In November 2007 Martin Kersels, co-director of the Program in Art at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and a Los Angeles–based artist who works in sculpture, audio, photography and performance, visited Toronto for the fourth installment of the Anne Lind International Program. In this 10-minute video excerpt from his talk, Kersels discusses (and occasionally sings) his art practice, which often uses humour as a device for addressing identity, society and art history.
Martin Kersels has had solo shows in New York, Los Angeles, Bern and Paris. His work has also been included in numerous group shows, such as “Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty,” “Young Americans 2” at the Saatchi Gallery and the 1997 Whitney Biennial. His work is in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Norton Family Collection.
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