Joel-Peter Witkin

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Endowment_for_the_Arts_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1939-09-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Brooklyn,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:Cooper_Union
University of New Mexico
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:Guggenheim_Museum
gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art,_New_York
gptkb:Centre_Pompidou
gptkbp:genre portrait photography
fine art photography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joel-Peter Witkin
gptkbp:influenced contemporary photographers
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:religious_art
surrealism
classical painting
gptkbp:knownFor disturbing and controversial imagery
elaborate set constructions
use of marginalized subjects
gptkbp:militaryBranch photographic unit
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:movement contemporary art
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Las_Meninas
gptkb:The_Kiss
gptkb:Sanitarium
Portrait of Nan
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:photographer
gptkbp:parent Kew Witkin
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Bone_House
Harms Way
Gods of Earth and Heaven
Joel-Peter Witkin (Aperture Monograph)
Joel-Peter Witkin: Forty Photographs
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:Albuquerque,_New_Mexico
gptkbp:sibling Jerome Witkin
gptkbp:spouse Cynthia Witkin
gptkbp:subjectOf documentary 'Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye'
numerous art criticism articles
gptkbp:theme gptkb:religion
mortality
mythology
sexuality
physical deformity
gptkbp:website http://www.joelpeterwitkin.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Catherine_Edelman_Gallery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7