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Learn about Laura Owens, an influential painter who mixes art historical and cultural references in her large-scale works. See her biography, exhibitions, artworks for sale, and auction prices on Artnet.
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Laura Owens (born 1970) is an American painter, gallery owner and educator. She emerged in the late 1990s from the Los Angeles art scene. She emerged in the late 1990s from the Los Angeles art scene. She is known for large-scale paintings that combine a variety of art historical references and painterly techniques.
- Rhode Island School of Design, California Institute of the Arts
- 1970 (age 52–53), Euclid, Ohio, US
- Painting, Gallery Owner
Nov 10, 2017 · A mid-career survey of the Los Angeles–based artist Laura Owens, who has pioneered an innovative approach to painting that challenges traditional assumptions about figuration and abstraction. The exhibition features about 60 paintings from the mid-1990s to today, exploring her significant strides over the past few years and her diverse interests in craft, pop culture, and technology.
Oct 23, 2017 · Photograph by David Benjamin Sherry for The New Yorker. Serious but friendly, a woman who rarely jokes but readily laughs, the Los Angeles artist Laura Owens, forty-seven years old, was pleasantly ...
- Peter Schjeldahl
Nov 16, 2017 · A detail from an untitled seascape in Laura Owens’s midcareer survey at the Whitney Museum of American Art. This 2009 painting pairs lurid tones of purples and pinks with clunky white waves.
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Nov 26, 2018 · Laura Owens’s work has gone into the hands of influential collectors and shortly after her Whitney opening, one of her paintings fetched $1.75 million at auction. There have been waiting lists ...
Nov 11, 2018 · Laura Owens is a Los Angeles–based artist who has pioneered an innovative approach to painting that challenges traditional assumptions about figuration and abstraction. This mid-career survey, organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, will feature approximately 60 paintings from the mid-1990s until today, showing how her work has evolved and matured over the past few years.
