Introduction
Chloe Piene is an artist best known for her drawings and video work. Her drawings have been described as “brutal, delicate, figurative, forensic, erotic and fantastic.” Chloe Piene was born in the United States and received her BA in Art History at Columbia University and her MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Work
Her work has made various and diverse associations with prisoners, love letters, failure, history and heroic transformation. She is known widely for her delicate and penetrating drawings, which are typically anchored in the body. Her video and sculpture utilize the greater sensory impact of noise, time, shadow, and heavy materials to dig visibly into the more subterranean levels of experience. In her sculptures, Piene has worked primarily with iron, steel, porcelain, and installation.
Her performances include "Familienaufstellung" in Vienna, Austria and "To Serve;" a collaborative dialogue with a United States Special Operations Commander in New York, tandem to her three-part video series which worked directly with cameras strapped to the heads of soldiers stationed in Afghanistan.
Exhibitions (selected)
Piene exhibits internationally, some shows include: "Selections from The Guerlain Collection at The Pompidou" The Albertina, Vienna, 2019; "Reloaded", Piene paired with Egon Schiele as part of his Centennial at the Leopold Museum, Vienna, 2018; "HB + CP - [Drawings by] Hans Bellmer and Chloe Piene" at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, 2008; “Bodies of Desire: Works on paper by Willem de Kooning and Chloe Piene” at the Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, 2007; and the 2004 Whitney Biennial.
Public Collections (selected)
Her work is part of national and state collections worldwide including the following:
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
- Deutsche Bank, Berlin
- Sammlung Bayer, Berlin
- Kupfertisch Kabinett, Berlin
- Fondation d'art contemporain Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Paris
- FNAC, France
- FRAC, France
- Sammlung Hoffman, Berlin
- Centre national d'art et de culture George Pompidou, Paris
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca
- Burger Collection, Berlin
- The Collection of Herbert Lust
- High Museum of Art
Publications (selected)
Her work has been reviewed by The New York Times, Frieze, Le Figaro, The Los Angeles Times, BOMB Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Berliner Zeitung, among others. Books include Vitamin D, Phaidon; Drawing People, The Hayward Gallery, London; Les Maitres du Desordre The Musée Quai Branly, Paris; A Passion For Drawing, Selection From The Guerlain Collection and Drawing Now, The Albertina Museum, Vienna.
Bibliography (selected)
- Dexter, Emma (2005). Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing. Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714857138.
- Malbert, Roger (20 April 2015). Drawing People: The Human Figure in Contemporary Art. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500291634.
- Hell, Bertrand; Jacomijn Snoep, Nanette; Adam-Couralet, Sandra; de Loisy, Jean (2012). Les Maitres du Desordre. Paris, France: QUAI BRANLY. ISBN 9782357440562.
- Albrecht Schröder, Klaus; Lahner, Elsy (4 February 2020). A Passion for Drawing: The Guerlain Collection from the Centre Pompidou. Prestel. ISBN 9783791359427.
- Germann, Martin; Lahner, Elsy (October 2015). Drawing Now. Hirmer Publishers. ISBN 9783777424347. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- Schwabsky, Barry (1 August 2008). Chloe Piene: Carré d'Art - Musée d'Art Contemporain de Nîmes. Carré d'Art-Musée d'Art Contemporain de Nîmes. ISBN 9782907650335. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- Dzierzbicka, Agnieszka; Bakic, Josef; Horvath, Wolfgang (1 October 2008). In bester Gesellschaft: Einführung in philosophische Klassiker der Pädagogik von Diogenes bis Baudrillard. Loecker Erhard Verlag. ISBN 978-3854095002. Retrieved 12 December 2019.