Lauren Kalman (born 1980) is a contemporary American visual artist who uses photography, sculpture, jewelry, craft objects, performance, and installation. Kalman's works investigate ideas of beauty, body image, and consumer culture. Kalman has taught at institutions including Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Currently she is an associate professor at Wayne State University.[1]
Early life and education
Kalman was born and raised in the Midwest. Her father is an industrial designer and her mother was a commercial photographer[2] who have no doubt influenced Kalman's approach to her art. Kalman attended the Massachusetts College of Art where she majored in jewelry and metalsmithing. After, she apprenticed at the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture where she was trained in foundry with a focus on metal chasing and welding. Later, Kalman earned a MFA in art and technology from Ohio State University[3] where she focused on art and technology which is obviously integrated in her interdisciplinary work. Kalman currently teaches at Wayne State University and works in her studio in Detroit, MI.
Exhibitions
- 2019 Devices for Filling a Void (solo). Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA[4]
- 2019 Connections. Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Washington, DC[5]
- 2019 Devices for Filling a Void (solo). McMaster Gallery University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC[6]
- 2019 Striking Gold. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA[7]
- 2018 Icons of the Flesh (solo). Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD[8]
- 2017 But if Crime is Beautiful... (solo). Artspace, Raleigh, NC [9]
- 2016 But if Crime is Beautiful... (solo). Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY[10]
- 2016 Pierce, Mark, Morph. Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL[11]
- 2016 A (Mis)Perceived Physique: Bodyscapes by Three Women Artists. Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA[12]
- 2014 Coveted Objects (solo). Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI[13]
- 2014 PostGlamism: Glam Art in the 21st Century. Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA[14]
- 2013 Out of the Box: Trends in Contemporary Jewelry, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. Virginia Beach, VA[15]
- 2012-13 40 Under 40: Craft Futures. Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Washington, DC[16]
- 2012 Tributaries (solo). Metal Museum, Memphis, TN[17]
- 2012 Man Up! No Balls About it. Duderstadt Center, The University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI[18]
- 2009 Elusive Matter. Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR[19]
Works
But if the Crime is Beautiful.... (2013-2015)
But if the Crime is Beautiful… is a series found objects and fabric adorning a woman's body to create sculptural compositions, which were photographed and displayed along with the objects themselves. The series is named after Adolf Loos' 1910 lecture series Ornament and Crime, in which he equated ornamentation with the destruction of culture and society, and argued that only criminals and degenerates (including women) adorn themselves.[20] Adolf Loos' writings were highly influential in the Modern Architecture movement and the Bauhaus. In But if the Crime is Beautiful… Kalman points out and challenges these historical discourses, which have simultaneously served to paint the female sexuality as deviant, within the field of modernism.[21] But if the Crime is Beautiful... was exhibited in the Sienna Patti Gallery in Lennox, MA from February 8 through April 6, 2014.
Collections
Kalman's work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[22] the Detroit Institute of Art,[23] and The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[24] amongst others.
References
- ↑ Williamson, C.N. "Spotlight on Lauren Kalman: Pleasure and Pain In Gold". the Artifice. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ Cummins, Susan (2 March 2014). "Lauren Kalman: But If the Crime Is Beautiful..." Art Jewelry Forum. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "Lauren Kalman". DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "Devices for Filling a Void - Art - 2019–20 Season - Lively Arts - IUP". www.iup.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments (Cystic Acne, Back) | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Lauren Kalman: Devices for Filling a Void". School of Visual Art and Design at the University of South Carolina. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty". Fuller Craft Museum. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Exhibitions". Baltimore Jewelry Center. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Past Exhibitions | Artspace". Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Artist Lauren Kalman Covers Jewelry Cases from Museum's Permanent Collection in over 2,000 Golden Brass Kudzu Leaves". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ Communications, Florida International University-Digital. "Pierce, Mark, Morph". frost.fiu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "A (Mis)Perceived Physique: Bodyscapes by Three Women Artists". Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Lauren Kalman: Coveted Objects | Cranbrook Art Museum". cranbrookartmuseum.org. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "2014 Annual Juried Exhibition". CoCA Seattle. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "You are being redirected..." virginiamoca.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ ""40 under 40" Sneak Peak with Artist Lauren Kalman | Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Tributaries | Metal Museum | Memphis, TN". metalmuseum. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ Arbor, Gallery in the Duderstadt Center University of Michigan2281 Bonisteel BoulevardAnn; Michigan 48109-2094. "exhibitions & events". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "museum of contemporary craft : exhibitions : 1281". mocc.pnca.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Lauren Kalman". Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ Craig, Gabriel (7 December 2014). "Lauren Kalman, Modern Furniture, Ornament, And Religion". Art Jewellery Forum. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "Oral Rims". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Wayne State University Print Portfolio". www.dia.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "Lauren Kalman | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-08.