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Chloe Piene

Chloe Piene is a visual artist known primarily for her drawing. On drawing, Piene said "I have never questioned drawing and it's primacy for me ... it is the first thing, and it is the final thing."[1] Chloe Piene was born in the United States and received her BA in Art History with a concentration in Northern Renaissance Art from Columbia University and her MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London.[1][2] Her identification with drawing as a major medium operates contrary to the normative codex of western art history where “painting is seen as a higher art form in comparison to drawing” [2]

Chloe Piene
Born (1972-01-10) January 10, 1972 (age 52)
NationalityAmerican and German
Alma materGoldsmiths, University of London, Columbia University
OccupationVisual artist

Drawing

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Her drawings have been described as "brutal, delicate, figurative, forensic, erotic, and fantastic."[3] One of her many art historical references is Death and the Maiden (1517) by Hans Baldung Grien. In this a panicked maiden is seized by a kiss from a grotesque and rotten death. “Yet with Piene, the two mythological figures melt together, since in her charcoal drawings we encounter not Death and the Maiden, but rather the Maiden as Death." [4] Her work has made various and diverse associations with prisoners, love letters, neolithic burial schema [5], failure, history, heroic transformation, and epic sagas such as the Finnish Kalevala and Poland's national epic The Dziady.[3][4]

Influences

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Piene's work is often paired with artists such as Egon Schiele [6], Louise Bourgeois [7], Wilem de Kooning, Juul Kraijer [8], Joseph Beuys [9], Samuel Beckett [10], Günter Brus [11], Antonin Artaud [12], Cecily Brown [13], Tracey Emin [14], and Hans Bellmer [15].

Video

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In her videos she exhibits a sense of darkness, foreboding, a chasm of power or fear. They are described as "less a narrative than a way to capture the sensation and psychology of unfulfilled wanting."[16] "In her videos, Piene twists the cinematic power of sound, voice and narrative. Through the use of simple techniques like the slowing down of the sound and the image, she forces the viewer to engage at a more subversive and dark level. Extreme states such as isolation and fear are enhanced by strong chiaroscuro images, intense soundtracks and solitary performances." [17] In her Video Blackmouth shown at the Whitney Biennial "is a looped sequence of dramatically slowed-down footage of a mud-spattered young girl thrashing and howling in the night. 'The idea was that she was coming out of the grave, but as it turns out she is trying to get back in'"[18]

Sculpture

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Industrial materials or those used for weapons of war define her sculpture [19] [20]. Steel, iron, and plasticine cast from skulls [21], reflect an “under-structure”, prevalent in all her work. Here, the artistic crosses into the realm of the forensic or archeologica, a distinction that Piene is known for [22].

Performance

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Chloe Piene’s show at Marianne Boesky Gallery in 2000 included drawings, video and a live performance in which Nine former-convicts and nine women read from correspondence Piene had with a prisoner serving a 99 year sentence, the performance stemmed from her publication entitled “Lovelady, Texas”.[23]

To Serve (2014) Piene and United States Special Operations commander hold a live conversation before a private audience in New York. The event connected to a three-part video, "The footage comes from cameras strapped to the helmets of soldiers. The video comes to life forcefully through the powerful sound that echoes through the gallery and the suggestive movements in the landscapes on the screen."[24]

In 2016, Piene collaborated with Diethard Leopold on Familienaufstellung. Known associates and strangers played family members, both living and dead.[25] Matthew Barney played her brother, and actress Petra Morzé of the Vienna Burgtheater, played her mother.

Other performances include 11 Octogenarians, which premiered at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Belgium in 2012. [26]

Exhibitions (selected)

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Exhibiting internationally, Piene's shows include: Selections from The Guerlain Collection at the Centre Pompidou and the Albertina, Vienna, 2019;[5] Reloaded, in which Piene paired with Egon Schiele as part of his Centennial at the Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2018;[6] HB + CP - Hans Bellmer and Chloe Piene at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, 2008;[7] Bodies of Desire: Works on paper by Willem de Kooning and Chloe Piene at the Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, 2007;[8] and the 2004 Whitney Biennial.[9][10]

Public collections (selected)

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Her work is part of national and state collections worldwide including the following:

Publications (selected)

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Her work has been reviewed by The New York Times, Frieze, Le Figaro,[19] Los Angeles Times, BOMB Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Berliner Zeitung, among others. Books include Vitamin D, Phaidon; Drawing People, The Hayward Gallery, London; Les Maitres du Desordre The Musée Quai Branly, Paris; A Passion For Drawing, Selection From The Guerlain Collection and Drawing Now, The Albertina Museum, Vienna.

Bibliography (selected)

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  • Dexter, Emma (2005). Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing. Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714857138.
  • Malbert, Roger (20 April 2015). Drawing People: The Human Figure in Contemporary Art. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500291634.
  • Hell, Bertrand; Jacomijn Snoep, Nanette; Adam-Couralet, Sandra; de Loisy, Jean (2012). Les Maitres du Desordre. Paris, France: QUAI BRANLY. ISBN 9782357440562.
  • Albrecht Schröder, Klaus; Lahner, Elsy (4 February 2020). A Passion for Drawing: The Guerlain Collection from the Centre Pompidou. Prestel. ISBN 9783791359427.
  • Germann, Martin; Lahner, Elsy (October 2015). Drawing Now. Hirmer Publishers. ISBN 9783777424347. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  • Schwabsky, Barry (1 August 2008). Chloe Piene: Carré d'Art - Musée d'Art Contemporain de Nîmes. Carré d'Art-Musée d'Art Contemporain de Nîmes. ISBN 9782907650335. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  • Dzierzbicka, Agnieszka; Bakic, Josef; Horvath, Wolfgang (1 October 2008). In bester Gesellschaft: Einführung in philosophische Klassiker der Pädagogik von Diogenes bis Baudrillard. Loecker Erhard Verlag. ISBN 978-3854095002.

References

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  1. ^ "826 Schermerhorn: The Department of Art History and Archaeology Annual Publication Fall 2017" (PDF). Columbia.edu. Columbia University. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ "A Recent Selection of Goldsmiths MFA Alumni" (PDF). gold.ac.uk. Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ Hunt, David. "Chloe Piene". Frieze. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ Knight, Christopher. "Grand flourishes of paint". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 December 2019 – via pressreader.com.
  5. ^ "A Passion for Drawing. The Guerlain Collection from the Centre Pompidou Paris". albertina.at. The Albertina Museum Vienna. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  6. ^ "EGON SCHIELE The Jubilee Show RELOADED". leopoldmuseum.org. LEOPOLD MUSEUM PRIVATE FOUNDATION. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  7. ^ "HB + CP - Hans Bellmer and Chloe Piene". nathalieobadia.com. Galerie Nathalie Obadia. Retrieved 17 December 2019.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "BODIES OF DESIRE Works on paper by Willem de Kooning and Chloe Piene". locksgallery.com. Locks Gallery. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  9. ^ "2004 Whitney Biennial Whitney Museum of American Art New York".
  10. ^ Stillman, Nick; Heuer, Megan. "2004 Whitney Biennial". brooklynrail.org. The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Collections: Chloe Piene". museum.cornell.edu. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Collection Chloe Piene". moca.org. The Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  13. ^ Smith, Roberta. "MoMA Pushes the Envelope in Works on Paper". The New York Times.
  14. ^ "Chloe Piene Works in Collection". sfmoma.org. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Art & Artists: Chloe Piene". walker art.org. Walker Art Center.
  16. ^ "Artists: Chloe Piene". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Chloe Piene 1972". burgercollection.org. Burger Collection. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Piene Chloe Artwork". galaerieheikecurtze.com. Gallery Heike Curtze. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Chloe Piene". plus.lefigaro.fr. Le Figaro. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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