Luisa Lambri | Galleria Raffaella Cortese

biography

Luisa Lambri was born in 1969 in Como, Italy. She lives and works in Milan.

Luisa Lambri’s discrete photographs occupy a unique space between photographic abstraction and the spatial exploration of architecture. They are pared down to the most reductive elements and inspire a transcendental perception of light and space. Her signature style is marked by an emphasis on lines and grids as well as an extreme subtlety of color. Frequently working in series, she isolates details such as corners, doors and windows and different qualities of light to build personal and intimate readings of environments. It is possible to perceive in them references to abstract geometric painting of the early twentieth century, the Light and Space movement of Southern California, Brazilian Neo-concretism, and Minimalism.

Luisa Lambri was born in 1969 in Como, Italy. She lives and works in Milan.

Lambri's solo exhibitions include: PAC, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan (2021); the Met Breuer, New York (2017); the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (2012); the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2010); the Baltimore Museum of Art (2007); the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (2006); the Menil Collection, Houston (2004); Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (2000). Group shows include exhibitions at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2019); the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2019); Tate Modern, London (2018); the Jewish Museum, New York (2016) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010), among many others.

Lambri's work has also been exhibited at the first Cleveland Triennial (2018), the second Chicago Architecture Biennial (2018), the 12th and 9th Venice Architecture Biennials (2010 and 2004), the 6th Liverpool Biennial (2010), and the 50th and 48th Venice Bienniales (2003 and 1999).

Lambri’s work is included in several museum collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; the Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, among others.

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Untitled (Kramlich Residence)

Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #04), 2016

C-print

86,5 × 74,9 cm

Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #08), 2016

C-print

86,5 × 74,9 cm

Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #16), 2016

C-print

74,9 × 86,5 cm

Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #17), 2016

C-print

86,5 × 70,9 cm

Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #18), 2016

C-print

86,5 × 74,9 cm

Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #19), 2016

C-print

86,5 × 74,9 cm

Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #20), 2016

C-print

86,5 × 70,9 cm

Untitled (The Met Breuer)

Untitled (The Met Breuer, #03), 2016

Pigment print

90 × 72 cm

Untitled (The Met Breuer, #05), 2016

Pigment print

90 × 72 cm

Untitled (Ambiente Spaziale)