Chloe Piene | |
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| Born | 1972 |
| Alma mater | Goldsmiths, University of London, Columbia University |
| Known for | Visual artist |
| Website | chloepiene |
Chloe Piene (born 1972) is a visual artist known primarily for her drawings. [1] [2]
Chloe Piene | |
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| Born | 1972 |
| Alma mater | Goldsmiths, University of London, Columbia University |
| Known for | Visual artist |
| Website | chloepiene |
Chloe Piene (born 1972) is a visual artist known primarily for her drawings. [1] [2]
Piene received her BA in Art History with a concentration in Northern Renaissance Art from Columbia University and her MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London. [3] [4] Her work was included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. [5]
Her drawings have been described as "brutal, delicate, figurative, forensic, erotic, and fantastic". [6] [7] A recurring theme is Death and the Maiden (1517) by Hans Baldung Grien. [8] In her charcoal drawings we encounter not Death and the Maiden, but rather the Maiden as Death." [9]
Her work has made various and diverse associations with prisoners, love letters, neolithic burial schema failure, history, heroic transformation, and epic sagas such as the Finnish Kalevala. [10]
Piene's 4 minute video "Blackmouth" was presented at the 2004 Whitney Biennial. [11]
Chloe Piene's exhibition at Marianne Boesky Gallery (2000) included drawings, video and a live performance in which nine former convicts and nine women read from correspondence Piene had with a prisoner serving a 99-year sentence, the performance stemmed from her publication from the correspondences entitled "Lovelady, Texas". [12]
In 2015 Piene's videos and drawings entitled "Valkyrie" were presented at the Vielmetter Los Angeles. [13]
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