Re-classifying History II
Catherine Wagner works with elements of contemporary society and transforms them into conceptual images that investigate culture. For over thirty years she has been a keen observer of the built environment, examining institutions of learning and knowledge, such as art museums and science labs, as well as the ways we construct our cultural identity. Wagner’s process involves the investigation of what art critic David Bonetti calls "the systems people create, our love of order, our ambition to shape the world, the value we place on knowledge, and the tokens we display to express ourselves."
Catherine Wagner, Columbus, Penelope, Delilah, from "Re-classifying History," 2005
Lambda Print 124,46 x 172,72 cm.Courtesy the artist, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, and Gallery Luisotti
Catherine Wagner, Delilah diptych, from "Re-classifying History," 2005
Lambda Prints Delilah: 172,72 x 124,46 cm. Delilah Back: 172,72 x 124,46 cm.Courtesy the artist, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, and Gallery Luisotti
Catherine Wagner, Inverted Capital, from "Rome Works," 2013-2014
Archival Pigment Print 101,6 x 76,2 cm.Courtesy the artist, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, and Gallery Luisotti
Catherine Wagner, Artemis/Diana, from "Rome Works," 2013-2014
127 x 93,98 cm.Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, and Gallery Luisotti
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Catherine Wagner, Angel Encased (Bernini), from "Rome Works," 2013-2014
127 x 93,98 cm.Courtesy the artist, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, and Gallery Luisotti
BIO
Catherine Wagner is a visual artist who lives in San Francisco and works internationally. She holds an MFA degree from San Francisco State University, and is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA Fellowships, the Artadia Fellowship, and was named one of TIME magazine's Fine Arts Innovators of the year in 2001. She has had solo exhibitions at LACMA, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, de Young Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, and the Canadian Center for Architecture.