Allan Sekula
©image: M HKA, Bram Goots
1951 - 2013
Born in Erie, Pennsylvania (US), died in Los Angeles (US).
Principally working with photography, Allan Sekula is also widely recognised as a filmmaker, writer, teacher and activist. Coming from a background in conceptual art, and like many of his generation politicised by the Vietnam War, he has gone on to substantially extend the repertoire of documentary photography. In his practice Sekula has consistently addressed questions of class and the conditions of labour, in tandem with a spirited and rigorous critique of contemporary capitalism. His work avoids the heroic, favouring instead sequences of images which plot complex economic and social processes. During his career, Sekula has repeatedly returned to the theme of maritime space, through a number of interrelated books, films and exhibitions including Fish Story, TITANIC’s wake and Lottery of the Sea.
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>Allan Sekula, Fish Story. Loaves and Fishes, 1989-1995.Photography, cibachrome, Dimensions variable.
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>Allan Sekula, Fish Story, 1989-1995.Photography, cibachrome, Dimensions variable.
>Allan Sekula, Middle Passage, Chapter 3 from Fish Story (1990 - 1993), 1990-1993.Photography, variable dimensions .
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>Allan Sekula, Fish Story. Message in a Bottle, 1994.Photography, cibachrome, Dimensions variable.
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>Allan Sekula, Deep Six / Passer au bleu, 1996-1998.Photography, cibachrome, Dimensions variable.
>Allan Sekula, Sugar Gang (Santos), 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 6 x (77.5 x 77.5 x 2 cm).
>Allan Sekula, Untitled, 1999-2010.Installation.
>Allan Sekula, Santos Docker Portraits 1-10, 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 10 x (103 x 151 x 30 cm).
>Allan Sekula, Good ship bad ship (Limassol), 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond, 2 x (101.6 x 154.9 cm).
>Allan Sekula, Churn , 1999-2010.Photography, cibachrome, 121.9 x 132.1 cm.
>Allan Sekula, Russian visitors (Novorossiysk) 1-2 , 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 2 x (101.6 x 149.9 cm).
>Allan Sekula, Engine room eyes 1-3 , 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 3 x (101.6 x 127 cm).
>Allan Sekula, Drunken Pilot (Koper) , 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond, 101.6 x 149.9 cm.
>Allan Sekula, Ship Lesson (Durban), 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond, 101.6 x 149.9 cm.
>Allan Sekula, Crew, Pilot, and Russian Girlfriend (Novorossiysk) 1-10, 1999-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 10 x (102.8 x 151.3 cm).
>Allan Sekula, Near Collision 1-2 (Koper) , 2000-2010.Photography, chromogenic prints mounted on alu-dibond and framed, 2 x (50.8 x 74.9 cm).
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>Allan Sekula, Lottery of the Sea, 2006.Video, 03:00:00.
>Allan Sekula, Churn Clockwise 1 rpm, 2009-2010.Photography, 112.9 x 132.1 cm.
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>Allan Sekula, Waiting for Work (Santos), 2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond, 76,2 x 76,2 cm.
>Allan Sekula, Not Working (Santos), 2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond.
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>Allan Sekula, Working (Santos), 2010.Photography, chromogenic print mounted on alu-dibond, 76,2 x 76,2 cm.
>Allan Sekula, Dockers' Museum, 2010.Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions.
>Allan Sekula, The Forgotten Space, 2010.Film, dcp, digibeta, dv cam, colour / black & white, 113 min.
>Allan Sekula, Ship of Fools.Text.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: 29th Bienal de Sao Paulo - There is always a cup of sea to sail in . 25 September 2010 - 12 December 2010.
> Exhibition: Allan Sekula. Collective Sisyphus. 14 June 2017 - 25 September 2017.
> Exhibition: Allan Sekula – Ship of Fools. 28 May 2010 - 05 September 2010.
> Exhibition: AMBERES – Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp. 07 June 2019 - 15 September 2019.
> Exhibition: Museum in Motion. 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.
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> Exhibition: Museum in Motion - Allan Sekula. 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.
> Exhibition: Oceans and Campfires: Allan Sekula and Bruno Serralongue. 01 December 2011 - 18 February 2012.
> Exhibition: Ship of Fools. 21 January 2012 - 18 March 2012.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.
> Exhibition: The Dockers' Museum. 06 April 2012 - 20 May 2012.
> Exhibition: Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens, Part III. 16 September 2017 - 12 November 2017.
> Exhibition: Urgent Conversations Athens - Antwerp. 31 October 2016 - 05 February 2017.
> Exhibition: When Faith Moves Mountains. 17 July 2022 - 09 October 2022.
> Exhibition: Worth Fighting For. 14 November 2022 - 14 December 2022.
> Ensemble: ALLAN SEKULA.
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> Ensemble: Global Mariner.
> Ensemble: maatschappij.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
> Ensemble: Orbanism.
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> Ensemble: Ship of Fools.
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> Ensemble: Space of World Making .
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> Ensemble: TEXTS.
> Ensemble: The Dockers' Museum.
> Ensemble: Worth Fighting For.