Bill Viola
American (57 years old, born 1951)
Sample work by Bill Viola
| Ablutions (installation view), (2005)
Video installation
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| Video still from Tristan and Isolde (2005)
Photo: Kira Perov
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Galleries showing Bill Viola
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)James Cohan GalleryShows with Bill Viola
| The Tristan Project at James Cohan Gallery | Apr 28, 2007 | - | May 15, 2007 |
| James Cohan Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of video works by Bill Viola in conjunction with the presentation of The Tristan Project at Lincoln Center on May 2nd and 5th. This acclaimed production of Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan und Iso... |
Bill Viola Auction Archive
Auction Results
| Premium is the auction house commission. It is added to the winning bid and charged to the buyer. To allow a comparison of winning bids and auction house estimates, the amounts below do not include buyer's premium, unless explicitly stated. Only contemporary art auctions after November 1, 2006 are included. |
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Sotheby's, (AUCTION) RED, New York, February 14, 2008
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| Lot: 41 |  | The Return
Video | Estimate: $180,000 - $250,000| Premium: 10.0% | $28,000 | | Result with premium: | $308,000 |
| $280,000 |
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Sotheby's, Contemporary Art, New York, November 15, 2007
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| Lot: 457 |  | Witness
Video | Estimate: $500,000 - $700,000| Premium: 20.2% | $101,000 | | Result with premium: | $601,000 |
| $500,000 |
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Phillips De Pury, Contemporary Art Part I, New York, May 17, 2007
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| Lot: 11 |  | The Quintet of the Silent (2000) | Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 | unsold/withdrawn |
 | Exhibitions by iCI - Independent Curators International |
Exhibitions
More Information
| Interview in The Art Newspaper, June 2006 | Posted: 2006-06-22 |
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TAN: Is making your work about the filming or the editing?
BV: No, it’s the editing. The filming is like a sculptor gathering trash or going into nature and finding stones, bringing back the marble; that’s a vital step. Then it’s in the room with you and the real creative stuff begins. It’s like a chess game; I figure out as many of the moves as I can inside. When I’m absolutely sure of what I want to do, I start working. You can see in these notebooks, the very first thing I did for Tristan was make a drawing, a proper sketch of a tree. You know my art school training occasionally comes in handy in the actual work I’m doing! I read and hand-copy a lot, I copy out a lot of quotes longhand, huge sections; if I write the quotes out I remember them. ... |
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| Posted: 2006-06-22 |
| Viola lives and works in Long Beach, California, with his wife and long time collaborator, Kira Perov, and their two sons. |
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