Liz Magic Laser

Liz Magic Laser (born 1981, New York) is an American visual artist working primarily in video and performance based art in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Biography

She attended Wesleyan University and received her BA in 2003, and then in 2008 an MFA from Columbia University.[2]

Her work has been presented at MOMA PS1, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Performa 11, and was she a commissioned artist at the 2013 Armory Show. According to the New York Times, Laser's works focus on absurdities in political and financial institutions.[3] She is known notably for her video, "The Thought Leader," which presents a script adapted from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes from Underground" performed by a child in the form of a mock TED Talk.[4]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions of Laser’s work have been presented at Derek Eller Gallery, New York, 2010,[5] Westfälischer Kunstverein,[6] Münster, Germany, in 2013, and Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, in 2015.[7] Her work has been included in MoMA P.S.1’s Greater New York in 2010,[8] Performa 11 in 2011,[9] and Pier 54, curated by Cecilia Alemani, in 2014.[10]

References

  1. "Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series". CAL Arts. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  2. "Liz Magic Laser". ART21 New York Close Up. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. Estefan, Kareem (5 March 2013). "Liz Magic Laser’s Armory Show Souvenirs". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  4. Ollman, Leah (14 January 2015). "Review Liz Magic Laser subversively splits medium from message". LA Times. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. "Liz Magic Laser". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  6. Beeson, John (September 2013). "Public Theater: On Liz Magic Laser at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster". Texte Zur Kunst. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  7. Harren, Natilee. "Natilee Harren on Liz Magic Laser". artforum.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  8. "Greater New York - Reviews - Art in America". www.artinamericamagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  9. "Liz Magic Laser Feels Your Pain". Observer. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  10. Rosenberg, Karen (2014-12-04). "‘Pier 54’". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-02-26.


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