Tarrah Krajnak Explained
Tarrah Krajnak (born 1979) is an American artist who works with photography, performance, and poetry. In 2020 she received the Lange-Taylor Prize. Krajnak's work is held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pinault Collection, Paris and Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Life and work
Krajnak was born in an orphanage in Lima, Peru in 1979 and adopted by Slovak Americans as a baby.[1] [2]
, she lives in Eugene, Oregon where she works an assistant professor of art at the University of Oregon.[3]
Publications
- 1979: Contact Negatives. Zine. Edition of 75 copies.
- El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan = The Garden of Forking Paths. DAIS, 2021. With text by Krajnak and Kavior Moon. . Edition of 175 copies.
- Master Rituals II: Weston's Nudes. TBW, 2022. . Edition of 500 copies.
Group exhibitions
- Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, Valie Export, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, April–August 2023[4] [5]
- Regards de Femmes = Women's Perspectives,, Belgium, September–December 2022[6]
- Energy: Sparks from the Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 2023 – January 2024 includes Krajnak's 1979: Contact Negatives[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
- Body to Body, Histories of Photography, Centre Pompidou, Paris, September 2023 – March 2024[12]
Awards
Collections
Krajnak's work is held in the following permanent collections:
Notes and References
- Web site: Eruptions, explosions and a sexually explicit hoover: V&A Photography Centre review. Chloë. Ashby. May 22, 2023. The Guardian.
- Web site: Photograph. September 26, 2019. Victoria & Albert Museum.
- Web site: TARRAH KRAJNAK. www.tarrahkrajnak.com.
- Web site: Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems - Museum Ludwig, Cologne. www.museum-ludwig.de.
- Web site: Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems. artguide.artforum.com.
- Web site: Regards de Femmes. Fondation A Stichting.
- Web site: Cleaner's cupboard becomes a walk-in camera obscura: hidden backrooms of London's V&A transformed into new photography centre. April 24, 2023. The Art Newspaper - International art news and events.
- Web site: Behind the scenes at the V&A's new Photography Centre. Diane. Smyth. www.1854.photography.
- News: V&A Photography Centre — from steamships to deepfake drag. Jackie. Wullschläger. Financial Times . May 31, 2023.
- Web site: V&A's completed Photography Centre opens with flames, rockets and snake-like Hoovers. Harriet. Lloyd-Smith. May 23, 2023. wallpaper.com.
- Web site: Aesthetica Magazine - V&A Photography Centre: World-leading Collections. Aesthetica Magazine.
- https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/Centre_Pompidou_visits_-_Corps_a_corps_-_podcast_transcription.pdf
- Web site: 2020 Lange-Taylor Prize: Tarrah Krajnak, "El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan" Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. documentarystudies.duke.edu.
- Web site: Recherche. Centre Pompidou.
- Web site: Tarrah Krajnak. Centre Pompidou.
- Web site: Tarrah Krajnak MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
- Web site: CHRONORAMA. Pinault Collection. www.pinaultcollection.com.
- Web site: Search Results V&A Explore the Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Web site: Tarrah Krajnak acquisition • V&A Blog. December 5, 2022.