Margaret Salmon
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Margaret Salmon is an American and British based film maker-artist. The work of this New York-born filmmaker is fuelled by references to the great realist tradition in film, be it the propaganda documentary of the Farm Security Administration in the United States, Italian neorealism
Italian neorealism
Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors...

, or French cinéma vérité. Her subjects are taken from everyday life: people with modest incomes, showing their at once ordinary and dramatic lives. Salmon is particularly sensitive to interactions between the soundtrack and the image, which she uses to produce disturbing effects that heighten the documentary sobriety of her films with a lyrical dimension. She shoots all of her works (including sound) on her own with no crew or assistants on 16mm & 35mm film. It has been noted that she has been influenced by filmmakers Albert and David Maysles
Albert and David Maysles
Albert and David Maysles were a documentary filmmaking team whose cinéma vérité works include Salesman , Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens . Their 1964 film on The Beatles forms the backbone of the DVD, The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit...

, in particular their 1968 film Salesman (film)
Salesman (film)
Salesman is a 1969 direct cinema documentary film directed by brothers Albert and David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin.-Synopsis:The documentary follows four salesmen as they travel across New England and Southeast Florida trying to sell expensive Bibles door-to-door in low-income neighborhoods and...

as well as films from Vittorio DeSica, Robert Flaherty, the playwrights Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...

 and Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...

 as well as writer Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver
Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. was an American short story writer and poet. Carver is considered a major American writer of the late 20th century and also a major force in the revitalization of the short story in the 1980s....

 She also presented the Soviet Film I am Cuba
I Am Cuba
I am Cuba is a 1964 Soviet-Cuban film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm. The film was not received well by either the Russian or Cuban public and was almost completely forgotten until it was re-discovered by filmmakers in the United States thirty years later...

 by Director Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov born Mikheil Kalatozishvili was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis , he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer....

 at the Withe de With in Rotterdam in 2007. She won the first MaxMara Art Prize for Women in association with the Whitechapel
MaxMara Art Prize for Women in association with the Whitechapel
MaxMara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with the Whitechapel is a biannual Art Prize for British-based female artists organized by the MaxMara fashion house and The Whitechapel Gallery in London...

 in London in 2006. The prize jurors included Turner Prize
Turner Prize
The Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised...

 winner Gillian Wearing
Gillian Wearing
Gillian Wearing OBE RA is an English conceptual artist, one of the YBAs, and winner of the annual British fine arts award, The Turner Prize, in 1997. On 11 December 2007, Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London....

, Iwona Blazwick
Iwona Blazwick
Iwona Blazwick OBE is director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.-Life and career:Iwona Blazwick was brought up by her architect parents in Blackheath, South East London...

, gallerist Victoria Miro and Frieze
Frieze
thumb|267px|Frieze of the [[Tower of the Winds]], AthensIn architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon...

 editor Jennifer Higgie
Jennifer Higgie
Jennifer Higgie is an Australian novelist, screenwriter, art critic and co-editor of the London-based contemporary arts magazine, Frieze.-Career:...

. She has had a solo show at the Witte de With, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

 and the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London in 2007 and Margaret was shown at The Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...

 in 2007. Margaret has also featured and been interviewed for BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 Radio 2's Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.-History:Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme . It was transferred to its current home in 1973...

, BBC2 TV's The Culture Show
The Culture Show
The Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two Arts magazine programme. It is broadcast in the UK on Thursday nights at 7pm, focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts...

, W Magazine, Frieze Magazine, Guardian Newspaper, Telegraph Newspaper, The Independent Newspaper, FT Newspaper, The Times Newspaper, Corrirere della Sera Newspaper, BBC TV London's London Tonight show, British Vogue, Fader Magazine (USA), Shattered Magazine, Evening Standard Newspaper, Style and Family Tunes (German Magazine), French TV, German TV among others and also was featured and interviewed in BBC Television documentary (by the Cinema Show) about Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...

 called 'The Wonderful World of Technicolor' in 2006. In the 2007 October issue of Modern Painters magazine
Modern Painters (magazine)
Modern Painters is a monthly art magazine published in New York City by Louise Blouin Media. The magazine is published 10 times per year; it includes profiles on two international artists per issue; columns by international contributors; interviews with and articles by contemporary artists and...

 she was a featured artist.

Biography

Margaret Salmon was born in New York in 1975 and now lives and works between the UK and New York. Margaret Salmon is represented by Office Baroque Gallery, Belgium and formerly by Store Gallery, London. She graduated from School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...

 (SVA) in New York with a B.A. in 1998 and received an M.A. from the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

 (RCA) in London in 2003. She won second prize at the Beck's futures student show at the ICA
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...

 while at the Royal Collage of Art. She appeared in the New Contemporaries shows at The Liverpool Biennial and Barbiacan in London in 2004 and was the first recipient of the MaxMara Art Prize for Woman in association with the Whitechapel in 2006, which included a six month residency in Italy. In 2006 she won the Paris based Art Prize 'Prix Gilles Dusein' in association with La Maison européenne de la photographie
Maison européenne de la photographie
The Maison Européenne de la Photographie, situated in the historic heart of Paris, is a major centre for contemporary photographic art. Since February 1996 it has housed an exhibition centre, a large library, an auditorium, and a video viewing facility with a wide selection of films...

. Her solo show at the Whitechapel was in Time Out London's Top 5 Critics Pick. Margaret Salmon was a visiting artist/resident at The American Academy in Rome
American Academy in Rome
The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo in Rome.- History :In 1893, a group of American architects, painters and sculptors met regularly while planning the fine arts section of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition...

 and Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella
Biella
Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...

, in Italy during 2006 as part of winning the MaxMara Art Prize. She has received grants from the Arts Council of England and Elephant Trust among others.

Margaret's solo exhibitions included;

2011
Margaret Salmon, (curated by Dominic Molon), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, 8 March - 27 March
Void, Derry, Northern Ireland

2010
Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. (forthcoming).

2008
The Moon is Down at Store Gallery, London (from Aug 28 2008), featuring the new films, Guns Trilogy and Fireman

2007
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (January–February 2007)
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (May to August 2007)

selected group shows and festivals;

2011
ICA, London. Now Showing 2, New Film and Video from the Arts Council Collection, at Hayward Gallery, London, Touring exhibition starting at Hayward Gallery in 2011
The Art of Narration changes with Time, (curated by Gigiotto del Vecchio), Sprüth Magers, Berlin,26 February - 2 April 2011

2010
6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (forthcoming).The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, Queens, New York. Now Showing 2 - UK Arts Council Touring Show (forthcoming) - Museum and Art Gallery, Derby. DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, Durham. Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum, Lochmaddy, Scotland. OVADA, Oxford, The Brindley, Runcorn, Museum and Art Gallery, Newport, Wales. Lightbox, Woking, The Collection, Lincoln, Rhyl Library, Rhyl, Wales. AMBULANTE Film Festival Mexico Touring (forthcoming) - Mexico City (Toluca), Cuernavaca, Leon, Puebla, Morella, San Cristobal, Oaxaca, Monterrey, Tijuana, Xalapa, Guadalajara. Mardin Biennale, Turkey (forthcoming)

2009
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul Chan, Cao Fei, Yang Fudong, Gilbert and George, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Andreas Gursky, Pierre Huyghe, Jeff Koons, Bertrand Lavier, Christian Marclay, Richard Prince and Wolfgang Tillmans). -
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Leeds UK. (UK Arts Council Show). -

2008
Irma Vep Lab, France -
Art Basel (Statements solo show) with Store Gallery -
KUNSTVEREIN FÜR DIE RHEINLANDE UND WESTFALEN, DÜSSELDORF -
GB Agency, Paris -
Kunsthalle Basel -
Intamacy Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne ( with Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, Steve McQueen, Sophie Calle, Mariele Neudecker, Jesper Just
Jesper Just
Jesper Just is a Danish artist, and living and working in Copenhagen and New York, NY. From 1997 to 2003 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts....

, Gabrielle de Vietri, Mutlu Çerkez, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Amikam Toren and Annika Ström).

2007
Film Screening, Rotterdam International film Festival (February 2007).
KölnShow 2, Gisela Capitain Gallery, Cologne. (April to May 2007).
'You have not been honest' British Council Show, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina (Museo MADRE), Naples, Italy.
Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice, Italy.
The Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy (from September 20 for 2 years).

2006
Bureau, Manchester.
Collective, Edinburgh.
Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse (selected by Jean-Marc Bustamante
Jean-Marc Bustamante
Jean-Marc Bustamante is a French artist, sculptor and photographer. He was born in Toulouse. He is noted as a conceptual and installation artist and has incorporated ornamental design and architectural space in his works. He has also worked with film . From 1983 to 1987 he and Bernard Bazile...

).

2005
Mind is a Horse part 2, Bloomberg Space, London.

2004
New Contemporaries, Liverpool Biennial and Barbican, London.

2003
Play Gallery, Berlin.
Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna.
Becks futures student, ICA, London.

2002
Montebello Road, Wallspace Galley, New York.

COLLECTIONS
British Council
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...

 - (P.S.)
Maramotti Collection (Ninna Nanna)
Luis Vuitton (M 2007 & 2002)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the...

 - Smithsonian - Washington DC (Ninna Nnna)
FRAC - Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris.

Films of Margaret Salmon

Colour Line (2011), Study of man in truck based on the story John told me (2010), Times Square (2010) The Enemies of the Rose (2010), Hyde Park (2009), Rooms - East New Orleans (2008), Guns Trilogy (2008), Fireman (2008), M 2007 (2007), Ninna Nanna (2007), Ramapo Cental (2003), Peggy (2003), M 2002 (2002), P.S. (shot 1998 completed 2002).

Music Videos

Matthew Herbert - Leipzig (2009), Matthew Herbert - Dublin (2010).

Awards/Prizes

MaxMara Art Prize for Women in association with the Whitechapel
MaxMara Art Prize for Women in association with the Whitechapel
MaxMara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with the Whitechapel is a biannual Art Prize for British-based female artists organized by the MaxMara fashion house and The Whitechapel Gallery in London...

 2006 (winner).

Prix Gilles Dusein in association with NSM Vie ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch state-owned bank with headquarters in Amsterdam. It was re-established, in its current form, in 2009 following the acquisition and break up of ABN AMRO Group by a banking consortium consisting of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Santander and Fortis...

and La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris. 2006 (winner)

Becks Futures Student Prize, ICA London. 2002 (2nd place)

Hospital Club Creative Award - Art, London 2007 (winner)

Publications

  • 'Portraits in Time, The films of Margaret Salmon' Whitechapel Publishing 2007 (20 pages)
  • 'Margaret Salmon' WdW Publishing 2007 (80 pages) * http://www.cornerhouse.org/keyword.aspx?id=14336&f=Books

External links

  • http://www.whitechapel.org/content.php?page_id=3005
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjunK37tOG4 (music video)
  • http://spikeart.at/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=128&lang=en
  • http://www.ica.org.uk/?lid=28981
  • http://www.officebaroque.com/assets/files/www/0/Dec_06_Style_The_Family_Tunes-1.jpg
  • http://www.officebaroque.com/artists/9
  • http://www.newexhibitions.com/uploads/upload.000/id14645/press_release.pdf
  • http://www.storegallery.co.uk/
  • http://www.ambulante.com.mx/2010/en/injertodocumental.php?id=201
  • http://www.friezeartfair.com/yearbook/artist/100044951
  • http://www.artnet.com/artwork/425639439/424180305/margaret-salmon-guns-trilogy.html
  • http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/aug/23/exhibition.londonlistings2
  • http://www.accaonline.org.au/Future
  • http://www.artbasel.com/go/id/jvy/
  • http://www.artinfo.com/articles/story/25865/introducing-margaret-salmon
  • http://www.storegallery.co.uk/artists/Salmon/
  • http://www.galleryguide.org/articles/story/25865/introducing_margaret_salmon
  • http://www.cornerhouse.org/keyword.aspx?id=14336&f=Books
  • http://www.wdw.nl/publication.php?id=93
  • http://www.kunsthallebasel.ch/exhibitions/preview
  • http://www.whitechapel.org/content.php?page_id=3147
  • http://www.ft.com/cms/s/49201aba-ad5a-11db-8709-0000779e2340.html
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2006_04_fri_03.shtml
  • http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,585-2560328.html
  • http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-aad-group-exhibitions-yhnbh.htm
  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/arts/2007/01/06/bamax106.xml
  • http://arts.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1989308,00.html
  • http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/01/margaret_salmon_at_the_whitech_1.php
  • http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/photography/story/0,,2007497,00.html
  • http://hirshhorn.si.edu/blog/index.asp?key=87§ion=hirshhorn&categoryid=8
  • http://www.printempsdeseptembre.com/NET/site/menu_navigation/expositions/fondation_espace_ecureuil/margaret_salmon/index.htm
  • http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/ned/search/film.aspx?ID=b412c307-6f5d-4951-bc16-b085b97bcabb
  • http://www.timeout.com/london/art/events/335476/margaret_salmon.html
  • http://www.rca.ac.uk/pages/news/maxmara_art_prize_3279.html
  • http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/artexhibition-20634234-details/Margaret+Salmon/artexhibitionReview.do?reviewId=23383880
  • http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/artist_single.php?aid=4
  • http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3728496.html
  • http://www.newstatesman.com/200706250032
  • http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/wireless/story/0,8262,8-21893152,00.html
  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070616.VENICE16/TPStory/Entertainment/?pageRequested=all
  • http://www.wdw.nl/project.php?id=151
  • http://www.koelnshow2.com/155.html#menu
  • http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/exhibition/en/73799.5.html
  • http://www.artdaily.com/indexv5.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=19985
  • http://www.aptglobal.org/artist_profile_page.asp?ID=6672
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