Liz Larner

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Liz Larner (born 1960, Sacramento, California, United States) is an American internationally exhibited installation artist and sculptor American living and working in Los Angeles.[1]

Early life and education

Larner was born in Sacramento, California in 1960. In 1985, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of Arts, Valencia,[2] where she had studied with John Baldessari.[3] Currently she teaches at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.[4]

Work

Larner's work is regarded to have much in common with the late 1960s and early 1970s sculptures of Eva Hesse and Jackie Winsor.[5]

In her early work, Larner examined issues of transformation and decay in a series of petri dish cultures that she also photographed.[6] Her subsequent installations and sculptures address the way an object defines the space it occupies and transforms the viewer's perception of that space. Damage Control (1987) is a two-foot-square block of hazardous substances. Its list of materials includes saltpeter (an ingredient in gunpowder), ammonium nitrate (used in the Oklahoma City bombing) and TNT itself.[7] Used to Do the Job (1987) consists of two rough-hewn cubes stacked on top of each other; the bottom one is made of solid lead, the top one of almost solid wax and paraffin - suspended within are all the ingredients needed to make a time bomb.[8]

For the green-and-purple 12-foot-diameter form 2001,[9] named for the year it was made, Larner mingled a cube and a sphere so that the object appears to be in perpetual motion. Its surface, iridescent urethane paint, is similar to automotive finishes.[10]

In 2013, the Nasher Sculpture Center revealed the plans for a newly commissioned sculpture by Larner for The University of Texas at Dallas. For her commission, Larner proposed X, a mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture to be placed in the courtyard of the new Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building (ATEC).[11]

Exhibitions

Larner's work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions throughout Europe and the United States. Survey exhibitions of her work have been held at the Kunsthaus Graz, Austria (2006); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2001); the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (1998); and the Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (1997).[12] Her work was included in the 2006 Whitney Biennial and "Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s" which ran from January 26, to April 26, 1992 at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Organized by the Public Art Fund, Larner's sculpture 2001 was installed the Doris C. Freedman Plaza near the southeast entrance to Central Park in 2006.[13]

In 1989, Larner was among the artists boycotting the Corcoran Gallery of Art because of the museum's cancellation of a retrospective of the work of the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.[14]

Larner is represented by Regen Projects in Los Angeles[15] and the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York City.[16]

Collections

Larner's work is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC, among others.[17]

Recognition

In 1999 Larner won a Guggenheim Fellowship.[18] In 2002 she received the Lucelia Artist Award from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Whitney Biennial 2006 :: Day for Night". Whitney.org. Retrieved 2013-10-04. 
  2. ↑ Liz Larner Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
  3. ↑ Jori Finkel (June 20, 2010), John Baldessari's 'Pure Beauty' at Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles Times.
  4. ↑ Liz Larner Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
  5. ↑ Roberta Smith (June 4, 1989), Art That Hails From the Land of Deja Vu New York Times.
  6. ↑ Liz Larner Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
  7. ↑ Blake Gopnik (October 23, 2013), Bang! Kaboom! Art! - ‘Damage Control,’ at the Hirshhorn, Explores Neglected Trend New York Times.
  8. ↑ Roberta Smith (June 4, 1989), Art That Hails From the Land of Deja Vu New York Times.
  9. ↑ Liz Larner J. Michael Bishop Art Collection At Mission Bay.
  10. ↑ Carol Vogel (November 10, 2006), New Geometry On Fifth New York Times.
  11. ↑ Nasher Sculpture Center Commissions Sculpture by Liz Larner at The University of Texas at Dallas, Press release of July 23, 2013, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas.
  12. ↑ Liz Larner, April 24 – May 22, 2010 Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
  13. ↑ Carol Vogel (November 10, 2006), New Geometry On Fifth New York Times.
  14. ↑ Barbara Gamarekian (August 31, 1989), Angry Artists Cancel Shows at Corcoran New York Times.
  15. ↑ "Liz Larner | Exhibitions". Regen Projects. Retrieved 2013-10-04. 
  16. ↑ "artists". tanya bonakdar gallery. 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2013-10-04. 
  17. ↑ Liz Larner, 10 February 2011 - 19 March 2011 Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.
  18. ↑ Liz Larner Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
  19. ↑ Liz Larner: East of What?, April 26 - June 14 2003 303 Gallery, New York.
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