Erica by Anne Luther |
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BAGS: Portraits by Anne Luther |
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WHILE
PORTRAITS OF WOMEN often
try to capture the elusive beauty of clear skin, a sensual curve, or the
flash of an eye, occasionally a portrait reaches deeper - to the very
spirit of the woman it embodies. Anne Luther's Bags...You Are What You Carry at Frameworks/Caruso Woods Gallery is such an instance. The 26 tastefully arranged bags, created, found, and assembled by Luther, mark the lives of 26 women - both real (several represent live Santa Barbara women and others, women from around the world) and imaginary - that populate Luther's inner landscape. Find there the famous and the unknown. "Viewers have an opportunity to learn about the sitter, not in the usualway of studying the face, the |
surroundings, the dress or undress," Luther explained, "but through a representational assemblage hand bag." Anne Luther studied art at a New York City's Parson School of design, New York University and at the Taos Institute of Art. A member of the Santa Barbara Art Association, her award winning work has been featured in numerous galleries, solo and juried group exhibitions. Anne has received private commissions as well as commercial ones and is the recipient of the John Profant Foundation's Michelangelo Award. Her work in in several private collections. She is the past President of the Santa Barbara Visual Arts Alliance and is a current trustee of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. |
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