Through the Lens of Rauschenberg: Elle Pérez

Discover a new perspective on Robert Rauschenberg in this engaging talk and tour led by photographer Elle Pérez. Best known for his mixed-media works, Rauschenberg also had a deep relationship with photography. Through the Lens of Rauschenberg invites visiting photographers to lead thoughtful conversations that explore their perspectives on his work. Light bites will be provided, and drinks will be available at our Park View Bar. 

About the Speaker:

Elle Pérez is an artist from the Bronx, New York, who currently lives and works in New York. Pérez primarily works in photography, depicting the intimate moments, emotional exchanges, and visceral details within their portraits and landscapes.

In their work, people are not simply subjected to the process of making a photograph: they are essential to both the creation of the image and its life and distribution thereafter. As Cecilia Wichmann describes, their “images dwell in moments of grief and care, pain and desire, self-exploration, and transformation,” exploring “... the intimacy of relationship building, creating space to reflect on how we navigate ourselves in relation to others and the world.”

Their work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally, and has been the subject of institutional solo exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art (2022); the Carnegie Museum of Art (2021); Public Art Fund (2019); and MoMA PS1 (2018). They were included in the 59th International Venice Biennale (2022) and the Whitney Biennial (2019) and have been featured in group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2022), Ballroom Marfa, Texas (2022), the Renaissance Society, Chicago (2020); the Barbican Centre, London (2020); and the Brooklyn Museum, New York (2019).

They have been an artist in residence at MacDowell Colony, the Vermont Studio Center, and Lightwork. In 2022, Pérez received the Abigail Cohen Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.

Pérez has taught at Harvard University in the Art, Film, and Visual Studies Department as an assistant professor. They have held appointments at Williams College, Cooper Union and the Yale School of Art, and have taught photography at the Educational Alliance Art School in New York.

The artist is represented by 47 Canal, New York, and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.

Elle Pérez: http://cargocollective.com/elleperez.

Sobre la artista

Elle Pérez, artistə del Bronx, attualmente di base a New York City. Il lavoro si concentra principalmente sulla fotografia, ritraendo momenti intimi, scambi emotivi e dettagli viscerali in ritratti e paesaggi.

Nelle opere di Pérez, le persone non sono semplicemente sottoposte al processo di realizzazione di una foto: sono essenziali sia alla creazione delle immagini, che alla loro vita e circolazione. Come sostiene Cecilia Wichmann, le “immagini [di Pérez] indugiano su momenti di afflizione e preoccupazione, dolore e desiderio, esplorazione e trasformazione,” e analizzano “… l’intimità della costruzione di un rapporto, creando uno spazio per riflettere su come ci muoviamo in rapporto agli altri e al mondo.”

Il lavoro dell’artistə è stato esposto sia negli Stati Uniti che a livello internazionale ed è stato oggetto di personali in istituzioni come il Baltimore Museum of Art (2022), il Carnegie Museum of Art (2021), il Public Art Fund (2019) e il MoMA PS1 (2018). Le opere di Perez sono state incluse nella 59a Biennale Internazionale di Venezia (2022), nella Whitney Biennial (2019) e sono state esposte in collettive al Whitney Museum of American Art (2022), al Ballroom Marfa (Texas, 2022), alla Renaissance Society (Chicago, 2020), al Barbican Centre (Londra, 2020) e al Museo di Brooklyn (New York, 2019).

Pérez hanno ricevuto il titolo di artistə in residenza dalla MacDowell Colony, dal Vermont Studio Center e da Lightwork. Nel 2022 hanno ricevuto l’Abigail Cohen Rome Prize dell’American Academy in Rome. Hanno insegnato come assistente ad Harvard presso il dipartimento di Arte, Cinema e Visual Studies, avuto incarichi al Williams College, alla Cooper Union e alla Yale School of Art e insegnato fotografia alla Educational Alliance Art School di New York.

Rappresentano l’artistə: 47 Canal (New York) e Commonwealth and Council (Los Angeles).

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.