Kinkead Contemporary
6029 Washington Blvd
310.838.7400
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Heather Cantrell, "A Study in Portraiture (Daniel Arcana)," 2010. Silver rag archival ink jet. Ed. Unique, 15" X 12".
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Opens Saturday Jan 8, 2011 (6–9pm)
Jan 8, 2011 – Feb 19, 2011
Tuesdays–Saturdays (11am–6pm)
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“LA-based photographer Heather Cantrell's elaborate tableaux serve as backdrops in her unique and unconventional brand of portraiture. With carefully constructed scenery, she references natural-history displays as well as classical vignettes in order to further refine her distinctive, hybrid form of photography. In her new show at Kinkead Contemporary, Cantrell once again transforms the gallery into a temporary portrait studio, where she continues to subvert conventions by incorporating mirrors — and herself — into the picture.”
Tanja M. Laden, Flavorpill
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Portrait sessions are open to the public; for $100, the sitter takes home a one-of-a-kind 4x5-inch Polaroid that is also an original work of art. Contact the gallery for details.
Heather Cantrell received her MFA from UCLA in 2001 and has since exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions. In the summer and fall of 2009 her project titled A Study in Portraiture was exhibited at Kinkead Contemporary and at MOT International (London) respectively. Other exhibitions include Century's End (sixspace, Los Angeles, CA), Extended Family (Newman Popiashvili, New York, NY), LA: 2019 Cults, Collectives and Cocooning, (18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA) and Celebration (Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA). Reviews of Cantrell's work have been published in Artforum, L.A. Times, Frieze, LA Weekly, the N.Y. Times, among others. Cantrell lives and works in Los Angeles.
