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Micro-narratives: Tentation des petites réalités : Musée d'art Moderne de Saint-Etiene, France

Past exhibition
7 May - 21 September 2008
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Laura Lancaster, Untitled, 2007

Untitled, 2007

Drawing Installation
Graphite, Charcoal, Gouache, and Felt Tip on Second Hand Book Pages
130 x 410 cm
51 1/8 x 161 3/8 in
LL0142
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Upon finding a photographic album of an anonymous young woman at a local market, Lancaster took to the procedural task of copying each photograph as a drawing onto the dedicatory...
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Upon finding a photographic album of an anonymous young woman at a local market, Lancaster took to the procedural task of copying each photograph as a drawing onto the dedicatory pages torn from old second hand books. On closer inspection the occasional photograph reveals a portrait of Hitler in the living room of ordinary domesticity, and the ink of Nazi beaurocracy rubber-stamped on official photographs. It transpires that the young woman, like many Germans of that era, is a member of the Nazi party. By making generic this archive of images and occasions, birthdays, holidays, parties, and dances, Lancaster’s work draws out a question from within our initial nostalgic response, revealing a darker morally dubious shadow behind the empathy and sentiment that is initially evoked.
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Exhibitions

"Voyage Sentimental" Poznań Biennale, Poland. 3 -30 October 2008

"Micro-narratives : tentation des petites réalités" Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint Etienne. 07 May 2008 - 21 September 2008

"Micro-narratives" 48th October Salon, Belgrade, September 29th – November 11th, 2007

"False Witness" Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK. 7th April - 12th May 2007

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"Micro-narratives : tentation des petites réalités" Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint Etienne. 07 May 2008 - 21 September 2008. ISBN 978-88-6130-824-4 "Ego Documents - The Autobiographical in Contemporary Art" 14.11.08 - 15.2.09 Edited by Kathleen Buhler Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland. Published by Kehrer Verlag ISBN 978-3-86828-005-0 "Micro Narratives - 48th October Salon", Edited by Aleksandra Estela Bjelica-Mladenovic, Published by Belgrade Cultural Centre, ISBN 978-86-84235-87-1

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