Lita Albuquerque
Lita Albuquerque, Stellar Axis:Antarctica, installation view, 2006 (courtesy of artist)
Lita Albuquerque emerged on the California art scene in the mid seventies as part of the light and space movement and has since won numerous grants and awards including: three N.E.A. Art in Public Places awards; N.E.A. individual fellowship; the Cairo Biennale prize; and an Arts International award. Her work ranges from intimate objects to large-scale installations, in many instances dealing with astronomical phenomena and land formations.
The success of her Washington Monument Project at the International Sculptural Conference in 1980 led to numerous awards and commissions at major sites around the world, including the Great Pyramids, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in L.A., the California State Capitol in Sacramento, the New Central Library in Minneapolis with Cesar Pelli and public works in Japan.
Recent works include installations at Cal Tech, Barnsdall Art Center, the Natural History Museum and an upcoming solo exhibition at the Weisman Museumat Pepperdine University. She is currently planning an installation for the North and South Poles.
“I am interested in change of scale: how the observer affects the object ofobservation; space as a void; non-space existing in time. By altering the scale and context of the grid (as a scientific tool of measurement), the grid becomes an artistic tool of perception,” says Albuquerque.
Albuquerque has exhibited throughout the U.S. and internationally. Her work is included in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian and is collected by museums and foundations such as: the Whitney Museum of Art, M.O.C.A. Los Angeles, the Weisman Foundation, the Getty Trust, L.A.C.M.A., and the Orange County Museum of Art, and in numerous collections around the world.
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Santa Monica, CA 90404
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