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Colette
Lumiere
“Colette is a pioneering figure in the history
of performance and installation art. She is best known
for her immersive, dreamlike environments - tableaux
vivants composed of Baroque-inspired ruched fabric,
mirrors, photographs, artificial flowers, curios,
incandescents lights, paintings, other autobiographical
artifacts and, often, the artist herself in various
states of repose.” (MoMa Ps1 Press Release for
#40 Exhibition 2016)
Colette is one of New York City's artistic Living
National Treasures. Her pioneering street performances
in the 1970s brought the avant-garde art form into
the public eye. Her beautiful installations at such
location as the Fiorucci store on 59th Street in Manhattan,
at The Clocktower and PS i, and in various European
venues such as Berlin and Rome brought crucial attention
to this vital genre of work. And they had a huge influence
on Pop culture (without Colette we would not have
had many aspects of Madonna, for example). Her altered
photographs have been widely exhibited and published
to critical acclaim.
1973 - Larry Aldrich Museum / 1976 - Brooklyn Museum
/ 1986 - Ludwig Museum, Cologne / 1993 - MOCA, LA
/ 1993 - FIU-MIAMI, FL / 1992 - Guggenheim, NY / 1992
- Ludwig Museum, Cologne / 1993 - Newport Harbor Museum,
LA / 1997 - Berlin Museum of Art / 2008 - Wolfsburg
Museum / Daad 1984 ( Berlin ) / Guggenheim grant .
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