ACME. is pleased to present "Location," a solo exhibition of new work by Los Angeles based artist Amy Adler. The show features life-sized drawings based on photographs taken by the artist while location scouting for a film. In these oil pastel drawings on canvas, Adler turns to the behind the scenes process of filmmaking, using location shots of children's playgrounds as subject matter.
Amy Adler's works are well known for their interplay between drawing, photography, and film. Past bodies of ...
ACME. is pleased to present "Location," a solo exhibition of new work by Los Angeles based artist Amy Adler. The show features life-sized drawings based on photographs taken by the artist while location scouting for a film. In these oil pastel drawings on canvas, Adler turns to the behind the scenes process of filmmaking, using location shots of children's playgrounds as subject matter.
Amy Adler's works are well known for their interplay between drawing, photography, and film. Past bodies of work include photographs of her drawings. In this process, the original drawing was destroyed and the final product, a unique photographic print of the drawing became the original, questioning our notions of authenticity and originality. Since 2005, Adler has inverted this process by displaying the original drawings, but always in relation to film and photography. Adler's most recent work includes a short, first person documentary exploring ancestry through the narrative of childhood fantasy.
Amy Adler was born in 1966 and raised in New York City. She received her BFA from Cooper Union, her MFA in Visual Art from UCLA and her MFA in Cinematic Arts from USC. She has had one person shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and The Aspen Art Museum as well as galleries worldwide. Her project, Amy Adler Photographs Leonardo DiCaprio, was shown at the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2002. In the spring of 2005 Twin Palms Press released a monograph of her work entitled, Amy Adler Young Photographer. Her work is included in several permanent collections including The Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, The UCLA Hammer Museum, LACMA and The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. Amy Adler currently lives in Los Angeles and is Professor of Visual Art at the University of California San Diego.
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