Mary Lucier
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Mary Lucier is an American artist who has worked in many mediums including sculpture, photography, and performance. Concentrating primarily on video and installation since 1973, she has produced numerous multiple- and single-channel pieces. Her work has been shown internationally in museums, galleries, alternative spaces and festivals and is represented in many public and private collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art
, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
, the Museum of Modern Art
, NY, ZKM Museum fur Neue Kunst in Karlsruhe, Germany, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
in Madrid, and the Milwaukee Art Museum
in Milwaukee, WI.
In the past 30 years, Lucier has been the recipient of grants, awards, and commissions from public and private foundations including Creative Capital, the Rockefeller Foundation
, the Guggenheim Foundation
, the American Film Institute
, the Jerome Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts
, the New York State Council on the Arts
, Anonymous Was A Woman, and the Nancy Graves Foundation. In 2007 she received the Skowhegan Medal for Video for outstanding work in the field. In 2010 she won a United States Artists
Fellow award.
A traveling exhibition, The Plains of Sweet Regret http://www.ndmoa.com/MLsite/index.html, is accompanied by a 48 page catalog edited by Laurel Reuter, with an essay by Karen Wilkin
. Venues include the University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY, the University of Michigan Museum of Art
, Lennon, Weinberg Gallery, New York, NY, The Nicolaysen Museum of Art (Casper, WY), The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar
(Denver), the Amon Carter Museum
(Fort Worth, TX) where it is the first video installation ever to be shown at the museum. and the Birmingham Museum of Art
(Birmingham, AL). She is represented by Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York. Her videotapes are available from Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.
In the 1960s Lucier was married to composer Alvin Lucier
and toured with him as a member of the Sonic Arts Union
. She is currently married to the painter and arts writer Robert Berlind.
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
, the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, NY, ZKM Museum fur Neue Kunst in Karlsruhe, Germany, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is the official name of Spain's national museum of 20th century art . The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992 and is named for Queen Sofia of Spain...
in Madrid, and the Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum is located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Beginning around 1872, multiple organizations were founded in order to bring an art gallery to Milwaukee, as the city was still a growing port town with little or no facilities to hold major art exhibitions...
in Milwaukee, WI.
In the past 30 years, Lucier has been the recipient of grants, awards, and commissions from public and private foundations including Creative Capital, the Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
, the Guggenheim Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
, the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
, the Jerome Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, the New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
The New York State Council on the Arts is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell , with backing from Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and began its work in 1961...
, Anonymous Was A Woman, and the Nancy Graves Foundation. In 2007 she received the Skowhegan Medal for Video for outstanding work in the field. In 2010 she won a United States Artists
United States Artists
United States Artists is an independent nonprofit and nongovernmental philanthropic organization based in Los Angeles, California and dedicated to supporting the work of living American artists by the granting of cash awards, called USA Fellowships...
Fellow award.
A traveling exhibition, The Plains of Sweet Regret http://www.ndmoa.com/MLsite/index.html, is accompanied by a 48 page catalog edited by Laurel Reuter, with an essay by Karen Wilkin
Karen Wilkin
Karen Wilkin is a New York-based independent curator and art critic specializing in 20th century modernism. Educated at Barnard College and Columbia University, she was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a Fulbright Scholarship, to Rome...
. Venues include the University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY, the University of Michigan Museum of Art
University of Michigan Museum of Art
The University of Michigan Museum of Art, or UMMA in Ann Arbor, Michigan with is one of the largest university art museums in the USA. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War, Alumni Memorial Hall originally housed U-M's Alumni office along with the...
, Lennon, Weinberg Gallery, New York, NY, The Nicolaysen Museum of Art (Casper, WY), The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar
The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar
The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar was a unique contemporary art institution located in Lakewood, a suburb on the western boundary of Denver, Colorado. Founded by Executive Director Adam Lerner, The Lab at Belmar was the cultural anchor of the Belmar district, a mixed-use residential and...
(Denver), the Amon Carter Museum
Amon Carter Museum
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is located in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established by Amon G. Carter to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. Carter’s will provided a museum in Fort Worth devoted to American art.When the museum opened...
(Fort Worth, TX) where it is the first video installation ever to be shown at the museum. and the Birmingham Museum of Art
Birmingham Museum of Art
Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama today has one of the finest collections in the Southeast US, with more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing a numerous diverse cultures, including Asian, European, American,...
(Birmingham, AL). She is represented by Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York. Her videotapes are available from Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.
In the 1960s Lucier was married to composer Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier is an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Arts Union, which included Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and...
and toured with him as a member of the Sonic Arts Union
Sonic Arts Union
The Sonic Arts Union was a collective of experimental musicians that was active between 1966 and 1976. The founding members of the group were Robert Ashley, David Behrman, Alvin Lucier and Gordon Mumma, all of whom had worked together in the instrumental performances of the ONCE festivals...
. She is currently married to the painter and arts writer Robert Berlind.
External links
- http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=94826690113&h=4AR1k&u=C-MKs Podcast with Mary Lucier
- http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=36064483455&h=k-owr&u=7ZeEz PBS interview on KERA, Fort Worth
- Lennon, Weinberg,Inc.
- Electronic Arts Intermix
- North Dakota Museum of Art
- Creative Capital
- Lucier @ Flickr
- Interview by The Brooklyn Rail
Selected works
- The Plains of Sweet Regret (2004/2007) Mixed media video and sound installation
- Arabesque (2004) DVD
- Selected Works, 1975 - 2000 (2001), 3 DVDs
- Migration 2000: Portrait John Lado Keni/Monarch (2000) Video and sound installation
- Forge (2000) Mixed media video and sound installation
- Nesting (2000) Mixed media video and sound installation
- Migrations (2000) Video and sound installation
- Floodsongs (1998) Video and sound installation
- Summer, or Grief (1998), DVD
- House by the Water (1997) Mixed media video and sound installation
- Aspects of the Fossil Record (1996) Video and sound installation
- Last Rites (Positano) (1995) Mixed media interactive video and sound installation
- Oblique House (Valdez) (1993) Mixed media interactive video and sound installation
- Noah's Raven (1993) Mixed media video and sound installation
- MASS: Between a Rockand a Hard Place (1990) with Elizabeth Streb. Videotape
- MASS (1990) with Elizabeth Streb. Mixed media video and sound installation
- Asylum (A Romance) (1986) Mixed media video and sound installation
- Wilderness (1986) Mixed media video and sound installation
- Amphibian (1985) with Elizabeth Streb. Performance
- Wintergarden (1984) Mixed media video and sound installation
- Ohio at Giverny (1983) Video and sound installation
- Ohio to Giverny: Memory of Light (1983) videotape
- Denman's Col (Geometry) (1981) video and sound installation
- Planet (1980) Video installation
- Equinox (1979) Video installation
- Bird's Eye (1978) Videotape
- Paris Dawn Burn (1977) Mixed media video and sound installation
- Untitled Display System (1975–77) Live video camera installation
- Dawn Burn (1975) Mixed media video installation
- Air Writing (1975) Video installation
- Fire Writing (1975) Performance/Videotape; DVD (2006)
- Antique (1973) Mixed media video installation
- Polaroid Image Series (1969–1974) Series of black & white slides for performance with Alvin Lucier's I am sitting in a room; 4 DVDs (2006)