The lush paintings of Laurie Hogin are elegant yet startling. The viewer is seduced by a wicked romanticization of nature and exoticism. Like 17th century Dutch painting gone bad, these works are painted with exquisite precision, yet infused with symbolic contradictions and toxic colorations.
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SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA and traveling; Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; Art Institute of Southerm California, Laguna Beach, CA; New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ; Charles A. Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti, OH; Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN; Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO; California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA; Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; New Museum, New York, NY
HABITAT DIORAMA WITH OXYCONTIN, PROZAC AND LUNESTA, Oil on Canvas, 43 x 53"
FIELD GUIDES III, Oil on Panel, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2" each, sold in pairs
ALLEGORIS OF LIFESTYLE: BELIEVE IN BEAUTY, Oil on Panel, 11 1/2 x 9 1/2" - sold
FIELD GUIDES II, Oil on Panel, 7 x 5" each sold in matching pairs
TWO PIG DRAWINGS, 11 x 15" each
WILD, Graphite on Paper, 10 x 14"
INNOCENCE CONFRONTS PROPOGANDA ON A WINDSWEPT PLAIN #3,
Ink Wash on Paper, 11 x 14"
Terrence Coffman
