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Liza Lou

Liza Lou (Born 1969) is active/lives in California, New York.  Liza Lou is known for Beaded glass portraits, installations, conceptual art.

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 surroundings is a marked contrast to her beaded work including the beaded headband she wears to hold back her bleached blond hair.  She studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, and d   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4529 characters.]  Artist bio

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