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BASIL COLIN FRANK
Born Cape Town *Grand Prix -Osaka Triennial (Print) 1997, Japan. Artwork is multi-disciplinary; Writes poetry, and on art.
Jerusalem artist Basil Colin Frank on winning the Grand Prix Osaka Triennial (print) 1997 the late Dr. Michael Sgan- Cohen, artist, art-critic,Jerusalem1997 wrote his photosculptures communicate a feeling for volume and sculptural space, projecting a high- resolution sculptural presence; they make an effective and free artistic format, original and interesting .Franks works, sometimes kinky and brutal, sometimes more conceptually driven and even formalistic, once more proved to stand against a varied and international background. He is able to remain original and innovative, both in his photographic and his plastic works.
A congratulatory letter, Sir Charles Saatchi OBE wrote in 1998 'I can see why so many people are excited by your work'. The late Dr. Harald Szeemann the veteran curator of the Venice and Lyon Biennales stated Frank is a 'master of still life' .During the International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy.December,2001. Frank was awarded the "Lorenzo il Magnifico" prize for his digital &photographic works ' The Sacrifice and Points of View'. Among the international jurors were Prof. John T.Spike, Prof.Barbara Rose and David S.Rubin. The former curator David Rubin of the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans now San Antonio Museum wrote, , 'Frank's award-winning works was among the more cutting-edge work on view'. The Editor Gerhardt Charles D.Rump culture. De Welt newspaper Friday 10 th March wrote; Frank always finds his public. During the Biennale in Beijing in 2005 at the Millennium Museum, visitors lined up three rows deep around the photographs of his installations on the seashore
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