Maria Lassnig: Preeminent Austrian Painter's First US Exhibition (2008-09-27 - 2009-01-11)

The Contemporary Arts Center presents a solo exhibition of vibrantly colorful, dramatically intense oil paintings by Austrian artist Maria Lassnig. Initiated and organized by the Serpentine Gallery in London and curated by Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist in association with Rebecca Morrill, the exhibition features work made during the most recent ten years of Lassnig’s career, as well as seven films made between 1971 and 1992. Maria Lassnig opens to the public September 27, 2008. The prolific, 89-year-old Lassnig is recognized as one of Europe’s most inventive and influential artists. Raphaela Platow, CAC’s Alice and Harris Weston Director and Chief Curator, has spent many years studying Lassnig’s work, visiting her studio and learning about the artist’s process, methods and extraordinary artistic production.