Marlene Kos (born 1942)
is an American visual artist known for video art and
installations. She was primarily active during the 1970s, during which time she often collaborated with her then-husband,
Paul Kos
Paul Joseph Kos (born December 23, 1942) is an American conceptual artist and educator, he is one of the founders of the Bay Area Conceptual Art movement in California. Kos incorporates video, sound and interactivity into his sculptural installa ...
. She was born in Sacramento, California.
Work
Kos' hypnotic video work explores the illusory qualities of televised images.
Kos has exhibited her work at the
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive,
the
Zachęta National Gallery of Art,
the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart,
the
National Gallery of Art,
among other venues. During the 1970s, Kos often collaborated on videos with her former husband, Paul Kos,
and on occasion scripted and performed in relation to his installations.
Collections
Kos' work is represented in the permanent collections of the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art, and wa ...
,
the
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein,
the
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
among other institutions.
References
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1942 births
Living people
American video artists
20th-century American women artists
People from Sacramento, California