Robert Heinecken character introduction

RobertHeinecken

RobertHeinecken is an artist and photographer whose photographs are considered representative of the cultural landscape in the United States. He lives and works mainly in Los Angeles. Since 1994 he has Suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

Chinese name: Robert Heinecken

Foreign name: RobertHeinecken

Nationality: United States

Occupation: Artist, photographer< /p>

Main achievements: His photographs are considered representative of the cultural landscape in the United States

Representative works: "The Photograph: Nota Picture of, Butan Object about something" 1965

Career

In the 1960s, Heinecken began to develop a method of taking photographs through a unique medium, pioneering the idea of ??"transcendence" of traditional photography. Heinecken may be classified in the art world as a photographer, but he is rarely seen with a camera. He was not interested in photography as a way of documenting life, arguing that "many photographs prove to be feeble translations of the known world, rather than vital to the creation of an inner world of one's own." Heinecken was one of the first to I see myself as an artist using photos, but no photographer dares to do it first. Today, this approach is common. But in the 1960s, when Heinecken published an influential work, it was largely unprecedented.

Evaluation

Heinecken’s life was one of artistic creation and teaching. He established the photography course at UCLA and taught it until 1991. Since the 1960s, Los Angeles' booming artistic vitality has provided Heinecken with ample experimental environment on the fertile soil of Hollywood. Artists headed by Heinecken created a large number of pop art and conceptual art, breaking the boundaries of materials and reaching the realm of elegance and vulgarity. His innovative use of artistic materials and concepts are still widely praised today in the 21st century.