Lutz Bacher

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Description of Lutz Bacher's In Memory of My Feelings, 1990
Lutz Bacher is a female artist closely associated with Berkeley, California since the 1970s, and who now lives and works in New York.[1] The name Lutz Bacher is a pseudonym, and the artist does not publicly reveal a former name.[2] She was once considered a figure with "cult" status—known for being "legendary but elusive" in the California art scene[3]—but as of the first few years of the 2010s has increasingly gained mainstream recognition.[4][5][6][7]

Themes

Bacher's body of work has been described as "eclectic,"[3] "rough, open-ended,"[2] and "disturbing."[6] It consists of works in a variety of formats, including videotapes, photographs, and other mixed media.[5] Many of these works incorporate elements from popular culture, personal artifacts, and found objects, and address questions of identity as expressed through sexuality and the human body.[7][8]

Exhibitions

Over a 40 year career, Bacher has exhibited work in numerous solo and group shows around the world, including galleries in her native San Francisco Bay area such as the Berkeley Art Museum[8] and the Ratio 3 gallery in San Francisco.[9] In 2009, her multimedia works were featured in MY SECRET LIFE, a retrospective—her first museum survey exhibition—at P.S.1 MoMA in New York.[10]

Bacher was the focus of three European exhibitions in 2013: one at Portikus in Frankfurt, Germany; one at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, UK; and the third at Kunsthalle Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland. Those three galleries will publish an artist book presenting Bacher's complete oeuvre.[7]

External links

References

  1. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schwendener, Martha (4 March 2009). "Lutz Bacher Gets Damaged". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  2. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mac Giolla Léith, Caoimhín (25 October 2013). "Peculiar Galaxies". Frieze Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  3. ↑ Berardini, Andrew (1 March 2012). "Lutz Bacher". Art in America. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  4. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Herbert, Martin. "Ten exhibitions on in November 2013 you won’t want to miss". Art Review. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  5. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sawyer, Miranda (19 October 2013). "Frieze Art Fair 2013 – review". The Observer. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  6. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Lutz Bacher: Black Beauty". Institute of Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 31 January 2014. 
  7. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Lutz Bacher / MATRIX 155". Exhibition brochure. Berkeley Art Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  8. ↑ Wing, Liz (12 December 2008). "Lutz Bacher: ODO". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  9. ↑ "Lutz Bacher at P.S.1, New York". Artabase. Retrieved 31 January 2014. 


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