1. Christian Boltanski Sculptor, Photographer, Installation Artist

2. Biography Born September 6, 1944 in Paris. His father was Jewish and of Ukrainian heritage and his mother was Corsican. Began creating art at age 12. Sometimes collaborates with wife Annette Messager

3. Art Work Many of his works are meant to memorialize those who died anonymously. Known for Holocaust remembrance pieces. Utilizes light in sculptures and installations. Several of his projects have actual lost property from public spaces like railway stations.

4. Shadows

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6. Monument: The Children Of Dijon

7. Reserve: Dead Swiss

8. Reserve: Canada and Reliquery

9. Time

10. Reserve of the German Family

11. Resources Information: Semin, Didier and Christian Boltanski. Christian Boltanski. London: Phaidon Press, 1997. Studio: Christian Boltanski. Dec 2002. The Tate Magazine. 9 April 2009.. Images (in presentation order): Boltanski, Christian. Shadows. 1990. Institute of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Japan. 9 April 2009. Boltanski, Christian. Monument: The Children of Dijon. 1986. Salpetriere Chapel, Paris. 9 April 2009.. Boltanski, Christian. Reserve: The Dead Swiss. 1989. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. 9 April 2009.. Boltanski, Christian. Reserve: Canada and the Reliquery. 1991. Ydessa Hendeles Foundation, Toronto. 9 April 2009.. Boltanski, Christian. Time. 2001.. Bolanski, Christian. Reserve of the German Family. 1991..