ''Holy Bible''. Broomberg and Chanarin founded the imprint ''Chopped Liver Press'' to publish and sell their own books as well as those by other artists. Broomberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and Chanarin was born in London.

Publications

*''Trust.'' London: Westzone, 2000. *''Ghetto.'' London: Trolley, 2003. *''Mr Mkhize's Portrait.'' London: Trolley, 2004. . *''Chicago.'' SteidlMACK, 2006. *''Fig.'' Göttingen:

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; Brighton:

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, 2007. . *''The Red House.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2007. *''People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground.'' London: Mack, 2011. . *''War Primer 2.'' London: Mack, 2011. . Edition of 100 copies. **Digital edition. Mapp. A version of the printed book with essays about ''War Primer'' by Bertolt Brecht.The digital edition of the book is available for fre
here
at Mapp. **Paperback. London: Mack, 2018. . *''SPBH Book Club Vol 1.'' London:

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, 2012. *''Holy Bible.'' London: Mack; AMC, 2013. . *''Scarti.'' London: Trolley, 2013. . *''Dodo.'' Mexico City: Editorial RM / JUMEX, 2014. . *''Humans and Other Animals.'' London: Tate Publishing, 2015. *''Spirit is a Bone.'' London: Mack, 2015. .

Awards

*2004: Vic Odden Award, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England. *2013:

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, London, for ''War Primer 2'' *2014: Infinity Award,

, New York City.

Exhibitions

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8, Leeds; Edinburgh; Norwich; Southampton. *"Rudiments", Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw. *"Rudiments",

Lisson Gallery Lisson Gallery is a contemporary art gallery with locations in London and New York, founded by Nicholas Logsdail in 1967. The gallery represents over 50 artists such as Art & Language, Ryan Gander, Carmen Herrera, Richard Long, John Latham, So ...

, London. *''Conflict, Time, Photography'',

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, London, November 2014 – March 2015;

Museum Folkwang Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patr ...

, Essen, 10 April – 5 July 2015. *''To Photograph the Details of a Dark Horse in Low Light,''

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam Foam or Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam is a photography museum located at the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The museum has four different exhibitions at any given time in which different photographic genres are shown, such as documen ...

, Amsterdam, Netherlands. * Shanghai Biennale 2014, Shanghai. *''Cross Section of a Revolution,''

, London. *''New Photography 2013,''

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, New York City. *

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galleries, London. *

Apexart Apexart is a non-profit art space located in Manhattan, New York, that focuses on challenging the gallery system and democratizing the process by which art is curated and exhibited. The organization was founded by Steven Rand in 1994. Exhibi ...

, New York City. * Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Jeolla province, South Korea. * Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. *

, New York City. *

Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art The KW Institute for Contemporary Art (also known as Kunst-Werke) is a contemporary art institution located in Auguststraße 69 in Berlin-Mitte, Germany. Klaus Biesenbach was the founding director of KW; the current director is Krist Gruijthuijs ...

, Berlin. *

, London. * Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar. *''Dodo,''

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, Mexico City. *''Divine Violence,''

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, Llandudno, north Wales, July–November 2014, included Broomberg & Chanarin's ''Afterlife''.

Collections

, London. *

, New York City. * Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. *

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, London. *

Musée de l'Élysée Musée de l'Élysée is a museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, entirely devoted to photography. It is a government-supported institution founded in 1985 by Charles-Henri Favrod. It was housed in an 18th-century mansion until October 2020.

, Lausanne, Switzerland. *

, New York City. *

Art Gallery of Ontario The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO; french: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West between McCaul and Bev ...

, Toronto. *Galería NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid / Barcelona https://www.noguerasblanchard.com/en/artists/broomberg-chanarin

Notes

References

External links

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2015 Interview with Chris Dercon
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2014 Interview with Adam Carr
in ''Mousse Magazine''
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2014 Interview with Sabine Mirlesse
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