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Bruce Conner, 74; Bay Area artist worked in film, sculpture, assemblage
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" His 1967 classic Report for instance, uses images and sounds surrounding President John F. Kennedy's assassination to show how the media will exploit even the greatest tragedy to boost their ratings and sell their products. (article 4)
Multimedia artist and filmmaker Bruce Conner has died at age 74. (article 1)
After graduating from Nebraska University with a degree in fine art, the Kansas-born Conner landed in San Francisco in the late 1950s and joined the Beat community. (article 1)
Athough he also worked in sculpture and painting, Conner won acclaim for his mixed media contemporary artworks, which assembled discarded consumer items and detritus - pieces that critics considered social commentary on U.S. culture. (article 1)
He also created avant-garde films, including experimental works like his best-known 12-minute short work A Movie, which combined clips of movies and newsreels set to music, and is considered by some a precursor to the music video. (article 1)
Bruce Conner, a Bay Area artist who used sculpture, drawing, film and photography to explore mortality and other cosmic mysteries, died Monday at his home in San Francisco. (article 3)
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Conner, Art, Museum, Francisco, Assemblage |
Source articles
- Beat-era artist Bruce Conner dies (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 234 words)
- Beat-era artist Bruce Conner dies (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 243 words)
- Bruce Conner, 74; Bay Area artist worked in film, sculpture, assemblage (L.A. Times, 07/10/2008, 746 words)
- Artist Bruce Conner, 74; Avante-Garde Filmmaker (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 486 words)
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