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Laura Lancaster was born in Hartlepool, England in 1979. She studied at Northumbria University and lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2008 she won The Sovereign European Art Prize. Lancaster’s work is about memory and loss. Her paintings take their starting point from found imagery in the form of slides, Polaroid snapshots and ...
May 8, 2019 · Review: Laura Lancaster paintings are the most magical of Rorschach tests. If you’ve ever wielded a paintbrush in the service of art, you’ll appreciate the fluidity and deftness of Laura ...
Laura Lancaster’s paintings find sources in anonymous snapshots, slides, and films the artist finds in flea markets and junk shops. As a result, her subjects are people and settings she is not familiar with, but that are nonetheless presented in an …
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Mar 5, 2021 · Laura Lancaster is a contemporary artist who creates paintings that explore autobiographical and historical narratives. She has exhibited her work in various countries and galleries, including Kunstmuseum Bern, Poznan Biennial, and Musee d'Art Moderne.
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Lancaster was born in 1979 in Hartlepool, UK, and graduated from Fine Art at Northumbria University in 2001. Laura Lancaster is represented by Workplace Gallery, UK, www.workplacegallery.co.uk. The source of Laura Lancaster's paintings, drawings and installations are found photographs, slides and cine films of strangers, found in flea markets ...
Jul 2, 2024 · Often based on photographs or films found in junk shops or auction sites, the paintings of Laura Lancaster (b.1979) invite us to connect with people and places that feel at once familiar and unknowable. Shifting between abstraction and figuration, Lancaster's often surreal works suggest the fleeting nature of memory and conjure a moment caught ...
Mar 27, 2015 · Learn about Laura Lancaster, an English painter who creates abstracted portraits from anonymous home movies. Read her interview about her new solo show in New York, her artistic influences and her twin sister.
