Carla Liesching

Carla Liesching (born 1985) is an artist from Johannesburg, South Africa, based in New York City.[1] Her work investigates human relationships to structure, particularly ideological shifts in geographic organisation and narrative. Liesching's practice addresses conceptions of self in relation to place, movement, distance and belonging. Interested in the photographic portrait's agency in the shaping of identity narratives, Liesching creates archives of staged environmental portraits, which parodically hearken back to the medium's early involvement with human classification systems and pseudo-scientific exploration (for example, photography used in the aid of physiognomy, physical anthropology, phrenology, Darwinism and colonialism.)[2] Liesching's installations often include sculptural and sound components alongside her photographic work.[3] She is most recognised for her photographic series The Swimmers.[4][5][6] Liesching is represented by Cape Town-based gallery Brundyn & Gonsalves.[1]

Carla Liesching
Born1985
Cape Town
NationalitySouth Africa
EducationRhodes University
Known forPhotography
Websitewww.carlaliesching.com

Biography

Carla Liesching was born in Cape Town in 1985 and was raised in various small towns around SA, mainly in the Eastern Cape. She received her BFA, specialising in photography, video and sound installation, from Rhodes University in Grahamstown and moved to Johannesburg shortly after graduating in 2007.[7] Since then she has recently spent time working in Taipei, Taiwan and is currently based in New York City.[8]

Career

Liesching received her BFA Degree from Rhodes University. As an artist, she has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad – most recently Germany, England[9] and Belgium.[10] Her work has been shown in various international publications including Art Review, GUP Magazine, The Viewer and The New York Times.[11]

As an instructor she has run workshops for the SA National Arts Festival, assistant lectured at Rhodes University and taught photography at the Market Photography Workshop and Photo Manhattan.[12]

Selected exhibitions

2013
  • Geography and Some Explorers, Brundyn & Gonsalves Gallery, South Africa

2011
  • The Swimmers, iArt Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa[13]

2008
  • Masked Portraits, Gordart Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa[14]>
  • A Bear in The Woods, Moja Modern Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2012
  • Material/Representation, Brundyn & Gonsalves, Cape Town[15]
  • FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg[16]
  • Africa Number Two, Recycleart, Brussels[10]
  • MOP5, Cape Town month of Photography[17]

2011
  • Lens: fractions of contemporary photography and video in South Africa, US Art Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa[18]

2010
  • I am solitary I am an army, Surface Gallery & Beers.Lambert, United Kingdom[9]
  • Spier Contemporary Biennale, South Africa[6]

References
  1. "Carla Liesching biography". Brundyn & Gonsalves. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. "Artist Statement". Carla Liesching. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  3. "The Swimmers – Installation". Carla Liesching. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. "Carla Leisching". Selected Creatives. One Small Seed. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. Gillean (25 January 2012). "The Swimmers". Afroklectic. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  6. "Carla Liesching: The Swimmers". Exhibition Artists. Spier Contemporary. 2010. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  7. "Everywhere and Nowhere Spaces". Art South Africa. July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  8. "Carla Liesching". About PhotoManhattan. PhotoManhattan. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  9. "Participating Artists". I Am Solitary (Contemporary Visions 1). Beers.Lambert Contemporary. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  10. "Africa No. 2" (in French). Belgium: Recyclart. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  11. "Outside South Africa's Stadiums". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  12. "About Your Teacher: Carla Liesching". Digital Camera Settings: (Beginners). Photo Manhattan – Photography School. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  13. "Carla Liesching: The Swimmers". Brundyn & Gonsalves. March 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  14. "Carla Liesching at Gordart". Listings: Gauteng. ArtThrob. June 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  15. "Material / Representation". Brundyn & Gonsalves. November 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  16. "FNB Joburg Art Fair". Brundyn & Gonsalves. September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  17. "MOP5 Festival". South African Centre for Photography ( SACP ). Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  18. "Lens". University Museum, Stellenbosch. May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
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