Artist Post # 7 October 25, 2010 Lynne Cohen

Artist Post # 7 October 25, 2010 Lynne Cohen



- Why
Lynne Cohen was suggested to me. She works with with space. Her spaces are very cold and stark creating a different type of image and feel an I am hoping to achieve but it is good to look at other artists that explore spaces. 
- Artist Biography 
"Cohen is known for her photographs of domestic and institutional interior spaces, which have included living rooms, public halls, retirement homes, laboratories, offices, showrooms, shooting ranges, factories, spas, and military installations. Despite this interest in living and working spaces, Cohen's photographs are usually devoid of human presence. She photographs using an 8 x 10" view camera, allowing her to capture great detail, and create very large prints. Her work has been published in catalogues such as Occupied Territory (1987) and No Man's Land (2001)." "Lynne Cohen." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Cohen>.

- Quote 1-
"Unsettling in their stillness, the unpopulated interiors (including laboratories, classrooms, and military training grounds) Cohen photographs suggest activities that have already happened or might yet happen. In #2964 Laboratory, this lifelessness is underscored by the presence of mannequins – the “crash test dummies” designed to stand in for their human counterparts – which provide for another, more profound, level of emptiness. "
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/cohen_lynne.php>.


- Quote 2- 
"primarily she is concerned with the way things appear and function in our lives. As she once observed, “I feel as if the world can’t be like it is. It seems full of finished works of art.” The disorientation her photographs provoke is largely the result of the specific and mysterious nature of the places she photographs with their odd symmetries and disjunctions."
"| Women in Photography | Lynne Cohen." | Women in Photography |. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. <http://www.wipnyc.org/blog/lynne-cohen>.

- a link to an interview with the artist or a review


http://www.americansuburbx.com/2009/12/interview-camouflage-interview-with.html

- link to gallery representing artist

http://www.art45.ca/artistes/cohen/

- link to artist website
http://www.lynne-cohen.com/