He was born in Germany, grew up in Uruguay, and transplanted to New York, the United States. Having lived in three countries, he was influenced in such a way that his work often focused on social injustice and repression.
« A process through which one seeks perfection, where perfection, like a mirage, constantly grows distant at the same speed one believes oneself to be nearing it. »
Luis Camnitzer
He was often outspoken and criticized political institutions for lack of actual solutions to the problems of the masses. He made no apologies for his views, yet continued to call for social change. Luis Camnitzer along with two other artists, Argentinian
Liliana Porter and Venezuelan Guillermo Castillo co-founded The New York Graphic Workshop which ran for the next yea
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He was born in Germany, grew up in Uruguay, and transplanted to New York, the United States. Having lived in three countries, he was influenced in such a way that his work often focused on social injustice and repression.
« A process through which one seeks perfection, where perfection, like a mirage, constantly grows distant at the same speed one believes oneself to be nearing it. »
Luis Camnitzer
He was often outspoken and criticized political institutions for lack of actual solutions to the problems of the masses. He made no apologies for his views, yet continued to call for social change. Luis Camnitzer along with two other artists, Argentinian
Liliana Porter and Venezuelan Guillermo Castillo co-founded The New York Graphic Workshop which ran for the next year with a focus on trying to revolutionize the printmaking world. Perhaps one of Luis Camnitzer's more famous works his the use of the dictionary in his installation of Living Room where where he made the written word come alive.
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