Christian Boltanski

Roisin suggested Christian Boltanski to me because she thought one of my sketches looked like a piece of his but when I went to research him I was blown away by how alike his work is to my project, the jackets, recordings, shadow, everything.

christian boltanski, no man's land, 2010 
(photo by james ewing, courtesy of park avenue armory)

 No Man's Land is a piece by Christian Boltanski about mortality using discarded clothing and recordings of peoples heartbeats, this is the kind of impact I want my piece to have but on a smaller scale. 

Here is a description of the exhibition given in the guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jan/13/christain-boltanski-grand-palais-paris

Here is an interview given by Boltanski with Sarah Rosenbaum-Kranson:

http://www.museomagazine.com/CHRISTIAN-BOLTANSKI

CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI
"La vie possible"

15 May – 06 September 2009


This is the piece that reminded Roisin of my sketches and I am now looking at incorporating cast shadows into my work.