Lara Schnitger

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Lara Schnitger (* 1969 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch object and installation artist .

Life and art

Schnitger studied from 1987–1991 at the oldest art academy in Europe, the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague and 1991–1992 at the Vyvarni Umeni Academy in Prague . 1999-2000 she had a scholarship stay at the Kitakyūshū Center for Contemporary Art in Southern Japan. Today the artist lives and works in Los Angeles and Amsterdam as well as in Japan.

Schnitger experimented at the boundary areas of sculpture by creating - sometimes tent-like - textile sculptures from sewn and knitted fabrics, which are often combined with other materials (foam, wood, plastic). In the process, fragile abstract installations are created on topics that touch areas such as fashion, privacy and sexuality , which seem mobile and yet somehow natural. Schnitger also works with videos and photo collages ; the latter are currently influenced by their current habitat, Japan. The subject of her book Lara Schnitger: Fragile Kingdom ( Zerbrechliches Kingdom ) is textile art and art made from perishable materials. Her works can be seen in numerous internationally important galleries, collections and museums

For the street performance "Suffragette City", Schnitger created textile sculptures, quilts and corsages with slogans that comment on the state of society. The sculptural performance, which took place in the public space of the cities of LA, Basel, Paris, Dresden and Berlin, is considered a statement for equality and against populist movements.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017 Too Nice Too Long , Anton Kern Gallery, New York
  • 2017 Suffragette City , performance, 4.30 p.m. Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
  • 2017 Don´t Let The Boys Win. , Gallery Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden
  • 2015 Suffragette City , FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
  • 2014 Never Alone: ​​Sister of Arp by Lara Schnitger , Anton Kern Gallery, New York
  • 2010 Lara Schnitger - Two Masters and Her Vile Perfume , Sculpture Center, New York
  • 2009 Dance Witches Dance (with My Barbarian) (with My Barbarian), Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State, Los Angeles
  • 2008 Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Holland
  • 2008 Double Happiness, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin
  • 2006 Royal Academy of Arts (London)
  • 2006 National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Oslo)
  • 2005 Armand Hammer Museum of Art (Los Angeles)
  • 2005 My Other Car is a Broom Magasin 3 Kunsthall Stockholm
  • 2003 Sprengel Museum (Hanover)
  • 2002 Chinese European Art Center ( Xiamen )
  • 2001 Santa Monica Museum of Art (Santa Monica, USA)
  • 2001 Basel Art Fair (Basel)
  • 1997 University of Buffalo Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY)
  • 1996 Anton Kern Gallery (New York, NY)

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2018 bitch MATERial , Studio1 Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
  • 2017 The Event of a Thread , Kunsthaus Dresden , Dresden
  • 2016 Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016 , Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles
  • 2015 No Man's Land - Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection , Rubell Family Collection, Miami
  • 2015 Poor Art – Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and parallel practices 1968–2015 , National Museum Oslo , Oslo
  • 2014 Beating around the bush, Episode # 2 , Bonnefantenmuseum , Maastricht
  • 2013 Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings and Mixed Media Artworks , The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York
  • 2012 More to Tell , Museum Het Domein, Sittard
  • 2011 The Artist's Museum , Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles
  • 2011 Investigation of a Dog: Works from the FACE collections , Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
  • 2009 Strike a Pose , Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
  • 2009 Double Dutch , Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill
  • 2008 Carried away , Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
  • 2007 Fantastic Politics , The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
  • 2006 Red Eye: LA Artists from the Rubell Family Collection , Rubell Family Collection, Miami
  • 2006 The “F” word , Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
  • 2005 THING New Sculpture from Los Angeles , Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
  • 2004 Obsession , Diana Stierter Gallery, Amsterdam
  • 2003 Nice and Easy , Sprengel Museum, Hanover
  • 2002 Building Structures MoMA PS1 , New York
  • 2002 Shanghai Biennale , Shanghai
  • 2000 spatial bodies, nets and other structures , Kunsthalle Basel
  • 1999 Liverpool Biennale
  • 1995 Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)

Works in public collections

Projects

  • 2015 Suffragette City , installation, Art Basel Parcours 2015, Basel

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Schnitger, Lara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch object and installation artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Haarlem