Lynne Cohen

Lynne Cohen

BornNationalityBased In
1944American/CanadianN/A
Biography

For more than thirty years, Lynne Cohen has photographed interior spaces without characters: laboratories, spas, waiting rooms or training rooms. Their decoration, often very kitschy, can be comical, even if it helps to reinforce their intriguing, even worrying aspect. The rigorous framing, at the same distance, and the light that highlights materials and colours give these images a constructed appearance. Focusing on the imaginary element of places, sometimes with ill-defined uses, Lynne Cohen suggests a social control that is exercised diffusely. ...

Selected Artworks
Classroom
Lynne Cohen
Classroom, 1985
110.5 x 128 x 5cm
Hall (Baskin - Robins colors)
Lynne Cohen
Hall (Baskin - Robins colors), 1999
111 x 131 x 5cm
Classroom
Lynne Cohen
Classroom, 1991
120 x 139 x 5cm
Laboratory
Lynne Cohen
Laboratory, 1990
139 x 170 x 5cm
Factory
Lynne Cohen
Factory, 1994
111 x 129 x 4cm
Real Estate Ann (Professor Home)
Lynne Cohen
Real Estate Ann (Professor Home), 1972
11.5 x 16.5cm
Spa
Lynne Cohen
Spa, 1999
109 x 130.5 x 4cm
Untitled (Stainless Lab - Laboratory)
Lynne Cohen
Untitled (Stainless Lab - Laboratory), 1999
194 x 232cm
Lobby, Pennsylvania
Lynne Cohen
Lobby, Pennsylvania, 1979
18.89 x 23.81cm
Awards
Sobey Award Longlist, National Gallery of Canada2004
Sobey Award Longlist, National Gallery of Canada2004
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