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hell text (detail), 1991
weight, 1990Annette Lemieux is one of the few wunderkind of the 1980s global art scene who has endured beyond that feverish time to become a significant artist whose work continues to grow in depth and resonance. Lemieux is a prominent figure in the US and abroad. Her work has been exhibited in major institutions internationally and is recognized in preeminent museum and private collections. Currently, Lemieux is Professor of the Practice of Studio Arts at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This exhibition provides the first critical overview of the artist’s work, which is regularly cited in contemporary art texts that analyze post-conceptualism in contemporary culture. The works selected have been carefully chosen according to chronological and thematic developments tracing themes, such as Sign/Symbol/Language, Reinventing/Living/Designing History, and The Loaded Grid, which the artist continues to return to. Organized thematically the exhibition is constructed to present a salient statement representing twenty-five years of prodigious work... (continue reading here)
