- Laura Fritz
Laura Fritz, is an installation and video artist based in
Portland, Oregon . [Hackett, Regina http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/224974_visual20.html, Seattle Post Intelligencer May 20th 2005]Noted for her disturbing science lab like environments [Neslon, Sarah http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=21529
The Stranger , May 26 2005] Fritz has been hailed as one of "the most exciting video artists in the county" [Hackett,http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/243793_portlandart.html Regina Seattle Post Intelligencer, October 10th 2005] in the company of other noted Portland residentsMiranda July ,Matt McCormick ,Vanessa Renwick andHarrell Fletcher . Fritz's work differs as she creates video objects like Transposition (2005) [Henderson, HarvestThe Oregonian October 10th 2005 ] or [http://www.qpca.com/exhibitions/2008_2c Interspace (2008),] both of which feature the shadows of animals that appear to inhabit a constructed, minimalist space. Fritz was recently awarded one of the coveted NAAU stipend shows. [Jahn, Jeff http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2007/10/naau_is_the_tim.html, PORT October 9 2007]Exhibitions and Press
Fritz has exhibited at the
Des Moines Art Center ,Reed College , [http://www.aljira.org/ Aljira Center For Contemporary Art] ,Soil Art Gallery ,Pacific Northwest College of Art , the Barrett Art Center and most recently Quality Pictures Contemporary Art in Portland.A favorite of critics, her work often provokes intense writing like "...This stressing of anti-narrative opens up the possibility of uncertainty, a more active intellectual state, the space of change....She knows where the edges are, liminal territories with room to move. She puts into service a series of challenges in identifying, consuming and silencing the art object." [Pence, Elizabeth Artweek, September 2005]
Background
Originally from Chicago she studied art at
Drake University withJoe Biel and [http://www.askart.com/askart/k/jules_kirschenbaum/jules_kirschenbaum.aspx Jules Kirschenbaum] whose figurative style she distanced herself from, instead focusing onDonald Judd andEva Hesse for their perceptual and material qualities. The filmmakers,Alfred Hitchcock andDavid Lynch are also often brought up when discussing her work.References
External links
* [http://www.laurafritz.net Artist's home page]
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