"Biographical references" refers to the information or details about a person's life, such as their background, experiences, and achievements. Full definition
In «Jason Rhoades, Four Roads,» the first American museum survey of his career, which opens on Wednesday at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, Bert the dog reappears as one of hundreds of biographical references in «The Creation Myth,» a room - filling installation that attempts to represent in sculptural form how humanity processes information, forms memories and produces potentially transcendent things like art out of such messy raw material. (nytimes.com)
BP: Wasn't there a more direct biographical reference for including Duchamp in this new painting? (artnews.com)
The Economou Collection show — which is nevertheless very carefully curated — principally focuses on parallel biographical references, but sadly avoids to go beyond the surface and further expand on aspects of analytical discourse involving the artists» work. (theseenjournal.org)