Michel Auder (b. 1945 in Soissons, France) is an experimental video and photo artist who currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Auder has lived and worked in New York City since 1970, where he was part of the circle of Warhol’s Factory, and since has produced an extensive body of work.
Auder’s films and videos are documents of times and places, subjective observations by someone who is concerned with his surroundings and the people that play a role in his vicinity. Auder believes, “Artists are translating the appearance of time according to their appreciation of it.” His most well known work, Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol, which he shot between the years 1971 and ’76, has become a seminal document of New York in this era.
His portraits of individuals, social dynamics between people, interiors or shared communal events reflect the intimacy between the artist himself and what is depicted using images and sound to translate relationships.
