Lutz Bacher

Description of Lutz Bacher's In Memory of My Feelings, 1990

Lutz Bacher is an artist closely associated with Berkeley, California since the 1970s, and who now lives and works in New York.[1] The name Lutz Bacher is a pseudonym, and the artist does not publicly reveal a former name.[2] She was once considered a figure with "cult" status—known for being "legendary but elusive" in the California art scene[3]—but as of the first few years of the 2010s has increasingly gained mainstream recognition.[4][5][6][7]

Themes

Bacher's body of work has been described as "eclectic,"[3] "rough, open-ended,"[2] and "disturbing."[6] It consists of works in a variety of formats, including videotapes, photographs, and other mixed media.[5] Many of these works incorporate elements from popular culture, personal artifacts, and found objects, and address questions of identity as expressed through sexuality and the human body.[7][8]

Exhibitions

Over a 40-year career, Bacher has exhibited work in numerous solo and group shows around the world, including galleries in her native San Francisco Bay area such as the Berkeley Art Museum[8] and the Ratio 3 gallery in San Francisco.[9] In 2009, her multimedia works were featured in MY SECRET LIFE, a retrospective—her first museum survey exhibition—at P.S.1 MoMA in New York.[10]

Bacher was the focus of three European exhibitions in 2013: one at Portikus in Frankfurt, Germany; one at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, UK; and the third at Kunsthalle Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland. Those three galleries will publish an artist book presenting Bacher's complete oeuvre.[7]

External links

References

  1. 1 2 Schwendener, Martha (4 March 2009). "Lutz Bacher Gets Damaged". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 Mac Giolla Léith, Caoimhín (25 October 2013). "Peculiar Galaxies". Frieze Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Berardini, Andrew (1 March 2012). "Lutz Bacher". Art in America. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 Herbert, Martin. "Ten exhibitions on in November 2013 you won’t want to miss". Art Review. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. 1 2 Sawyer, Miranda (19 October 2013). "Frieze Art Fair 2013 – review". The Observer. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Lutz Bacher: Black Beauty". Institute of Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Lutz Bacher / MATRIX 155". Exhibition brochure. Berkeley Art Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Wing, Liz (12 December 2008). "Lutz Bacher: ODO". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lutz Bacher at P.S.1, New York". Artabase. Retrieved 31 January 2014.


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