Lee
Lozano
Lee
Lozano
Lozano
American, 1930 — 1999
“Cartoonish” drawings where tools and bodies are erotically combined, expressionist canvases and abstract paintings with a menacing metallic sheen, the unpredictability of Lee Lozano’s work is as extreme as the speed of the artist’s rise to fame. Concentrated in the 1960s - the artist intentionally ended her career in the early 1970s - her work defies shackles and displays complete liberty.
Often linked to conceptual art, Lee Lozano’s work has proved difficult to categorise. It often features organs - hands, mouths, penises, vulvas - but also tools - screwdrivers, drills, pipes - and sometimes the two intertwine. These raw, funny or disturbing associations, sometimes accompanied by a text, offer a profound reflection on the relationship between body and object, desire and sexuality.
Lee Lozano’s work was shown for the first time by the Pinault Collection during the 2009 exhibition "Mapping the Studio" at the Palazzo Grassi.
Often linked to conceptual art, Lee Lozano’s work has proved difficult to categorise. It often features organs - hands, mouths, penises, vulvas - but also tools - screwdrivers, drills, pipes - and sometimes the two intertwine. These raw, funny or disturbing associations, sometimes accompanied by a text, offer a profound reflection on the relationship between body and object, desire and sexuality.
Lee Lozano’s work was shown for the first time by the Pinault Collection during the 2009 exhibition "Mapping the Studio" at the Palazzo Grassi.
