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desert queen; Andrea Zittel's high-impact domestic experiments go on view this month.(Andrea Zittel: Critical Space)(Brief Article)
Byline: Leslie Camhi
If I were stuck on an island with a herd of sheep and no tools," Andrea Zittel mused recently, "how could I make a really good-looking dress?" She was driving with her boyfriend and baby from L.A. to her house and studio near Joshua Tree, California. "Well, I think I finally figured it out." Zittel now strides around the desert in felted-wool shifts and shirts, whimsical garb for the well-attired cavewoman.
The 40-year-old California native has long found solutions to the most improbable lifestyle conundrums. This month, "Andrea Zittel: Critical Space," opens at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, highlighting the quirkily utopian furnishings she made in the 1990s from her Brooklyn home, "Living Units" elegantly addressing all a person's needs in a few square feet. Also on view: a dazzling array of "Personal Uniforms," unique garments the artist fabricated and wore for ...
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- Newspaper article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) November 3, 2006 700+ words
...Huntington Nov. 3--WHAT: "Andrea Zittel: Critical Space" WHEN: Through Jan...is so often envisioned. Andrea Zittel is a prime example. Zittel...Gallery's exhibition "Andrea Zittel: Critical Space" is the first comprehensive...
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- Magazine article from: WWD February 14, 2006 700+ words
...might mistake the artist Andrea Zittel's uniforms for a still...being exhibited as part of "Andrea Zittel: Critical Space," which is on display at...she said. Caption(s): Andrea Zittel with one of her uniforms...
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- Magazine article from: Art in America Cash, Stephanie April 1, 2006 700+ words
Something about Andrea Zittel's work always used to put me off. I could never quite...Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, its current venue, "Andrea Zittel: Critical Space" provides less a comprehensive overview than a sampling...
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- Magazine article from: School Arts January 1, 2002 700+ words
Andrea Zittel, A-Z Prototype for Pocket Property, 1999. Concrete, steel, wood...water between Sweden and Denmark. About the Artist Born in Escondido, Andrea Zittel grew up in Southern California. She never drew as a child and avoided...
- Andrea Zittel at Andrea Rosen. (New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)
- Magazine article from: Art in America Saltz, Jerry June 1, 1994 700+ words
Judging by her appearances in group shows over the past two or three years, Andrea Zittel, at 28, is one of the more promising young artists around. In the press release for this show, her first New York solo, Zittel...
- Andrea Zittel: Regen Projects.(LOS ANGELES)(prototype for sculpture paired with...
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Miles, Christopher March 1, 2005 700+ words
This exhibition paired a prototype for a sculpture or design project by Andrea Zittel with Sufficient Self, 2004, a PowerPoint presentation of images accompanied by the artist's casually written comments chronicling...
- Andrea Zittel.(Lucelia Artist Award )(College Art Association Award)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Art in America August 1, 2006 700+ words
Andrea Zittel, known for her living-unit sculptures, won the $25,000 Lucelia Artist Award from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the College Art Association award for a distinguished body of work.
- Andrea Zittel was recently presented with the 2005 Lucelia Artist Award, worth...
- Magazine article from: Art in America September 1, 2005 700+ words
Andrea Zittel was recently presented with the 2005 Lucelia Artist Award, worth $25,000. The prize is given to an American artist under age 50 by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Lucelia Foundation.
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- Magazine article from: Artforum International Avgikos, Jan January 1, 1994 700+ words
...overidealized concepts of life." "I make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies and to amuse." One might say that Andrea Zittel gives us confident pictures too, but instead of Fellini's sensual embrace of human foibles, her touch is robotic...
- NEW YORK: Andrea Zittel at Andrea Rosen.(New York, New York)(Review of...
- Magazine article from: Art in America Volk, Gregory December 1, 1998 700+ words
With Andrea Zittel's recent project "Raugh" (pronounced "raw"), the quirky utopianism long apparent in her work has become even more pronounced...