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 © Lara Stein Pardo, Arkai, Ariapita Avenue series, 2011  © Lara Stein Pardo, Donny, Ariapita Avenue series, 2011  © Lara Stein Pardo, Mickey, Ariapita Avenue series, 2011 |
Lara Stein Pardo Born: 1980, Miami, FL Resides: Washington, DC Selected Exhibitions: Deering Estate at Cutler Bay, Miami, FL 2011 Alice Yard, Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL 2010 Arteamericas with the Haitian Art Relief Fund, Miami, FL 2010 Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI 2009 Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2008 Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL 2008 Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach FL 2006 Dorsch Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL 2005 Miami Children’s Museum, Fotomission, Miami, FL 2004 Education: MA, 2008, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI BA, 2003, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Publications: Nueva Luz photographic journal, Volume 16#1 (En Foco: Bronx, 2011) Artist’s Statement: The Mobile Portrait Studio considers the role of portraiture, photography, performance, and public spaces in relationship to art-making, memory, and historical narratives. This project draws on traditions of portrait photography combined with contemporary understandings of art in the public sphere and performance. I set up the Mobile Portrait Studio with a camera, a mobile mini printer, and lighting. Then, I ask passersby to participate in the project by having their portrait taken. Participants receive a free print within minutes of sitting (or standing, as the case may be) for the portrait. The portraits are given to participants and also preserved digitally as part of a larger series of photographs. Through the acts of portraiture, narrative, and engagement in public spaces I hope to document our contemporary moment as well as create moments for interaction with the arts and each other. So far this project has been completed in four locations: during Art Basel/Art Fair Week in Miami outside the Rubell Collection in Wynwood, Florida; inside the Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida; along Ariapita Avenue in the Woodbrook area of Port of Spain, Trinidad; and at Alice Yard, a collective contemporary art space in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Website: |
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