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.
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.
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.
images
Untitled (S. R. Crown Hall)
Untitled (S. R. Crown Hall, #01), 2017
Fine Art Pigment Print
63,5 × 63 cm
Untitled (S. R. Crown Hall, #02), 2017
Fine Art Pigment Print
63,5 × 63 cm
Untitled (S. R. Crown Hall, #05), 2017
Fine Art Pigment Print
63,5 × 63 cm
Untitled (Farnsworth House)
Untitled (Farnsworth House, #07), 2016
Fine Art Pigment Print
70,5 × 59,6 cm
Untitled (Farnsworth House, #09), 2016
Fine Art Pigment Print
70,5 × 59,6 cm
Untitled (Kramlich Residence)
Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #04), 2016
C-print
86,5 × 74,9 cm
Untitled (Kramlich Residence, #18), 2016
C-print
86,5 × 74,9 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 (Bicho Invertebrado)
Untitled (Bicho Invertebrado, #07), 2013
C-Print
69,5 × 56,7 cm
© The World of Lygia Clark
Untitled (Bicho Invertebrado, #15), 2013
69,5 × 56,7 cm
C-Print
© The World of Lygia Clark
Untitled (100 Untitled Works in Mill Aluminum 1982-86)
Untitled (100 Untitled Works in Mill Aluminum 1982-86, #01), 2012
C-Print
79,39 × 94 cm
Untitled (100 Untitled Works in Mill Aluminum 1982-86, #06), 2012
C-Print
79,39 × 94 cm
Untitled (Ambiente Spaziale)
Untitled (Ambiente Spaziale, #01), 2012
C-print
94 × 79.5 cm
© Fondazione Lucio Fontana
Untitled (Ambiente Spaziale, #02), 2012
C-print
94 × 79.5 cm
© Fondazione Lucio Fontana
Untitled (Ambiente Spaziale, #03), 2012
C-print
94 × 79.5 cm
© Fondazione Lucio Fontana
Untitled (Ambiente Spaziale, #04), 2012
C-print
94 × 79.5 cm
© Fondazione Lucio Fontana
Untitled (Ambiente Spaziale, #05), 2012
C-print
94 × 79.5 cm
© Fondazione Lucio Fontana
Untitled (Ambiente Spaziale, #06), 2012
C-print
94 × 79.5 cm
© Fondazione Lucio Fontana
Untitled (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea)
Untitled (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, #04), 2008
C-print
74,9 × 63,5 cm
Untitled (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, #13), 2008
C-print
74,9 × 63,5 cm
Untitled (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, #16), 2008
C-print
116 × 95,7 cm
Untitled (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, #17), 2008
C-print
116 × 95,7 cm
Untitled (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)
Untitled (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, #11), 2008
C-print
82 × 68,4 cm
Untitled (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, #15), 2008
C-print
74 × 58,41 cm
Untitled (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, #35), 2008
C-print
78 × 65,8 cm
Untitled (Sheats-Goldstein House)
Untitled (Sheats-Goldstein House, #04), 2007
C-print
98 × 79,5 cm
Untitled (Sheats-Goldstein House, #07), 2007
C-Print
83 × 67,6 cm
Untitled (Sheats-Goldstein House, #14), 2007
C-Print
91 × 76,5 cm
Untitled (Sheats-Goldstein House, #18), 2007
C-Print
91 × 76,5 cm
Untitled (Barragan House)
Untitled (Barragan House, #32), 2005
C-print
86 × 96 cm
Untitled (Barragan House, #35), 2005
C-print
86 × 96 cm
Untitled (Casa das Canoas)
Untitled (Casa das Canoas, #12), 2003
C-print
99 x 115 cm
Untitled (Casa das Canoas, #13), 2003
C-print
99 x 115 cm
Untitled (Casa das Canoas, #16), 2003
C-print
93,8 x 105 cm
Untitled (Casa de Baile)
Untitled (Casa de Baile, #01), 2003
C-print
73,9 × 85 cm
Untitled (Casa Fernando Millán)
Untitled (Casa Fernando Millán, #01), 2003
C-Print
84 × 68 cm
Untitled (Casa Fernando Millán, #02), 2003
C-Print
84 × 68 cm
Untitled (Casa Fernando Millán, #03), 2003
C-Print
84 × 68 cm
Untitled (Casa del Fascio)
Untitled (Casa del Fascio, #04), 1999
Fine Art Pigment Print
97,5 × 80,9 cm
public exhibitions
17a Quadriennale di Roma
Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Roma
Fuori
30.10.2020 – 21.3.2021
© Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma Photo Studio DSL
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Commissioned by FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Cleveland
Marlon de Azambuja and Luisa Lambri
14.7 – 30.9.2018
Photo: © The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Commissioned by FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Cleveland
Marlon de Azambuja and Luisa Lambri
14.7 – 30.9.2018
Photo: © The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Commissioned by FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Cleveland
Agnieszka Kurant: End of Signature, 2018
14.7 – 30.9.2018
Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles
Carnegie Museum of Art - Forum 57
Pittsburgh
Luisa Lambri and Ernesto Neto
9.12.2021
Carnegie Museum of Art - Forum 57
Pittsburgh
Luisa Lambri and Ernesto Neto
9.12.2021
Carnegie Museum of Art - Forum 57
Pittsburgh
Luisa Lambri and Ernesto Neto
9.12.2021
The Menil Collection
Houston
Luisa Lambri: Locations
19.3 – 24.7.2004
press
A Form of Recollection
The Architectural Interiors of Luisa Lambri
Aperture
February 2011
Luisa Lambri “Autoritratto” at PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Mousse
2021
publications
Kramlich Residence and Collection
Hatje Cantz
Berlin
2019
Luisa Lambri: Portrait
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston
2012
Interiors
Ivorypress
Madrid
2011
Locations
D.A.P.
New York
2004
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
California
2013
video
Luisa Lambri: Being there
2014
Hammer Museum Chief Curator Douglas Fogle discusses the exhibition Luisa Lambri: Being there. (Run time: 2 min., 40 sec.)
