Lori Gordon
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Lori K. Gordon is a painter and a mixed
media artist. She is especially fond of
collage and assemblage work, and
introduced her first mixed media series in
2000. Three years later, one of her pieces
was acquired by the Smithsonian
Institution for inclusion into their
permanent collection. "Labat: A Creole
Legacy" is an eight by ten foot fabric collage
which tells the story of a Bay St. Louis
Creole woman who died in 2002 at the age
of 104.
In 2003 Gordon began capturing the local
landscapes of her beloved Mississippi Gulf
Coast in acrylic, and continued that work
until Hurricane Katrina upended her life on
August 29, 2005.
media artist. She is especially fond of
collage and assemblage work, and
introduced her first mixed media series in
2000. Three years later, one of her pieces
was acquired by the Smithsonian
Institution for inclusion into their
permanent collection. "Labat: A Creole
Legacy" is an eight by ten foot fabric collage
which tells the story of a Bay St. Louis
Creole woman who died in 2002 at the age
of 104.
In 2003 Gordon began capturing the local
landscapes of her beloved Mississippi Gulf
Coast in acrylic, and continued that work
until Hurricane Katrina upended her life on
August 29, 2005.
With her home, studio and all of her supplies washed away by the 35 foot storm
surge and 150 mile per hour winds which obliterated her community, Gordon
returned to work using the only materials which were available to her. Five weeks
after the event, Gordon began collecting rubble and transforming it into works of art.
"The Katrina Collection" has been featured on MSNBC, National Public Radio, the
CBS and Associated Press websites, the Christian Science monitor and in regional
magazines and newspapers. Her work may be found in the private collections of
former President Jimmy Carter, singer Faith Hill, and ESPN announcer Jon Miller,
and in the public collections of the Mississippi Humanities Council, Thea Foundation
and William J Clinton Foundation's Art Across Arkansas, and the Safeco Corporate
Collection.
surge and 150 mile per hour winds which obliterated her community, Gordon
returned to work using the only materials which were available to her. Five weeks
after the event, Gordon began collecting rubble and transforming it into works of art.
"The Katrina Collection" has been featured on MSNBC, National Public Radio, the
CBS and Associated Press websites, the Christian Science monitor and in regional
magazines and newspapers. Her work may be found in the private collections of
former President Jimmy Carter, singer Faith Hill, and ESPN announcer Jon Miller,
and in the public collections of the Mississippi Humanities Council, Thea Foundation
and William J Clinton Foundation's Art Across Arkansas, and the Safeco Corporate
Collection.
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