biography of Jonas MEKAS (1922-2019)
Personal data
Birth : 1922 - Semeniskiai, Lithuania
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Lithuania - United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesRepresentatives
Galerie du Jour Agnès B. – 44 Rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1949:Lives and works in New York NY, USA.
1949:Spent World War Two in a concentration camp.
Other professions
Film Director
Art Critic
Curator
Work
Categorie and medium
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Film Works
| Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Film Technical data : 35' | |
| Notes for Jerome | |
| Date of creation : 1978 Medium : Film Technical data : 45' | |
| Time and Fortune Vietnam Newsreel | |
| Date of creation : 1968 Medium : Film Technical data : 4' | |
| Report from Millbrook | |
| Date of creation : 1965-1966 Medium : Film Technical data : 12' | |
| The Brig | |
| Date of creation : 1964 Medium : Film | |
| Guns of the Trees | |
| Date of creation : 1962 Medium : Film Technical data : 75' | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1997
Frozen Frames
CAC Contemporary Art Center – Vilnius, Lithuania
12/17/1997 – 01/11/1998
1996
Frozen Film Frames
Laurence Miller Gallery – New York NY, United States
07/09/1996 – 08/16/1996
1992
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
1992
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : RE:VOIR/The Film Gallery – 18 rue de Saintonge – Paris, France
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Galerie du Jour Agnès B. – 44 Rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
2002
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie du Jour Agnès B. – 44 Rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie du Jour Agnès B. – 44 Rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
2001
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie du Jour Agnès B. – 44 Rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
Sthml Art Fair 2001, n° 21
Sollentunamässan – Sollentuna, Sweden
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Edsvik Konst och Kultur – Sollentuna, Sweden
2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Galerie du Jour Agnès B. – 44 Rue Quincampoix – Paris, France
Festivals
2003
Métamorphose III – 17èmes Rencontres Vidéo Arts Plastiques
CAC Centre d’Art Contemporain de Basse Normandie – Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
11/26/2003 – 11/29/2003
Group exhibitions
2005
Expérience de la durée – 8ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
09/12/2005 – 12/31/2005
2004
Brainstorming, topographie de la morale
Centre national d’art et de paysage – Vassivière, France
03/20/2004 – 06/27/2004
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/11/2004 – 05/30/2004
2002
Ce qui arrive
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
11/29/2002 – 03/30/2003
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
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