Rodney Graham

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Born in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in 1949, Rodney Graham is an artist frequently linked with 'photoconceptualism', the brand of conceptual art that has made Vancouver, British Columbia an important city for global art since the mid-to-late 1980s.

[edit] Early career

A former student of Ian Wallace at the city's Simon Fraser University, Graham joined both his teacher and classmate Jeff Wall in forming Vancouver's short-lived no-wave band UJ3RK5. Unlike many of his colleagues, most notably Wall and Ken Lum, Graham's career was only established in the mid-1990s, after having represented Canada at the 1997 Venice Biennale.

[edit] Work

He is widely known for his costume dramas, his interest in the "pathology of the loop"^{[citation needed]} and the aesthetics of duration.

[edit] External links

• Rodney Graham at 303 Gallery
• Rodney Graham at Hauser & Wirth Zürich London
• Rodney Graham at Johnen + Schöttle
• Rodney Graham at Donald Young Gallery
• Rodney Graham at Lisson Gallery
• "Greatest Hits: Rodney Graham's Little Thought" CBC Radio 3 Magazine; article by Lee Henderson
• Graham's work is discussed in "What is it About Vancouver Art?"
• "The Vancouver School: A City's Place in the Realm of Ideas" Article discussing Vancouver's photo-conceptual art scene with Daine Augaitus of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Some of Graham's work is also featured.
• An analysis of Graham's Rheinmetall/Victoria 8