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Bill Viola

New York, United States · b. 1951 — d. 2024

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Bill Viola American, 1951-2024

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Born 1951 — Died 2024

1970s

Migration

Junkyard Levitation

Songs of Innocence

Truth Through Mass Individuation

+11

1980s

Hatsu-Yume (First Dream)

Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House

Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House

Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House

Anthem

+1

1990s

The Passing

Nantes Triptych

Nantes Triptych

Stations

The Greeting

The Greeting

2000s

Five Angels for the Millennium

Five Angels for the Millennium

Catherine’s Room

Catherine’s Room

Four Hands

Four Hands

Five Angels for the Millennium

Five Angels for the Millennium

+2

Works

30 artworks

Five Angels for the Millennium

Five Angels for the Millennium

, 2001

Catherine’s Room

Catherine’s Room

, 2001

Four Hands

Four Hands

, 2001

Five Angels for the Millennium

Five Angels for the Millennium

, 2001

Emergence

, 2002

Three Women

, 2008