Lita Albuquerque
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Lita Albuquerque is an American installation, environmental artist, painter and sculptor. She is a part of the core faculty in the Graduate Fine Art Program at
Early life
Lita Albuquerque was born in
Career
In the 1970s, Albuquerque emerged on the California art scene as part of the Light and Space[3] and Land Art[4] movements and won acclaim for her epic and poetic ephemeral pigment pieces created for desert sites. She gained national attention in the late 1970s with her ephemeral pigment installations pertaining to mapping, identity and the cosmos, executed in the natural landscape.
In 1980, Albuquerque garnered international acclaim for her installation, The Washington Monument Project,
Albuquerque has created numerous site specific installations in the past two decades including works in the
Completing an ambitious array of public projects over the past decade, Albuquerque has been commissioned to work in locations including: Gannett Publishers, McLean, Virginia; The Evo De Concini Federal Courthouse, Tucson, AZ; Palos Verdes Central Library, CA; Koll/Obayashi Corporation,[11] Los Angeles, CA; Cerritos Public Library, Cerritos, CA; Tochigi Prefecture Health Center, Japan; Saitama Guest Center, Saitama, Tokyo, and the Library at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies amongst numerous other sites.
Albuquerque, with architect
She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the Cairo Biennale Prize at the Sixth International Cairo Biennale, and the esteemed Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Perugia, Italy (2002).
Exhibitions
Numerous solo exhibitions include: a career survey at
Her museum exhibition history includes
Collections
Albuquerque's work is included in
- Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution[18]
- Whitney Museum of American Art[19]
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles[20]
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Frederick Weisman Foundation
- LACMA[21]
- Orange County Museum of Art[22]
- Laguna Art Museum[23]
- Palm Springs Desert Museum
References
- ^ "Lita Albuquerque". 18th Street Arts Center. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ^ "Lita Albuquerque: Emergence". Artweek.LA. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
- ^ Butterfield, Jan The Art of Light and Space
- ^ "Groundswell: Women of Land Art September 23, 2023 - January 7, 2024 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center". www.nashersculpturecenter.org. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ Bijovet, Marga,(1983) In Search of Self Through Nature, Arts and Architecture Magazine
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Collette (Winter 1997). "Of Sands, Stars, and Deserts: Lita Albuquerque". World Sculpture News (List of Table of Contents for issue.). 3 (1).
- from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- Orion Magazine. Archivedfrom the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Lita Albuquerque and Jean de Pomereu: Stellar Axis". Domus. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ Campbell, Clayton. “Lita Albuquerque.” Art Gallery International 1990.
- ^ Zasada, Marc P(Aug. 1989) “Koll Looks At “Ceremonial Art”" Downtown News
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- ^ "Parties and prayers: the opening of Moneo's cathedral in Los Angeles". Domus. 3 September 2002. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ McKenna, Kristine (31 January 1990). "Art Review: Lita Albuquerque and Her Search for Unity". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Dorothy Goldeen Gallery records, 1960-circa 2014, bulk 1987-1996". Archives of American Art (An online Finding Aid listening archive contents). Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Hughes, Robert, ( March 2, 1982) “Three Surveys of The US Scene are vital, full of hope" Time Magazine
- LACMA. Archivedfrom the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Oral history interview with Lita Albuquerque, 1990 July 9-19". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. July 1990. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Lita Albuquerque". Whitney Museum. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Lita Albuquerque". Museum of Contemporary Art. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- LACMA. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Exhibitions / Pairings: The Collection at 50". Orange County Museum of Art. 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Lita Albuquerque". Laguna Art Museum. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
External links
- Official web site
- "Lita Albuquerque, Visual Artist: Artist Studio Visit", Southern California Women's Caucus for Art, September 18, 2004
- Bibliography