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| Laura Christensen |
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Born October 23, 1963 in Michigan, USA. Since then, I've moved around a bit, studied in school quite a while and crafted all sorts of art.
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| 关于此艺术家 |
My work consists of small assemblages constructed with handcrafted wooden boxes, old photographic portraits, and unusual found objects that may suggest memories, relics, and mystery. Hand-painted illusions of sea or land blend with images of 19th century men, women, or children. Torn scraps of photograph seem to levitate in a small triptych. LED’s light up inner chambers of old cameras. In some assemblages, altered photographs or other objects are treated as precious. At other times, a photograph, glass vial, or cricket cage suggest old secrets to be unlocked.
My work intentionally walks the lines between sculpture, installation, and craft. I choose to work in craft media because of its evocative power. For me, tricks of memory are better conjured by the handmade, the keepsake, and an intimate scale than by giant video installations. I refer to recent art – to Joseph Cornell, for example – to disrupt the feeling of coziness inherent in traditional media (such as the wooden boxes I make myself). My intention in pairing these two ways of working is to make my objects unsettling and beautiful in equal measure.
A recent installation, "River" (2005), explores how geologic time can act as metaphor for all change. Lately I’ve been reading books, like Richard Dawkin’s "Unweaving the Rainbow," about evolution and genetics. I’ve been trying to understand what scientists know about shifting tectonic plates, ice ages, and extinction. Learning how scientists understand history offers new perspectives on our current brief and fortunate existences. Change, in genetic, geologic, and personal time, and how individuals comprehend and respond to change, are the moving forces in my newest work.
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Mitosis
2003 25 x 25 x 12 cm |
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Left section contains a vial of liguid and cat gut suture. Center section contains two old photographs. I painted illusions of a seascape on one and a curled, napping cat on back of lower one. Right section contains bits of photo hanging with tungsten filament. |
Besieged
2004 33 x 30 x 25 cm |
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This box, made to look like an old camera, may be installed on an antique tripod. |
Besieged - detail
2004 33 x 30 x 25 cm |
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A view in through the "camera lense" opening. On the photograph of a young man, who has since passed away, I painted scenes of explosions and missile fire. |
Burn
2002 25 x 20 x 12 cm |
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| 教育程度与个人自传 |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 "4+4"
Eclipse Mill Gallery North Adams, Massachusetts
2006 "Humanity: Contemporary Art of the Humane Image"
MCLA Gallery 51
North Adams, Massachusetts
2005 "[re]Collections"
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Troy, New York
2004 "watching through windows 2" (solo exhibition)
Porter Street Gallery
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, Massachusetts
2004 "watching through windows" (solo exhibition)
Contemporary Artist Center
North Adams, Massachusetts
2002 Southern Vermont Arts Center (solo exhibition)
Manchester, Vermont
2002 "Jenseits des Erfuellungshorizonts / Beyond the Fulfillment Horizon"
(collaborative exhibition)
Offenes Haus Oberwart
Oberwart, Austria
2001 "The Truth in Photography"
(two person show)
Tunnel City Gallery
North Adams, Massachusetts
Curator: Mary Nelson, Gallery Director and Curator
1999 "CBAC Annual Exhibition"
Washburn Historical Museum
Washburn, Wisconsin
Curator: Linda Helander, Artist and Art Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Superior
1998-199 Sivertson Gallery (gallery representation)
Bayfield, Wisconsin
1997 "Tweed Contemporary Artists Series"
Tweed Museum of Art Duluth, Minnesota
Curators: Martin DeWitt, Director and Peter Spooner, Curator, Tweed Museum of Art
1996 "Excavations and Allegories"
M.F.A. Exhibition
(solo exhibition)
Alliance for the Varied Arts
Logan, Utah
1995 "Utah ’95: Crafts, Photography & Works on Paper"
Utah Museum of Fine Arts Salt Lake City, Utah
Curator: David Ruben, Curator of 20th Century Art, Phoenix Art Museum
1994 "Recent Works: Four Artists"
Tippetts Gallery
Logan, Utah
1994 "Pencil to Paper" One West Art Center
Fort Collins, Colorado
EDUCATION
M.F.A. 1997 Drawing
Utah State University Logan, Utah
Honors B.S. 1987 Economics
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri summa cum laude
Honors B.A. 1987 German
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri
summa cum laude
Graduate study 1992-1993 Drawing
The Graduate School of Figurative Art
New York, New York
Graduate study 1987-1989
Art History
University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois
SELECTED HONORS
2001
Guest Artist/Presenter
Creative Arts Seminar
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
North Adams, Massachusetts
2000
Guest Artist/Presenter
Summer Lecture Series
Madeline Island Art Guild La Pointe, Wisconsin
1999
Artist-in-Residence
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Snowmass Village, Colorado
1994-1996
George B. and Marie Eccles Caine Foundation Scholarship
Utah State University Logan, Utah
1994-1996
Graduate Instructor (Instructor of Record)
Drawing
Utah State University Logan, Utah
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| 未来的展览 |
April through Ausgut 2007
"Boxed Sets: Assembling People, Images, and Objects"
Kidspace @ MASS MoCA
North Adams, Massachusetts
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