Mary Lucier
2001 Fellow
New York, NY
The Plains of Sweet Regret
A five-channel video installation with various objects and artifacts which recreates the experience of moving through the disappearing landscape of the American West.
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Selected Works
Installation
The Plains of Sweet Regret (2004)
Forge/Migration/Nesting (2000)
Floodsongs (1998-1999)
House By the Water (1997)
Flow (1996)
Last Rites (Positano) (1995)
Oblique House (Valdez) (1993)
Asylum (A Romance) (1986)
Accomplishments
One of the video pioneers, Mary Lucier produced work in many medias, including sculpture, photography and performance, before turning to video in 1973. Primarily an installation artist, her work has been shown internationally in museums, galleries and festivals. Lucier’s work may be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the ZKM Museum fur Neue Kunst in Karlsruhe, Germany, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, among others. She has received numerous honors and awards, including a 1985 Guggenheim Fellowship. Lucier teaches, lectures and travels widely. A major focus of her work since 1979 has been the development of video projects for public sites.
Education
BA, English and American Literature, Brandeis University, MA
News
April, May, June 2007
Mary Luciers installation The Plains of Sweet Regret was exhibited at the Lennon Weinberg gallery in New York in March and April.  This five channel video piece is augmented with various objects and artifacts to recreate the experience of moving through the disappearing landscape of the American West.
January, February, March 2007
Mary Lucier’s The Plains of Sweet Regret is exhibited at the Lennon, Weinberg Gallery in New York through March and April.  This five-channel video installation documents the desertion and desolation of the Northern Plains.
April 2006
Mary Lucier’s The Plains of Sweet Regret, a five-channel video installation with various objects and artifacts which recreates the experience of moving through the disappearing landscape of the American West, was installed at the University of Wyoming Art Museum in Laramie from February through early May.