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Rizzoli Book Giveaway: Liza Lou

10.03.23 —

We’re giving away copies of a beautiful monograph on the work of Los Angeles-based artist Liza Lou, courtesy of our friends at Rizzoli! Featuring essays by Glenn Adamson, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Cathleen Chaffee and Elisabeth Sherman, along with an interview by Carrie Mae Weems, Liza Lou is the most comprehensive look at the acclaimed artist known for her intricate beadwork installations and hangings.

Lou first gained attention in 1996 with her room-sized sculpture “Kitchen” at the New Museum in New York. The project represented five years of individual labour and subverted standards of art by introducing glass beads as a fine art material. Blurring the boundary between fine art and craft, “Kitchen” established Lou’s long-standing exploration of materiality, process, social consciousness and beauty.

Kitchen, 1991-1996
Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin

Her work is also closely tied to themes of women, community, and the valorization of labour. She has participated in a variety of socially engaged settings, from community groups in Los Angeles to a collective she founded in Durban, South Africa. Over the past fifteen years, Lou has focused on a poetic approach to abstraction as a way to highlight the process underlying her work.

If you want to snag a book, you don’t need to like or follow or reshare anything, just leave a comment on this post and tell us what you enjoy making. We will pick 3 winners on Monday (open to anyone in North America).

 

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Security Fence, 2005
Photo by Stephen White
Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin

 

 

Security Fence, 2005 (detail)
Photo by Stephen White
Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin

 

 

Continuous Mile (white), 2006–2008
Photo by Tom Powell
Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin

 

 

Liza Lou in her studio
Photo by Mick Haggerty
Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin

 

 

Liza Lou in her studio
Photo by Mick Haggerty
Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin

 

 

 

Liza Lou – Rizzoli New York

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