Sam Samore
{{Short description|American artist}}
Sam Samore is an American artist. His work is concerned with an exploration of privacy and myth in contemporary society. He has made numerous works which appropriate photo-techniques typically used by private detectives.http://www.jca-online.com/samore.html Interview with Jerome Sans, JCA His photographs have been described of having a film noir-like quality.{{cite journal |last1=Allegretto |first1=Dan |title=Sam Samore, Team (gallery) |journal=Art in America |date=February 2015 |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=107–108 |url= https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=100962723&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=3 May 2025}}{{cite journal |title=Sam Samore |journal=The New Yorker |date=11 October 2012 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/sam-samore-3 |access-date=3 May 2025}}
Exhibitions and collections
In 1994, Samore had a solo show at Kunsthalle Zurich.{{cite web |title=Sam Samore |url=https://www.kunsthallezurich.ch/en/ausstellungen/1144-sam-samore |website=Kunsthalle Zurich |access-date=3 May 2025}} In 2007, Samore had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art entitled The Suicidist.{{cite web |title=Sam Samore, The Suicidist |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4872 |website=Museum of Modern Art |access-date=3 May 2025}} His work has been reviewed in Art in America,{{cite journal |last1=Wolf |first1=Alex |title=Sam Samore |journal=Art in America |date=25 April 2011 |volume=99|issue=5 |pages=169–70 |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/sam-samore-60907/ |access-date=3 May 2025}}, Artforum,{{cite journal |last1=Ledes |first1=Richard C. |title=Sam Samore, American Fine Arts |journal=Artforum |date=April 1989 |volume=27 |issue=8 |pages=166–167 |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/sam-samore-5-220483/ |access-date=3 May 2025}}{{cite journal |last1=Decter |first1=Joshua |title=Sam Samore, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery |journal=Artforum |date=November 1995 |volume=34 |issue=3 |page=92 |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/sam-samore-3-214269/ |access-date=3 May 2025}} among other publications.
Several works by Samore are held in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art,{{cite web |title=Sam Samore, Scenarios #12, 2007 |url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/30529 |website=Whitney Museum of American Art |access-date=3 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=Sam Samore, Scenarios #4, 2007 |url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/30530 |website=Whitney Museum of American Art |access-date=3 May 2025}} and the Walker Art Center.{{cite web |title=Sam Samore |url=https://walkerart.org/collections/artworks/sam-samore |website=Walker Art Center |access-date=3 May 2025}}
References
External links
- [http://samsamore.com/ samsamore.com] (official website)
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Category:American photographers
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Category:American male artists
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