Laura Owens

About this book

Laura Owens (born 1970) is one of the most vital artists to emerge from the 1990s Los Angeles art scene and a refreshingly uplifting presence in the world of contemporary painting. Her deceptively romantic-naive visual language dissolves distinctions between abstract and figurative art and her paintings exhibit a whimsical engagement with sources as various as Color Field painting Pattern & Decoration childrens book illustration and textile design. As Owens told an interviewer My work gets created in this space of freedom and thats why a lot of it has to do with experimentation invention and sort of a juxtaposition of things you wouldnt normally juxtapose. With its lush floral palette Owens work offers nothing less than an unabashed pleasure at being in the world. This catalogue accompanies the artists first solo museum exhibition in Germany and reproduces for the first time a range of her more recent works.