Brian Goeltzenleuchter

Brian Goeltzenleuchter is an American conceptual artist and educator who works in olfactory art, social practice, and image making.

Brian Goeltzenleuchter
BornJune 26, 1976
NationalityAmerican
Known forolfactory art, social practice, conceptual art

Early life and education edit

Goeltzenleuchter was born in San Diego, California. In 2001 he received a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of California San Diego[1] where he studied under David Antin and Allan Kaprow.[2]

Art edit

Goeltzenleuchter's work has been exhibited at multiple locations such as The Institute for Art and Olfaction, The Walters Art Museum, The Banff Centre, Städtische Galerie Bremen, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[3] In his artwork Goeltzenleuchter tries to "explore the dynamics between individuals and the cities and institutions which shape those relationships" through attempts to interpret public places such as crowded cities like Los Angeles.[1][4]

Awards edit

  • Creative Catalyst Award (2014, won for the Olfactory Memoirs workshops)[5][6]
  • Park Social (2021, won for The Olfactory Present: By Means of Smoke)

Creative works edit

Art edit

Literature edit

  • "Scenting the Antiseptic Institution", in Designing with Smell, (2017, London: Routledge, ed. Victoria Henshaw)[12]
  • “The olfactory counter-monument: Active smelling and the politics of wonder in the contemporary museum", in Olfactory Art and the Political in an Age of Resistance, (2021, London: Routledge, eds. Gwenn-Aël Lynn and Debra Riley Parr)[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Bio". Brian Goeltzenleuchter. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  2. ^ Wilson-Brown, Saskia (June 3, 2021). "Meet a Nose: Interview with Brian Goeltzenleuchter". Vimeo.
  3. ^ "Sillage". The Institute for Art and Olfaction. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. ^ Shiner, Larry (2020-02-11). Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell and the Olfactory Arts. Oxford University Press. pp. 183. 191. ISBN 978-0-19-008982-5.
  5. ^ CHUTE, JAMES (2015-01-24). "Creative Catalyst winners announced". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  6. ^ Pincus, Robert L. (2015-09-15). "Scents Memory: Brian Goeltzenleuchter's Multifaceted Practice". KCET. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  7. ^ "What does L.A. smell like? An artist is trying to put it in a bottle". Los Angeles Times. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  8. ^ "Sillage: Baltimore". Brian Goeltzenleuchter. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  9. ^ "Volatile! A Poetry and Scent Exhibition". Poetry Foundation. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  10. ^ Spence, Charles (September 23, 2021). ""Musical Scents: On the Surprising Absence of Scented Musical/Auditory Events, Entertainments, and Experiences,"". i-Perception. 12)5) (5). doi:10.1177/20416695211038747. PMC 8474342. PMID 34589196.
  11. ^ Benthack, Saskia (2021). Smell It! Geruch in der Kunst. Cologne: Wienand. pp. 13–64. ISBN 978-3-86832-635-2.
  12. ^ Goeltzenleuchter, Brian (2017-10-05). "Scenting the Antiseptic Institution". Designing with Smell. pp. 248–258. doi:10.4324/9781315666273-25. ISBN 9781315666273. Retrieved 2020-10-15. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  13. ^ Goeltzenleuchter, Brian (2021). "The olfactory counter-monument: Active smelling and the politics of wonder in the contemporary museum," in Olfactory Art and the Political in an Age of Resistance. Routledge. pp. 182–194. ISBN 9781000399646.

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