Judith Eisler (born 1962) is an artist based in Vienna, Austria and

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. Eisler received her BFA from

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in 1984. She gathers source imagery for her paintings from watching films and photographing stills from the footage. Her works typically have glossy surfaces and feature blurred imagery and light defined as substance. Descended from Pop art and Photorealism, her fluid paint-handling incorporates elements of James Rosenquist’s billboard fuzziness and Marilyn Minter’s bracing aggressiveness. Since 2009, Eisler has been a professor of painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (''Die Angewandte''), Austria.

Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

* The National Museum for Popular Music, Norway

Awards

2002 -

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the art ...

Literature

*Guyton, Wade
"Obscuring the Icon"
''Interview Magazine'', March 4, 2015. *Zhong, Fan
"Slow Motion"
''W Magazine'', February 19, 2015. *Steller, Jessica
"Judith Eisler: Elusive Elements of Light and Motion"
''Flatt Features'', February, 2015. *Garner, Ashley
"Judith Eisler: Interview"
''Monrowe'', November 2, 2015. *Hofleitner, Johanna
"Judith Eisler: Die Galerie als Kino"
''Die Presse'', December 1, 2012.

References

External links

Official Website
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