All | Contemporary | Modern British/Post War | 20th – 21st Century
Eduardo KacEduardo Kac was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1962 and moved to the USA in 1989 to study Fine Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. He has represented Brazil and the USA in international exhibitions, but says that he "prefers not to be bound by any particular nationality or geography: I work with telecommunications, trying to break up these boundaries." Kac (pronounced 'Katz') is from the 1980s generation in Brazil who struggled to reclaim political freedom after years of military dictatorship, and his work using new technologies continues to explore issues of information censorship and freedom of speech - he investigates the philosophical and political dimensions of communication processes.
In 1983, Kac began to work with holograms, and his 'holopoetry' explored the relationship between experimental poetry and new media - his main interest was in the possibilities of using holography as a time-based medium and in conveying "the process of my thought". He made his first experiments online in 1985, and became a pioneer of telecommunications art in the pre-Web 1980s. In the early 1990s, Kac attracted international attention with radical works that combined telerobotics and living organisms. His current practice brings together the digital and the biological, as he examines linguistic systems, dialogic exchanges, and interspecies communication.
Kac lectures and publishes worldwide, and his work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid; Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; Seoul Museum of Art, Korea; Yokohama Triennial, Japan; Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil; and International Triennial of New Media Art, National Art Museum of China, Beijing. Permanent collections holding his work include the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Museum of Modern Art of Valencia, Spain; the ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe, Germany; and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.
Constructions & mixed media Drawings & works on paper
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Chaos 1986
Silver-halide hologram, Edition of 2
12 x 16 inches
Number 1 in the edition is in the permanent collection of the MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.
Silver-halide hologram, Edition of 2
12 x 16 inches
Number 1 in the edition is in the permanent collection of the MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.
Recaos (Rechaos) 1986
Minitel Artwork A/P Ed of 2
9.75 x 9.75 x 9.75 inches. 24.5 x 25 x 24.5 cm
Ref: EK8
Minitel Artwork A/P Ed of 2
9.75 x 9.75 x 9.75 inches. 24.5 x 25 x 24.5 cm
Ref: EK8
Tesão (Horny) 1985
Minitel Artwork A/P Ed of 2
9.75 x 9.75 x 9.75 inches. 24.5 x 25 x 24.5 cm
Ref: EK5
Minitel Artwork A/P Ed of 2
9.75 x 9.75 x 9.75 inches. 24.5 x 25 x 24.5 cm
Ref: EK5
Reabracadabra 1985
Minitel Artwork A/P Ed of 2
9.75 x 9.75 x 9.75 inches. 24.5 x 25 x 24.5 cm
Ref: EK6
Minitel Artwork A/P Ed of 2
9.75 x 9.75 x 9.75 inches. 24.5 x 25 x 24.5 cm
Ref: EK6
Xorex 1982
Electrostatic monoprint on patterned wrapping paper
8.5 x 12.25 inches. 21.5 x 31 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK11
Electrostatic monoprint on patterned wrapping paper
8.5 x 12.25 inches. 21.5 x 31 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK11
Primavera (Spring) 1982
Electrostatic monoprint on toilet paper mounted on black paper and wrapping paper
11 x 15.75 inches. 28 x 40 cm
Ref: EK12
Electrostatic monoprint on toilet paper mounted on black paper and wrapping paper
11 x 15.75 inches. 28 x 40 cm
Ref: EK12
2x3X 1982
Electrostatic monoprint on blue tissue paper over graph paper mounted on black cardboard on tissue paper
11.75 x 15.75 inches. 30 x 40 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK13
Electrostatic monoprint on blue tissue paper over graph paper mounted on black cardboard on tissue paper
11.75 x 15.75 inches. 30 x 40 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK13
Sunday Mail 1982
Electrostatic monoprint on envelope mounted on black cardboard
5.5 x 8 inches. 13.5 x 20.5 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK15
Electrostatic monoprint on envelope mounted on black cardboard
5.5 x 8 inches. 13.5 x 20.5 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK15
Cartografia vertical (Vertical Cartography) 1982
Electrostatic print
13 x 8.5 inches. 33 x 21.5 cm
Ref: EK18
Electrostatic print
13 x 8.5 inches. 33 x 21.5 cm
Ref: EK18
Telegrama (Telegram) 1982
Electrostatic monoprint on telegram blank with rubber stamps
9 x 6.25 inches. 23 x 16 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK23
Electrostatic monoprint on telegram blank with rubber stamps
9 x 6.25 inches. 23 x 16 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK23
Luz (Light) 1981
Mixed media (Typewriter Art and Electrostatic print)
13 x 8.5 inches. 33 x 21.5 cm
Edition of 3
Ref: EK24
Mixed media (Typewriter Art and Electrostatic print)
13 x 8.5 inches. 33 x 21.5 cm
Edition of 3
Ref: EK24
Frente da Liberação de Trás [Behind Liberation Front] - Details Frente da Libe 1981
Typewriter Art
11.6 x 8.26 inchea. 29.5 x 21 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK25
Typewriter Art
11.6 x 8.26 inchea. 29.5 x 21 cm
SOLD
Ref: EK25