Hollis Frampton

Hollis Frampton

BornNationalityBased In
1936AmericanBuffalo
Biography

Emerging from the New York Avant-garde film community of the 1960s, experimental filmmaker Hollis Frampton was a key figure in developing structuralism, a branch of film theory that investigates and challenges film as a form. Structuralism undermines film’s traditional narratives, instead using the consecutive juxtaposition of shots to form and shape meaning, a technique that Frampton believed is the essence of filmmaking. As well as being intrigued by philosophy and literature and how they shaped the medium of film, Frampton had an interest in computer science – an emerging field in the 1970s to which he significantly contributed – and this bled into his work: Frampton’s films borrowed and were structured around concepts from mathematics and science. ...

Selected Artworks
Brown-Rat
Hollis Frampton
Brown-Rat, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Chimaera
Hollis Frampton
Chimaera, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Common-Garter
Hollis Frampton
Common-Garter, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Cuttlefish
Hollis Frampton
Cuttlefish, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Garden-Toad
Hollis Frampton
Garden-Toad, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Grass-Frog
Hollis Frampton
Grass-Frog, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Jelly
Hollis Frampton
Jelly, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Lotus
Hollis Frampton
Lotus, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Midshipman
Hollis Frampton
Midshipman, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Mourning-Dove
Hollis Frampton
Mourning-Dove, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Oyster-Shell
Hollis Frampton
Oyster-Shell, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Pepper
Hollis Frampton
Pepper, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Rose
Hollis Frampton
Rose, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
White-Clover
Hollis Frampton
White-Clover, 1982
40.5 x 51.75cm
Spaghetti
Hollis Frampton
Spaghetti, 1964
27.94 x 35.56cm
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