Liliana Porter

Liliana Porter

BornNationalityBased In
1941ArgentinianNew York City
Biography

One of the most cited Argentinean artists in contemporary culture, Liliana Porter has long questioned the boundary between reality and its representation. She is a master at distilling life and art to simple profundities through humorous juxtapositions of incongruous objects. Over the years, Porter has amassed a prodigious and eccentric collection of figurines, knickknacks, toys, and souvenirs from her global travels. These kitschy objects appear regularly in her work, inviting political, philosophical, and existential interpretation through their arrangement in unexpected situations. Each tchotchke represents a different era and cultural/historical narrative. Porter delights in manipulating time, history and reality by combining them as though in dialogue in a timeless white space. In 1964 Liliana Porter moved to New York, where she has lived and worked since. The same year, she founded The New York Graphic Workshop with two fellow artists: Luis Camnitzer and José Guillermo Castillo, with the goal of redefining the practice of printmaking. ...

Selected Artworks
The Light IV
Liliana Porter
The Light IV, 2020
91.4 x 152.4cm
Untitled with Yellow Ligh
Liliana Porter
Untitled with Yellow Ligh, 2021
152.5 x 183cm
The Painter
To Wait (White Clock)
Liliana Porter
To Wait (White Clock), 2020
6.3 x 15.9 x 14cm
Her with Mirror
Liliana Porter
Her with Mirror, 2021
35.6 x 28cm
Untitled (Geometric Shapes - Cube)
Liliana Porter
Untitled (Geometric Shapes - Cube), 1973
21.6 x 33.6cm
Untitled (Self Portrait with Square II)
Liliana Porter
Untitled (Self Portrait with Square II), 1973
40.64 x 28cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Venice Biennial2017 - Venice
Venice Biennial2017 - Venice
Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y El Caribe2012 - San Juan
Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y El Caribe2012 - San Juan
Sharjah Biennale2009 - Sharjah
Sharjah Biennale2009 - Sharjah
Bienal de La Habana2000 - Havana
Bienal de La Habana2000 - Havana
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