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L O R E T T A L U X

L O R E T T A L U X. She is a contemporary artist, known for her surrealist portraits of children:. About Loretta:. Born in Dresden, East Germany Began photographing children about eight years ago Much of the meaning behind her work remains a mystery – “childhood”

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L O R E T T A L U X

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  1. L O R E T T A L U X

  2. She is a contemporary artist, known for her surrealist portraits of children:

  3. About Loretta: • Born in Dresden, East Germany • Began photographing children about eight years ago • Much of the meaning behind her work remains a mystery – “childhood” • Uses a combination of photography, painting, and digital imaging (Photoshop)

  4. Schooling and awards: • Lux graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts at Munich in the 1990s • She debuted at the Yossi Milo gallery in NYC in 2004 • Received the Infinity Award for Art from the International Center of Photography in 2005

  5. Trained as a painter • Uses painting for faces and backgrounds • Distorts with Photoshop • No exact or consistent process The Rose Garden, 2001

  6. “Children are the perfect subject. They have no reservations. They are the perfect models.” Antonia, 2006

  7. Sasha and Ruby, 2005 Sasha and Ruby, 2008

  8. Diane Arbus - Identical Twins, 1967

  9. The Book, 2001 Balthus - The Living Room, 1942

  10. Lewis Carroll: Alice, 1861 Girl With Loaf of Bread, 2008

  11. Dorothea, 2001 Raphael - Madonna, c. 1505

  12. Isabella, 2001

  13. Girl with Crossed Arms, 2001

  14. Spring, 2001

  15. Maria I, 2001

  16. Maria II, 2001

  17. Study of a Boy, 2002

  18. Study of a Girl I, 2002

  19. The Fish, 2003

  20. At the Window, 2004

  21. Hopper, 2005

  22. Girl with Marbles, 2005

  23. The Dove, 2006

  24. The Waiting Girl, 2006

  25. The Hush, 1999

  26. Sources: • http://www.torchgallery.com/loretta-lux • http://www.yossimilo.com/artists/lore_lux/ • http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810329,00.html • http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/lux_loretta.php

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