Karen Lamassonne: artist
Welcome | The Artist | Miss en scène | 1988-93 | 1978-81 | 1975-77 | Full Catalog | Reviews | Links
"Karen Lamassonne, se me antoja también crítica y humorista, a la manera de Buñuel y por el sendero estrecho del distanciamiento." - Miguel González

"Las pinturas de Karen Lamassonne están realizadas frenéticamente, casi con ira, pero a su vez con una explosiva sensualidad ..." - Sandro Romero Rey


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Karen The Artist: her work and exhibitions.

Chronology of collective and solo exhibitions in the United States, Colombia, France, Germany and Italy, 1970-96.



Miss en scène: recent work in Rome, Italy.

A series of nine photocollage works, part of a mixed-media collection entitled "Encuentros Rehechos" (remade findings), using objets trouvés combined with original photography.

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1988-93: paintings, prints and mixed-media.

Works depicting a dreamy, erotic vision of Cali, Colombia, and a return to Italy through landscapes and theaters.




1978-81: watercolors.

A vision of the artist's intimate life in Paris and Hamburg, and four examples from her later "Baños" (bathrooms) series in Cali, Colombia.




1975-77: paintings and prints.

Eleven sample works of the artist's earliest expressions in Bogotá, Colombia, where she began exhibiting, through to her "Jungle" series.



Full Catalog: thumbnail index to all 39 works exhibited on this web site.

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Some reviews of major solo exhibitions in Colombia

    These are in Spanish: English translations are in preparation.

  • Baños,1979
    by Miguel González, curator, Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali.

  • Homenaje a Cali, 1989
    (a) by Sandro Romero Rey, in El Espectador, Bogotá.
    (b) by "Mincha", art critic of El Pais, Cali.

  • Pegados Mortales, 1991
    (a) by the art reviewer of Semana, Colombian weekly news magazine.
    (b) by Miguel González, curator, Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali.

  • Encuentros Rehechos, 1993
    (a) by Sandro Romero Rey, in El Espectador, Bogotá.
    (b) by Augusto Severio, Colombian writer.


Web Links

Interesting sites on the World Wide Web with links to this site.



Welcome | The Artist | Miss en scène | 1988-93 | 1978-81 | 1975-77 | Full Catalog | Reviews | Links

Karen

Karen Lamassonne

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