Lauren Kalman

Lauren Kalman (born 1980) is a contemporary American visual artist who uses photography, sculpture, craft objects, performance, and installation. Kalman’s works investigate ideas of beauty, body image, and consumer culture. Kalman currently teaches part-time at Brown University, RI and the Rhode Island School of Design.

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[1] 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[2] where she focused on art and technology which is obviously integrated in her interdisciplinary work. Kalman currently teaches sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design and works in her studio in Providence, Rhode Island.

Exhibitions

Kalman's work has been featured in exhibitions at the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the deCordova Museum.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] But if the Crime is Beautiful… was exhibited in the Sienna Patti Gallery in Lennox, MA from February 8 through April 6, 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Cummins, Susan. "Lauren Kalman: But If the Crime Is Beautiful...". Art Jewelry Forum. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lauren Kalman". DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Williamson, C.N. "Spotlight on Lauren Kalman: Pleasure and Pain In Gold". The Artifice. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lauren Kalman". Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Craig, Gabriel. "Lauren Kalman, Modern Furniture, Ornament, And Religion". Art Jewellery Forum. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

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