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Lothar Osterburg makes photogravures of small, sculpted models of windmills, lighthouses, sailboats among others, staged in evocative settings. Built from memory of readily available materials, the models have a dreamlike quality which is enhanced by the placement of the camera within their world; the perspective is that of a person within the set, obscuring the actual size of the objects. The viewer, drawn into the scene, fills the gap created by the absence of people. The smallest models are photographed through a magnifying glass or with a macro lens. With this extremely short focal range, the scenes become ambiguous, mysterious, or even ominous while somehow retaining the playful quality typical of Osterburg’s hand.
Fellowships, Awards and Residencies
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Hui N’Eau Arts Center, Artist in Residence. Makawao, Maui, HI
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| 2004 |
Concordia Career Advancement Grant (awarded through NYFA).
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| 2003 |
NYFA (New York Foundations for the Arts) Fellowship in Category Printmaking/Drawing/Artist’s Books.
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| 1996-97-02 |
MacDowell Colony, Artist in Residence. Peterborough, NH.
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| 1999 |
Virginia Center of the Creative Arts, Artist in Residence. Sweet Briar, Virginia.
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| 1998 |
Liguria Study Center of the Bogliasco Foundation, Artist in Residence. Liguria, Italy. |
Solo Shows
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| 2008 |
Moeller Fine Art, New York, NY.
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| 2006 |
Carbon County Cultural Projects, Waterline, Jim Thorpe, PA.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Strangely Familiar, Minneapolis, MN.
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| 2004 |
Achim Moeller Fine Art, Recent Work, New York, NY.
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| 2003 |
Achim Moeller Fine Art, At the Edge of the Real, New York, NY.
Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
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| 2002 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Imaginary Places, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
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| 2000 |
Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Tempest in a Teacup, FotoFest, Houston, TX.
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| 1999 |
Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI.
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| 1998 |
Asyl Gallery, Liguria, New York, NY.
Takara Gallery,Houston, TX.
Asyl Gallery, Stories, New York, NY.
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| 1996 |
Takara Gallery,Sandbox, Houston, TX.
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| 1993 |
Graphic Station, Tokyo, Japan. |
Contact
e-mail
www.lotharosterburghphotogravure.com
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