 La Stanza, 2004-2005 Emulsion on glass, light, wood, 50 x 123 x 17 cm "inside room" triptych Lena Liv Anthology Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by Lena Liv. Entitled "Anthology", the show will consist of over twenty major pieces dating from 1998 through 2006. Over the past two decades, Lena Liv has been creating work that explores her longstanding interest in history, identity and collective memory. Using a variety of materials - photographs, handmade paper, glass, sand, cast iron, etc. - Lena produces surreal assemblages that are not about one culture, time or place, but instead evoke a larger vision of humanity. Her constructions often begin with the recovery of a meaningful image, found in a flea market or historical archive. Lena then removes the photograph from its original context, and manipulates and combines it with various sculptural elements that she meticulously recreates, such as old lamps, nightshirts, dolls and beds. The final installations reverberate with great expressive and emotional power, enveloping the spectator in a remote, nostalgic mood in which the presence of human beings is felt through their absence. Lena Liv was born in Leningrad, Russia in 1952, where she studied at the School of Fine Arts and Academy of Art. In the early 1970's, she participated in the Russian Non- Conformist Art Movement and in 1976 she left Russia and became an Israeli citizen. She currently lives and works in Pietrasanta in Tuscany, Italy. Lena has exhibited at such major museums as the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), Kunsthalle Helsinki, National Museum of Contemporary Art (Oslo), and in Germany at Stadgalerie Kiel, Leopold-Hoesh Museum (Duren), Städtische Galerie Würzburg, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, and Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg. Her work can be found in many of the aforementioned museum collections, as well as the Targetti Light Art Collection, the Sir Elton John Collection, Ludwig Museum (Cologne), the Caldic Collection (Rotterdam), and many important private collections around the world. In 2001, Lena had a solo exhibition at Robert Miller Gallery in New York. This is her first exhibition with Mike Weiss Gallery. Exhibition: March 25 - April 29, 2006 Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 10am - 6pm and by appointment Mike Weiss Gallery 520 West 24th Street USA-New York, NY 10011 Telephone +1 212 691 6899 Fax +1 212 691 6877 Email info@mikeweissgallery.com www.mikeweissgallery.com |
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