Catherine Opie - Bodies of Work

Bodies of Work

Catherine Opie has multiple bodies of work:

  • Master Plan (1986-88)
  • Being and Having (1991)
  • LA Houses (1995) Chromogenic Prints 40' x 50"
  • LA Freeways (1994-95) Platinum Prints 2 1/4' by 6 2/4" which relate to images in a rear view window and early photographs of Egyptian ruins.
  • Mini-malls (1997) Iris Print 16" x 41"
  • Portraits (1993) Chromogenic Prints in various sizes. These portraits of "queer" people references August Sander and Hans Holbein.
  • Domestic series (1998) Chromogenic Prints in various sizes. Portraits of Lesbian relationships throughout the United States.
  • Ice Houses (outgrowth of residency at Walker Art Museum)
  • Surfers (2004)
  • High school football players (Looks at American identity through iconic images and a redefinition of landscape in a photographic practice.)
  • Girlfriends

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