num_pages: 80
description: Born in Paris in 1944, Christian Boltanski is undoubtedly one of the most interesting contemporary French artists, and has been a leading figure in the international art scene for over 20 years. He began his artistic career at a very young age with his large canvas paintings, but in 1968 he abandoned painting for a less traditional and more conceptual means of expression which included mixed media and found objects. He has made short films, true and fictional dossiers of his life; he has archived moments of his existence in cookie-tin boxes and has collected photographic portraits. Since the mid-80s, his work has been pervaded by an awareness of the tragic events of the Second World War. Boltanski presents themes dearest to the the memories collected in everyday objects, relics of a collective past and redemption--through the artist's intervention--of nameless people without a history.
language: English
title: Christian Boltanski: Monte Di Pieta
titlecomplete: Christian Boltanski: Monte Di Pieta
publisher: Charta