23 May 2015
Pioneering filmmaker and artist Charles Atlas has, for over four decades, fused experimental film, art, dance collaborating with choreographers and dancers including Merce Cunningham and Michael Clark Company. This screening celebrates his career and marks the launch of a new self-titled monograph documenting his career; featuring a cross section of his moving image work and followed by a Q&A.
Charles Atlas (born 1949, St. Louis) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions and projects include The Waning of Justice, Luring Augustine, New York (2015); You are My Sister (TURNING), Times Square, New York; Alive from Off Center, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; TURNING Film screening, Bushwick, New York; Vilma Gold, London; MC9, SALT Beyoglu, Istanbul; and TONSPUR 61 PASSAGE GALLERY, Tonspur, Vienna (all 2014). He is currently included in In Part, inaugural exhibition at Fondazione Prada, Milan. Recent group shows include 10th Gwangju Biennale; Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva, Florida; and #1: Cartagena: The First International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (all 2014).