Bill Viola – Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) | TateShots

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Royal Academy of Arts

"Bill Viola is one of the few living figures who could square up to Michelangelo" - The Telegraph.

Our Bill Viola / Michelangelo exhibition opens in January. Book here:https://roy.ac/2SdoLZi

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Bill Viola / Michelangelo | Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts
In January 2019, we’ll bring together two artists – born centuries apart – who explore the same universal themes with works of transcendent beauty and raw emotional power.

Bill Viola is a contemporary video artist whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in New Media. His works focus on the ideas behind fundamental human experiences such as birth, death and aspects of consciousness. Wikipedia

Born: January 25, 1951 (age 67 years), Queens, New York City, New York, United States

Spouse: Kira Perov (m. 1978)

Education: Syracuse University (1973)

Movies: The Greeting, MORE

Influenced by: Marcel Duchamp, Nam June Paik, Joseph Beuys, Alberto Giacometti, Mark Rothko