{"data":{"id":"10203","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":10203,"topgoose_id":2619,"tms_id":10203,"display_name":"Anne Collier","sort_name":"Collier Anne","display_date":"1970–","begin_date":"1970","end_date":"0","biography":"\u003cp\u003eAnne Collier produces sparse still lifes of found objects using a technique of re-photography that is informed as much by West Coast conceptual art practices as by product photography and advertising. She received a BFA in 1993 from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, and an MFA in 2001 from the University of California, Los Angeles, studying with \u003ca href=\"/artists/12190\"\u003eMichael Asher\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/artists/55\"\u003eJohn Baldessari\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/artists/3788\"\u003eJames Welling\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"/artists/5240\"\u003eChristopher Williams\u003c/a\u003e. Unlike artists of the earlier Pictures Generation, who appropriated images from contemporary mass media, Collier sources her worn objects from flea markets and eBay and shoots them against an austere white or black background. The resulting photographs return our gaze to artifacts of vision, desire, and power.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollier frequently focuses on the objectified female subject within pop culture. Here, she has photographed an image of Madonna, in poster format, taken by the fashion photographer Steven Meisel, who later collaborated with the pop star for her controversial 1992 book \u003cem\u003eSex\u003c/em\u003e. In this\nMeisel image, the singer, typically known for\nher bold reclamation of female sexuality,\naverts her eyes from the camera and covers\nher bare breast. Collier complicates the web\nof power dynamics by re-photographing an\nimage taken by a male photographer and\nby displaying the wear and tear of the poster,\npresumably at the hands of a consumer.\nIn an age when most images seem to move\nin digital form rather than on paper, Collier\nturns our attention to the physical circulation\nof images, creases, folds, and all.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":"500126082","wikidata_id":"Q4768237","created_at":"2017-08-30T17:29:08.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-03-30T07:04:41.132-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/10203/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/10203/exhibitions"}}}}