Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Lux, Loretta |
Title |
The Blue Dress |
Medium |
Ilfachrome print, edition of 20 |
Date |
2001 |
Description |
Loretta Lux (Dresden, Germany 1969; lives and works in Dublin, Ireland) The Blue Dress, 2001 Ilfachrome print, edition of 20 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2004 Artscapes acquisition and purchase with funds provided by Barbara and Steve Apking, Carla Bewley, Cortney and Baker Bishop, Don Bosch, R. Gregory Brophy, Ellen Capito, Judy and David Fardon, Susan Farris, Robert Gilbertson, Lane Hays, June and Robert Heller, Mark Hill, Susan and Lee Hyde, Florence and Russ Johnston, Parker Lee, Emily Lovell, Mark Overholt, John Simmons, Dorothy and Caesar Stair, Deena and Robert Sukenik, Jennifer Talbot, Robin and Joe Ben Turner, and Thomas Wood Originally trained as a painter, Loretta Lux creates photographic portraits that explore notions of artificiality, alienation, and human fragility. In a series of child portraits, she creates painted backdrops for each child, and then digitally enhances facial features, lighting, and other details in order to create an impression of isolation and displacement. |
Catalog Number |
2004.02.01 |
Search Terms |
Photographs Girls Children Color photographs Dresses Women Artists |