Catherine Opie

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Catherine Opie (* 1961 in Sandusky , Ohio ) is an American artist who is best known for her photographic portraits of transgender people , tattooed people and homosexuals . She lives in Los Angeles and New York .

Catherine Opie

biography

Catherine Opie studied at the San Francisco Art Institute , where she received her BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) degree in 1985. At the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia , she received her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in 1988. From 2000 to 2001 she was Professor of Fine Art at Yale University in New Haven , Connecticut . Since 2001 she has been Professor of Photography at the University of Los Angeles ( UCLA ).

Opie's work consists of a number of self-portraits, for which she partially pierced and scratched her body with needles, or shows herself in special positions or roles. Some portraits show other artists, like Ron Athey, and show their body manipulations, e.g. B. tattoos and piercings. Other photographs show couples from the LGBT scene. The photographs combine elements of contemporary art with traditional portrait photography and show the complexity of modern identities. Many of the photographs are almost life-size; Opie uses specially made Polaroid cameras , some of which are the size of a room .

In her more recent works, which were presented at the Whitney Biennale in 2004 , she deals with architecture and urban spaces, but also with landscapes in ice and on water.

The lesbian artist lives in Los Angeles with her partner, painter Julie Burleigh, and her son Oliver .

Exhibitions

  • 2008 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum New York: Catherine Opie: American Photographer

Work in illustrated books

  • Helen Molesworth (Ed.): Catherine Opie - empty and full. Texts (English) by Jill Medvedow, Helen Molesworth, Anna Stothart, conversation between Helen Molesworth and the artist, design by Margarethe Hausstätter, Hatje Cantz Verlag , Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-3015-0 .
  • The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (Ed.): Catherine Opie - American photographer. Texts (English) by Dorothy Allison, Jennifer Blessing, Nat Trotman, interviews with the artist by Russell Ferguson, Verlag Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2292-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ regenprojects.com: Catherine Opie. Biography Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  2. ^ Subjective Realities. Works from the Refco Collection of Contemporary Photography. 2003 Refco Group, Ltd., p. 183.
  3. ↑ taz .de: Kleine Jungs in Pink from October 11, 2008. Accessed on November 28, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Opie, Catherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandusky , Ohio