About Laura Owens

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    "Laura Owens Retrospective Coming to the Whitney"
    By Randy Kennedy, January 11, 2017,
    Art & Design Section of The New York Times

    Ms. Owens is known for an unpredictable, often gleeful style that mixes painterly and pop-culture elements, some of which are screen printed instead of being created with brushes.

    Laura Owens, one of the most celebrated painters of her generation and a force in the Los Angeles art world, will have her first major New York retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art opening in November, the museum announced.

    Ms. Owens, 46, is known for an unpredictable, often gleeful style that mixes painterly and pop-culture elements, some of which are screen printed instead of being...

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