Background
Porta, Tina Rita La was born on September 26, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Louis Francis LaPorta and Christina Marie (Koenigsaecker) Smith.
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Established in 2000 by the Martin Bucksbaum Family Foundation and the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Bucksbaum Award is presented biennially to an artist living and working in the U.S. “whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination.” A Decade in Conversation introduces each of the recipients—video artist Paul Pfeiffer, who often works with found footage; Irit Batsry, an artist specializing in video and installation pieces; Raymond Pettibon, whose acerbic and darkly satirical drawings critique contemporary culture; Mark Bradford, who specializes in abstract collage work and painting; and Omer Fast, known for exploring the possibilities of cinema. Featuring interviews with the artists and compelling illustrations and installation views, this book presents fascinating details about the ways the Bucksbaum award winners are shaping contemporary art today.
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(Laurent La Gamba A Contribution to American Art History, ...)
Laurent La Gamba A Contribution to American Art History, (26 revisited works from the Whitney Museum) Preface by Lyn Cole The aim of the series was to revisit some famous American works of art, exhibited at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York, through the lens of the artist’s very specific use of camouflage. Laurent La Gamba was born on January 23rd, 1967, in Bondy, France. After studying at the Sorbonne in Paris he travels abroad, staying for long periods of time in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. There his painting evolves hand in hand with photography. In 2001, he begins the first in situ series of camouflages and pro-cryptic installations. His work tilts into conceptual photography at this point. Trained as a painter, Laurent La Gamba’s photography rely on performance, and his self-instigated phenomenon has gained him worldwide recognition. In A Contribution to American Art History, each photograph is an interpretation by the artist, a perfectly subjective appropriation of the work in hand. The figure of the artist is central but it merely serves to emphasise the exceptional character of the original works. Like a moth uses procrypsis on a wall to camouflage itself from the world, La Gamba uses procrypsis ironically to both hide within these famous works of art and in so doing to stand out by writing another page of art history. His use of camouflage as both hiding and being on show is therefore very novel. Let us not forget that La Gamba was the first artist to set up public camouflage installations from 2001 well before it was a trend. You will delight in this reinterpretation of the Whitney works as seen by La Gamba as they border on self-portraiture and tell you both about the artist and the works themselves. Open your eyes anew!
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Porta, Tina Rita La was born on September 26, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Louis Francis LaPorta and Christina Marie (Koenigsaecker) Smith.
Bachelor, Columbia College, 1989. Master of Fine Arts, School Visual Arts, 1994.
Professor Parsons School Design, New York City, 1996-1997, Cooper Union, New York City, 1998, Pratt, New York City, since 1998, New York University, 2001—2003. Member Women's Caucus for Art, New York City, 1993-1994. Artist-in-residence Experimental television Center, New York, 1996, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria, 1997-1998, Gumosluk Academy, Turkey, 2002, Momenta Art, New York City, 2003.
(Laurent La Gamba A Contribution to American Art History, ...)
( Established in 2000 by the Martin Bucksbaum Family Foun...)
One-woman shows include Whitebox, New York City, 2003, Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York City, 2002, Soros Center Contemporary Art, Skopje, Mecedonia, 1998, Leonardo's Electronic Gallery, Massachusetts, 1998, United Nations 4th World Conference Women, Beijing, 1998. Group shows include Karsai Sanat Galerisi, Turkey, Museu da Imagem e do som, Brazil, Espaif, Barcelona, 2003, Institute Contemporary Art, London, 2003, Riva Gallery, New York City, 2002, Nikolai Fine Art, New York City, 2002, Academy Media Arts, Cologne, Germany, 2001, New Konst Museum, Switzerland, 2001, San Francisco Art Institute, 2001, Centre Cultural de la Fundacio, Spain, 2000, others. Other exhibitions include Total Screen, 2003, Voyeur_web, 2002, The Kitchen, New York City, 1996, Harvestworks, New York City, 1998, Studio XX, Montreal, Canada, 1998, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2000, Boston Photographic Resource Center, 2000, candy factory: Kanagawa, Japan, 2000, others.
Artistic director (videos/installations) 28 Days and Less Then 60 Seconds, 1993, Translate Expression, 1994, Cyber Femme Remix, 1995. Artistic director (video) Camera Work, 1996. Producer Cyberfemme television, 1996-1997.
Contributor articles to various magazines. Commission "Turbulence. Org", National Education Association, New York, 1999, Whitney Museum American Art, 2002.
Works on worldwide web, 1997-2000. Archivist Young Women’s Christian Association 125th Annual Catalogue, National Museum for Wome in the Arts, District of Columbia, 1993. Research assistant History of Women Photographers, 1993.
Photographer National Organization of Women, Chicago, 1991-1992, National Abortion Rights Action League, New York City, 1995, Emergency Clinic Defense Task Force, New York City, 1995.