Bruce Conner (1933–2008)
07.07.08
Bruce Conner, a San Francisco–based artist known for his assemblages, films, drawings, and interdisciplinary works, passed away Monday afternoon. Conner moved to San Francisco in 1957 and quickly found his place within the city's vibrant Beat community. His gauzy assemblages of scraps salvaged from abandoned buildings, nylon stockings, doll parts, and other found materials gained him art-world attention, as did A Movie (1958), an avant-garde film that juxtaposed footage from B movies, newsreels, soft-core pornography, and other fragments, all set to a musical score. (In 1991, A Movie was selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry at the Library of Congress.) Conner was active in the Bay Area's 1960s counterculture scene, designing light shows for Family Dog performances at the Avalon Ballroom, and in the '70s focused on drawing and photography. Art-world recognition resumed in the '80s and continued to the present: Conner was included in the 1997 Whitney Biennial, was the subject of a touring survey in 1999–2000, and is featured in the current Carnegie International. At Conner's request, there will be no funeral.
a few of my favorite Conner creations
(some pix taken of plates as they appear in the Walker Art Center exhibition catalog 2000BC The Bruce Conner Story part II).
RIP Bruce.
the bride 1960
looking glass 1964
sound of two hand angel 1974
Bruce Conner photo of De Detroit fronting her band U.X.A.
portrait 1992
a still from Breakaway - a Bruce Conner video starring Toni Basil 1966
Breakaway video on YouTube
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