Donigan Cumming
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Donigan Cumming is a visual artist who uses photography, video, sound, and text. His work is notable for its concern with breaking taboos and uses of media to stimulate strong audience response.
Cumming's books are The Stage (Maquam Press, 1991), Pretty Ribbons (Stemmle, 1996), Gimlet Eye
(Chapter and ffotogallery, 2001), and Lying Quiet (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, 2004).
The Stage is included in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, eds., The Photobook: A History, Volume II
(Phaidon, 2006).
His solo museum shows include exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
, Chicago and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
.
His work has been acquired for the permanent collection of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (Ottawa), the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), the Musée de L'Élysée (Lausanne), the Musée du Québec (Québec), the Musée d'art contemporain (Montréal), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), and by national museums in Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.
In 1984 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
.
Cumming's books are The Stage (Maquam Press, 1991), Pretty Ribbons (Stemmle, 1996), Gimlet Eye
(Chapter and ffotogallery, 2001), and Lying Quiet (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, 2004).
The Stage is included in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, eds., The Photobook: A History, Volume II
(Phaidon, 2006).
His solo museum shows include exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
Museum of Contemporary Photography
The Museum of Contemporary Photography was founded in 1984 by Columbia College Chicago. It is well known for an active program and curating which discovers many emerging and mid-career artists...
, Chicago and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography is an gallery of Canada's best art and documentary photography. Founded in 1985 and affiliated to the National Gallery of Canada, it is housed at the National Gallery of Canada, located at 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa.The roots of the collection reach...
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His work has been acquired for the permanent collection of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (Ottawa), the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), the Musée de L'Élysée (Lausanne), the Musée du Québec (Québec), the Musée d'art contemporain (Montréal), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), and by national museums in Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.
In 1984 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
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External links
- Official website
- Donigan Cumming in the Video Data BankVideo Data BankVideo Data Bank is an international video art distribution organization and a resource in the United States for videos by and about contemporary artists...