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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