Laurie Hogin

Laurie Hogin
Born1963
Chicago, Illinois, US
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago, Cornell University
Known forPainting, drawing, education
SpouseGreg Boozell
WebsiteLaurie Hogin

Laurie Hogin (born 1963) is an American artist, known for allegorical paintings of mutant animals and plants that rework the tropes and exacting styles of Neoclassical art in order to critique, parody or call attention to contemporary and historical mythologies, systems of power, and human experience and variety.[1][2][3] She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, International Print Center New York, and Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati.[4][5] Her work belongs to the art collections of the New York Public Library, MacArthur Foundation, Addison Gallery of American Art, and Illinois State Museum, among others.[6][7][4][5] Critic Donald Kuspit described her work as both painted with "a deceptive, crafty beauty" and "sardonically aggressive" in its use of animal stand-ins to critique humanity;[8] Ann Wiens characterized her "roiling compositions of barely controlled flora and fauna" as "shrewdly employing art historical concepts of beauty for their subversive potential."[9] Hogin is Professor and Chair of the Studio Art Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[10]

Laurie Hogin, Pinup Bunnies (Bunny Suite #1): Tomato, oil on panel, 19" x 23", 1994.
  1. ^ Hixson, Kathryn. "Chicago in Review," Arts, December 1990, p. 107.
  2. ^ Snodgrass, Susan. "Trouble in Arcadia," World Art, Summer, 1996, p. 74–7.
  3. ^ Sherlock, Maureen. "Laurie Hogin: The Hole in the Wood," Laurie Hogin: Paradise in Peril, Catalogue, Evanston, IL: Evanston Art Center, 1997.
  4. ^ a b Evanston Art Center. Laurie Hogin: Paradise in Peril, Catalogue, Evanston, IL: Evanston Art Center, 1997.
  5. ^ a b Littlejohn Contemporary. Laurie Hogin, Artist Directory. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  6. ^ New York Public Library. Laurie Hogin, Triptych, three intaglio etchings. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  7. ^ Addison Gallery of American Art. Laurie Hogin, Nymphs: After Poussin, 1997, Collection. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  8. ^ Kuspit, Donald. "Sinister Beauty, or the Return to Pleasures of the Imagination: Five Illinois Painters," (un)earthly delights, Catalogue, Chicago: Illinois State Museum, 1996.
  9. ^ Wiens, Ann. "Smart and Beautiful? Four Chicago Painters and the Aesthetic of Beauty," dialogue, May–June 1999, p. 36–39. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  10. ^ University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Laurie Hogin, School of Art and Design, Faculty. Retrieved March 1, 2019.