Liza Lou ART FOR SALE

Born 1969 New York City. Known for: Beaded glass portraits, installations, conceptual art.

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An artist of beaded installation tableaus*, still lifes, and portraits, Liza Lou has gained recognition for installations* such has Kitchen and Back Yard and for her beaded portraits of all forty-two presidents of the United States including George Bush, Jr. Her work, described as "Pop suffused shrine," began in 1989 as a nod to Andy Warhol. In an interview with Tracy Tynan, December/ January 98-99 MADISON, the artist said that "Pop art* was the first art that made sense to me. If I had my way I would definitely bead the whole world because everything is so lackluster in everyday life.". Lou is a small-sized woman, now in her late 20s, who lives in a sparsely decorated studio apartment in Topanga Canyon in California. The sparseness of her... Read full biography