Mircea Cantor (born 1977) is a

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n-born artist who follows in the tradition of

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artist

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in that he employs readymade objects.Demos, T.J. "Mircea Cantor: The Title is the Last Thing". Philadelphia: Harper Perennial, 2006. Cantor's choice of media is diverse, in that he has employed

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painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

, and

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in his work. Cantor's 2005 video work, "Deeparture", which was on view in the contemporary galleries at

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, features a deer and a wolf together in a pristine white box environment. Cantor's work is included in

, the

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, Centre Pompidou,

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, Abteiberg Museum, Magasin 3, as well as in other collections worldwide. He was awarded with the

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in 2004; in 2011, he won Best Dance Short Film at the Tiburon International Film Festival with ''Tracking Happiness''. In 2011, he received the

Marcel Duchamp Prize The Marcel Duchamp Prize (in French : ''Prix Marcel Duchamp'') is an annual award given to a young artist by the Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l'Art Français (ADIAF). The winner receives €35,000 personally and up to €30,000 ...

. He was named an Officier in

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in 2019.

Selected solo exhibitions

* Mircea Cantor: ''Înainte'', Musée d'arts de Nantes, Nantes, 2019 * Mircea Cantor: ''Vânatorul de Imagini (Chasseur d'images)'', Musee de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, 2019 * Mircea Cantor: ''Adjective to your presence'',

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, Tokyo, 2018 * Mircea Cantor: ''RESTLESS: Films and Other Works'', Museum of the Moving Image (New York City), 2012 * Mircea Cantor: ''Heilige Blumen'' (''Holy Flowers''),

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, 2010 * Mircea Cantor: ''Tracking Happiness'',

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, 2009 * Mircea Cantor: ''The Title Is the Last Thing'', Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006

Notes and references

External links

Mircea Cantor official instagram
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