Книга: Loretta Lux «Loretta Lux»
Производитель: "Aperture" German artist Lux combines painting, photography and digital imagery to create disturbing, fairy tale-like portraits of children. In this sleek collection of 45 portraits, Lux superimposes photographs of her young models, many sporting vintage clothes and hairstyles, onto imaginary backgrounds of painted clouds or rose gardens. As essayist Prose explains, the portraits do not capture the reality of childhood; instead, they communicate something about the world that children live in, about the way adults see them. The children's faces, all unsettlingly expressionless, are like those of porcelain dolls, frozen pale pink with blushed cheeks. Most of the models stare straight at the camera, their glassy eyes penetrating the reader, but even more intriguing are the photos in which the children are looking elsewhere, focused on something that no longer exists. At first glance, the children look flawless, almost too perfect to be real, but viewers captivated by their beauty will soon take... ISBN:978-1-931788-54-0 Издательство: "Aperture" (2004)
ISBN: 978-1-931788-54-0 |
Loretta Lux
Loretta Lux (born 1969) was born in
Lux graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in
In 2005, Lux received the Infinity Award for Art from the International Center of Photography. Her work has since been exhibited extensively abroad, including solo exhibitions in 2006 at the Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands, and the Sixth Moscow Photobiennale. Her work is included in numerous collections in Europe and the United States, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Fotomuseum, den Haag; Reina Sofia, Madrid and Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland. She has had portfolios featured in numerous fine art magazines.
The artist executes her compositions using a combination of photography, painting and digital manipulation. Lux's work - at once alluring and disturbing - usually features young children and is influenced by a variety of sources. She originally trained as a painter at Munich Academy of Art, and is influenced by painters such as
Exhibitions
2008 “Loretta Lux”, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Monterrey, Mexico
2007 “Loretta Lux", Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 “Loretta Lux”, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York City
2006 “Imaginary Portraits”, Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
2006 “Retrospective", Hague Museum of Photography, The Hague
2004 “Loretta Lux”, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
2004 “Loretta Lux”, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York City
External links
* [http://www.lorettalux.de/ www.lorettalux.de] (Official site).
* [http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.886361/k.43ED/Loretta_Lux.htm www.icp.org] ( Infinity Award )
works in museums collections ( selection ):
* [http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_works_200614_0.html www.guggenheimcollection.org] ( Guggenheim collection )
* [http://www.moca.org/museum/pc_artwork_detail.php?acsnum=2004.40&keywords=lux%20loretta&x=32&y=8&page=& www.moca.org ] ( Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles )
* [http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/lux_loretta.php www.mocp.org] ( Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago )
* [http://www.sfmoma.org/collections/search.asp?sp_p=all&sp_f=UTF-8&sp_a=sp10026505&sp_t=cao&sp_q=loretta+lux&sp_q_1=&sp_x_1=Department&sp_p_1=phrase&sp_k=collections&sp_c=50&sp-q-2=s2&sp-i-2=-1&sp-q-required-2=-1 www.sfmoma.org] ( San Francisco Museum of Modern Art )
* [http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/artist.asp?name=loretta+lux&keywordid%2D2=&startYear=&endYear=&advsearch=y&searchText=&recordtype=1&tab=1&recNo=0 www.clevelandart.org] ( Cleveland Museum of Art)
* [http://collection.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&searchMode=simple&id=42699 www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au] ( Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney)
reviews and portfolios ( selection ):
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810329,00.html www.time.com] ( TIME Magazine )
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1955182,00.html arts.guardian.co.uk] ( Guardian )
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/arts/design/29WOOD.html?ex=1393390800&en=3753e6ec7f4bbe4e&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND www.nytimes.com] ( NY Times )
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Slideshow/slideshowContentFrameFrag.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/03/12/upixlux.xml www.telegraph.co.uk] ( Sunday Telegraph )
* [http://www.portfoliocatalogue.com/42/index.php www.portfoliocatalogue.com] ( Portfolio magazine )
Источник: Loretta Lux
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