Draft:Margaret Lazzari

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Margaret Lazzari's artwork has engaged a wide range of subjects in both realistic and abstract styles, including bodies[1][2], beauty[3], gender[4], power[5][6][7] [8], censorship[9], illness[10][11][12] and death[13]. She has also produced pure abstractions[14] and nature-based landscape works[15]. Lazzari primarily paints, but has also produced audio-visual installations[16], and public sculptures[17], sometimes partnering with Lauren Evans.[18]

Margaret Lazzari is an American artist, educator, and author, based primarily in Los Angeles, California.[19] She is Professor Emerita of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, Roski School of Art and Design. [20] Lazzari received her Master of Fine Arts from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Career[edit]

Exhibitions[edit]

Lazzari has had many solo exhibitions of her work including those at the Billis Williams Gallery[21][22], Los Angeles, at the Fresno Art Museum[23][24], Riverside Art Museum[25][26], and USC Fisher Museum of Art. As half of the Lazzari Evans Public Art design team, she has produced several public commissions, with themes that make evident the persistence of nature in urban environments.

Collections[edit]

Lazzari's works are in many public collections, including those of Angell Foundation, Los Angeles, USC Fisher Museum of Art, Fresno Art Museum, Cathedral Collection of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles[27], Kaiser Permanente Hospitals, Azusa Pacific University, Harrah's Casino, New Jersey, the St. Louis University Museum of Art, and Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama[28].

Publications[edit]

In addition to numerous magazine art reviews, Lazzari has authored or co-authored several popular art textbooks, including: Exploring Art: a Global, Thematic Approach[29]; The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist; Drawing; Life Drawing; and Art and Design Fundamentals.[18] In contrast to traditional Art Appreciation texts, Exploring Art pioneered an innovative thematic, rather than chronological, structure and much greater inclusion of non-Western art.

Awards and honors[edit]

Lazzari's honors and awards for her work include a Visual Artist Fellowship[30] from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1995, and Distinguished Woman Artist, 2015, Fresno Art Museum Council of 100.[24]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Von Blum, Paul (October 1, 1993). "New Visions, New Viewers, New Vehicles: Twentieth-Century Developments in North American Political Art". Leonardo, the MIT Press. 26 (5): 459–466 – via MUSE.
  2. ^ Letran, Vivian (November 2, 2001). "Go Figurative: Realism Returns to Art". Entertainment & Arts. Los Angeles Times. pp. E1. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Knaff, Devorah (April 19, 1992). "The Idea of Beauty". Riverside Press-Enterprise. pp. D2.
  4. ^ Geer, Suvan (July 31, 1990). "ART REVIEWS: 'Censorship' Explores History of Repression". Entertainment & Arts. Los Angeles Times. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  5. ^ Doherty, Jake (January 17, 1992). "Taking a look back at Guerrilla Girls' shots at the mainstream art world". Entertainment & Arts. Los Angeles Times. pp. B4. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  6. ^ Kandel, Susan (December 10, 1992). "ART REVIEWS: 'LAX': L.A. Is Written All Over It". Los Angeles Times. pp. E1. Retrieved May 16, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Kapitanoff, Nancy (January 19, 1992). "Works About Work: Artists confront the toll capitalism takes on the family and the psyche". Los Angeles Times. pp. 99–101. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  8. ^ Muchnic, Suzanne (December 3, 1992). "Whither the Biennial Bandwagon?: Critical, Popular Response Will Help Determine Art Exhibition's Future". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  9. ^ Snow, Shauna (July 8, 1990). "Banned and Booed Art". Entertainment & Arts. p. 92. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  10. ^ Kinney, Tulsa (May 1, 2024). "Editor's Pick: Margaret Lazzari". Artillery Magazine. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  11. ^ "Visual Art Source". www.visualartsource.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  12. ^ Turner, Nancy Kay (April 13, 2024). "Margaret Lazzari Takes Viewers Along on a Perilous Journey..." Diversions LA. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  13. ^ Camper, Fred (January 29, 1998). "Still Life With Death". Arts & Culture. Chicago Reader. p. 2. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  14. ^ Daichendt, G. James (April 1, 2017). "Margaret Lazzari". ArtScene (April 2017) – via visualartsource.
  15. ^ Baker, Kenneth (May 26, 2001). "Rothko's greatness in detail, Linnenbrink and Lazzari". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. C1, C10. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  16. ^ Kandel, Susan (December 10, 1992). "ART REVIEWS: 'LAX': L.A. Is Written All Over It". Entertainment & Arts. Los Angeles Times. pp. F1, F8–F9. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  17. ^ "Exuberant Birds: Seabird Pole in Santa Monica, CA". Public Art Archive. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  18. ^ a b "Alumni Spotlight: Margaret Lazzari". www.slu.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  19. ^ Vaughn, Susan (January 28, 2001). "Artist Must Sharpen Marketing Skills to Gain the Necessary Exposure for Craft". Entertainment & Arts. Los Angeles Times. pp. W1–W2. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  20. ^ "Margaret Lazzari | Roski School of Art and Design". roski.usc.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  21. ^ Turner, Nancy Kay (2020-07-17). "Margaret Lazzari at George Billis LA". Art and Cake. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  22. ^ Turner, Nancy Kay (2022-09-26). "Margaret Lazzari's Luminous Breathing Space". Riot Material. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  23. ^ Munro, Donald (December 20, 2015). "Drink in a Rush of Gorgeous Color". The Fresno Bee. pp. F1–F2.
  24. ^ a b "Fresno Art Museum :: Distinguished Women Artists". www.fresnoartmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  25. ^ "Lazzari, Reyes Work Exhibited". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 1992. pp. E5.
  26. ^ Knaff, Devorah L (February 9, 1992). "2 Women's Somber Look at Society". The Press Enterprise.
  27. ^ "Dedication of Our Lady of Mercy Chapel". Catholic Trojan Magazine (Summer 2019): 10. July 30, 2019 – via issuu.
  28. ^ Nelson, James R (July 6, 1997). "Huntsville Museum Offers Best Contemporary Art Show". The Birmingham News. pp. Arts and Leisure.
  29. ^ Lazzari, Margaret (2020). Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach (Revised 5th ed.). Boston: Cengage. pp. xi–xvii. ISBN 9781337709910.
  30. ^ Alexander, Jane (October 1, 1995). "Fellowships" (PDF). National Endowment for the Arts, 1995 Annual Report. 1995: 76–77.

Other External References[edit]

  1. Table of Contents of Exploring Art at Cengage^
  2. Margaret Lazzari website
  3. Billis Williams Gallery website
  4. Lazzari and Evans Public Art website
  5. Angell Foundation website
  6. Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach Library of Congress record
  7. The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist Library of Congress record
  8. Drawing: a sketch and textbook Library of Congress record
  9. Life Drawing Library of Congress record
  10. Art and Design Fundamentals Library of Congress record