Liz Deschenes

Liz Deschenes (born Boston, Massachusetts 1966) is a contemporary visual artist who lives and works in New York City.^[1] Her work and art practice can be understood in relation to post-conceptual photography and minimalism.^[2]

Career

Her work is in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in France, the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as The Art Institute of Chicago, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, and the Corcoran Museum of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.^[1] The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston is opening the first comprehensive survey of her work in 2016. ^[3]

She has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad, including solo shows at Campoli Presti in Paris ^[4] and London (2013),^[5] Secession, Vienna (2012), Sutton Lane, Brussels (2010), and Miguel Abreu Gallery in New York (2009).^[1] Her first solo presentation at an American museum, "Liz Deschenes: Gallery 7" was on view at the Walker Art Center from November 2014 to October 2015 and curated by Eric Crosby.^[6] Deschenes' work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including "What is a Photograph?", curated by Carol Squiers at the International Center of Photography in New York (2014), "Cross Over. Photography of Science + Science of Photography" at Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (2013), and the 2012 Whitney Biennial.^[1] Her first monograph was published in 2012 in conjunction with her exhibition at Secession, Vienna.

Her work explores the materials and properties of photography, light, and perception, often in relation to the architectural environments within which they are displayed.^[7]

References

1. "MIGUEL ABREU GALLERY –LIZ DESCHENES" (PDF). 27 November 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
2. SCHWENDENER, MARTHA (15 May 2014). "Liz Deschenes: 'Stereographs #1-4 (Rise/Fall)'". New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
3. "FIRST COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF ARTIST LIZ DESCHENES OPENS JULY 1". icaboston. ICA. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
4. Campoli Presti - Liz Deschenes - Bracket (Paris) http://www.campolipresti.com/exhibitions.html?exh=110&page=images
5. Campoli Presti - Liz Deschenes - Bracket (London) http://www.campolipresti.com/exhibitions.html?exh=107&page=images
6. "Liz Deschenes: Gallery 7". Walker Art Center Exhibitions. Walker Art Center. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
7. Secession, www.secession.at, Webdesign: Christina Goestl. "secession". secession.at. Retrieved 2014-02-02.

External links

External video

Liz Deschenes on her cameraless photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

• CAMPOLI PRESTI - LIZ DESCHENES
• "Whitney Museum of American Art: Liz Deschenes". whitney.org. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
• "MIGUEL ABREU GALLERY". miguelabreugallery.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
• "Sequence - Secession". sequencepress.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
• "BOMB Magazine: Liz Deschenes by Kathleen Peterson". bombsite.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
• Lauren O'neill-Butler (January 22, 2013). "Seceding: A Conversation with Liz Deschenes". Paris Review. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
• "Eileen Quinlan and Liz Deschenes" (PDF). 28 November 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
• Interview "Liz Deschenes. Tilt/Swing (360º field of vision, version 1). 2009.". 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2016.