David lagaccia, abstract artist laura owens challenges traditional ideas of good taste, interview, november 8 top must visit art shows in new york this week. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Widely recognised for her use of both cultural and art historical references and ability to create across such movements as figuration, pop art and abstraction, laura owens is a painter whose influences range from henri matisse to cartoon characters, creating work that often. Laura owens is an influential contemporary american painter. Join facebook to connect with laura owens and others you may know. Mission road, in partnership with laura owens and gavin brown. Sep 21, 2015 laura owenss paintings can make you ponder the difference between irony and ambivalence. Laura owens was the artists first monographic museum survey, consisting of approximately forty paintings and works on paper created between 1997 and 2003. Her bold and experimental work challenges traditional assumptions about figuration and abstraction, as well as the relationships among avantgarde art, craft, pop culture, and.
It comes in the wake of a recent protest of her midcareer survey at the whitney museum of american art in which activists called attention to the complicity of mission rd. Doolin foundation, the two x two for aids and art fund, the dma contemporary art initiative, the gay and lesbian fund for dallas, and elisabeth and panos karpidas. The whitney museum of american art, new york, new york cat. The painter is among a new generation of talented, transgressive artists who reject commonly held notions of beauty. Private club american artists 1970s paintings painting art abstract drawings artwork image. Painting in an expanded field border crossings magazine. Check out the entire series on the whitney museum of american art s youtube channel. Laura owens born 1970 is an american painter, gallery owner and educator. She is known for largescale paintings that combine a variety of art historical references and painterly techniques.
Using bright, colorinfused imagery that depicts landscapes, couples kissing, blooming flowers, and dogs howling at the moon, owens is something of a modern day john william waterhouse. Her bold and experimental work challenges traditional assumptions about figuration and abstraction, as well as the relationships among avantgarde art, craft, pop culture, and technology. Brown, the space is fronted by wendy yaos peerless art bookstore ooga booga, and has played host to screenings, book signings, scrabble sundays. The beauty of ugly painting untitled, 2016, by laura owens. After five years, the venue founded by owens, wendy yao, and gavin brown will close its. A richly illustrated, expansive midcareer survey of the standout american artists pioneering and influential work. Originally from euclid, oh, owens received a bfa from the rhode island school of design, and attended the skowhegan school of painting and sculpture in maine.
The 2016 exhibition was held at the cca wattis institute in san francisco. At 664 pages, owens, laura is a statement coffeetable book, with critical essays, the artists personal correspondence, photographs, clippings, and anecdotes written by friends. American folk art, japanese landscape, childrensbook illustration. She seems to split the difference in both cases, finishing works of perfect sincerity before shes got any real reason to be sure about them, indulging felicitous gestures, saving second thoughts for another picture. Michael wilson, the whitneys laura owens book comes in 8,500 different covers, garage, november 8. The dmas presentation is made possible by the kaleta a. Laura owens 12 paintings glowing like neon fog bouncing off sterile white walls, the twelvefoot tall canvases make murals of color, bringing life to an austere downtown industrial warehouse. Mar 30, 2018 art world laura owenss art nonprofit 356 mission, a target of antigentrification protests, will close. Laura owens is on view at the whitney until february 4, 2018. Laura owens artist biography original signed artworks. See more ideas about art, contemporary paintings and. A detail from an untitled seascape in laura owens s midcareer survey at the whitney museum of american art. See more ideas about artist inspiration, artifact art, owen.
Lauded for her witty and earnest style, laura owens culls vocabulary from the history of painting, experiments and plays with it to create works that are both arresting and pleasurable to behold. The comedic beauty of laura owenss work the new york times. Laura owens is organized by the whitney museum of american art, new york. A catalogue documenting the exhibition ten paintings, cca wattis institute for contemporary arts, san. This 2009 painting pairs lurid tones of purples and pinks with clunky white waves. Jan 3, 2017 the works of owens are for educational purposes. Ten paintings, cca wattis institute for contemporary arts, san francisco, california cat. Easily one of the most important art books of 2017. Contradictions should be appreciated for letting change emerge. She has developed a style all her own, moving from landscape to abstraction in energetic thick brushstrokes, fanciful childlike doodles, or sophisticated fine line drawings. Owens silkscreened each cover of the museums accompanying book by hand. Laura owens forthcoming, in stock, and outofprint title information on museum exhibition catalogs, art monographs, and international books from the artbook d.
While messing around with the procedures of painting for the past 20orso years, laura owens has rebuilt the category of painting into something not to be. This book documents 356 missions inaugural exhibition by laura owens in january 20. I first became aware of owens in 1996, when one of her paintings in a soho group. Jan 24, 2019 on the occasion of laura owens at the geffen contemporary at moca, painter rebecca morris addresses the exhibition and her take on the medium of painting as employed by fellow painter owens. Part of laura owens installation books and tables at matthew marks. Twelve paintings this book documents 356 mission s inaugural exhibition by laura owens in january 20.
Laura owens once said of more doctrinaire painters that the weight of art history is what gets youthat crusty, stodgy feeling, when you look at a work of art and you feel that the person hasnt stepped outside, hasnt looked in other wings of the met, hasnt gone to a natural history museum. Artist laura owens in march 20 with works that were part of her 12 paintings series displayed in the studioexhibition space that became 356 mission. Laura owens, 2003 essays by thomas lawson and paul schimmel. Debts of gratitude paid in paintings, silkscreens and. Nov 10, 2017 created in close collaboration with the artist, this inventive and expansive book features an incisive introduction by scott rothkopf, critical essays, literary texts, and short commentaries on a variety of subjects related to owenss broad interests. This gritty industrial area is known more as a truck depot, than as a place to.
Her work is recognizable from its pop color palette and deep sense of experimentation. This location was designed for you to train your eyes and senses on objects and talk to your neighbor or yourself about what it is you are looking at. Laura owens paintings, which have run the gamut from abstraction and landscape to figuration, demonstrate a shrewd awareness of form, color, and line. Kunsthalle zurich this catalog aims to be a complete record of the artists paintings since 1994. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. A hybrid of art catalogue, diary, document, and artist book the kind of publication that is possible only with the close collaboration of the artist herself, who hand silkscreened each of the covers. Las art community and activists react to the closing of. Linda norden is a curator, writer, and adjunct professor of art history, theory, and criticism. Artistrun space 356 mission is leaving boyle heights. Dear teachers, we are delighted to welcome you to the exhibition, laura owens, on view at the museum through february 4, 2018. Artist laura owens makes books unlike any other books. Owens s work insists on paintings relevance in the current digital age, a premise that. Artist laura owens created a series of videos featuring over 8,000 unique book covers, which she designed and screen printed by hand for her exhibition catalogue, owens, laura.
It happens all the time here and it should be easy to. Since her first solo exhibitions in the mid1990s at gavin browns enterprise in new york and the rosamund felsen gallery in santa monica, she has exhibited widely, and in 2001 had her first solo museum exhibition at the isabella stewart. Laura owenss art nonprofit 356 mission, a target of anti. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. This midcareer survey exhibition features approximately sixty paintings by owens from the mid1990s to the present. Laura owens collects the artist s complete works to date 2001. The work is playful and painterly often referencing the points where digital and analog intersect. While messing around with the procedures of painting for the past 20orso years, laura owens has rebuilt the category of painting into something not to be messed with.
Tastes of california, imported to the east coast the new. Deborah kass was a teacher of mine at rhode island school of design, and the experience of meeting her and having her compose a feminist painting course in a department and a college that was very conservative was an incredible moment for me. Her deceptively romanticnaive visual language dissolves distinctions between abstract and figurative art, and. This book documents 356 mission s inaugural exhibition by laura owens in january 20.
Laura owens art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Prior to the shows opening, owens used the converted warehouse space as her studio for many months to produce several largescale bodies of paintings including the twelve that were in this show. Laura owens is among a select group of artists credited with the rebirth of american painting. Laura owens is my favorite painter laura owens, born in 1970 makes very large paintings or subjects that generally speaking are enjoyable and engaging for her audience, she often contrasts thick paint with thin washes of colour. The radical paintings of laura owens the new yorker. Nov 14, 2017 the artist laura owens has released an official statement about the art space 356 s. Laura owens untitled, acrylic, oil, marker and felt on canvas 117 x 72 in. This artist book was created by laura owens to document her exhibition, ten paintings.
See more ideas about contemporary paintings, art and artist. Prior to the shows opening, owens used the converted warehouse. Buy and sell signed multiples and original paintings at fair prices on llery. Included is ephemera announcing book signing event. I often refer to myself as being in perpetual student mode, teaching myself to make the painting i.
Laura owens laura owens catalogue first edition 2017. Widely recognised for her use of both cultural and art historical references and ability to create across such movements as figuration, pop art and abstraction, laura owens is a painter whose influences range from henri matisse to cartoon characters, creating work that. Laura owens is a painter and installation artist very firmly practicing in the tradition of the postconceptual art generation. Antoni llena i think its important to stress that painting is thinking, the kind of thinking that can only be expressed through. Heres an interview with laura owens about her exhibition last year, 12 paintings at 356 mission.
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