Elena Dorfman Explained
Elena Dorfman (born 1965) is an American fine art photographer based in Los Angeles, California.[1] Her photographs have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, T, and W.
Dorfman is known for her work centering around landscapes and identity through photography and film.[2] Her work is held in collections including the Cincinnati Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, Bass Art Museum, Newcomb Art Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[3]
Career
Dorfman received a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College, in 1988.[4] Her photography series explores cultural tensions between the artificial and natural, animals and people, as well as fantasy and reality.[5] Known for research-led works in photography, film, and most recently tapestry, she conducts extensive field studies that have inspired series including Valbona,[6] Sublime: The LA River,[7] Empire Falling,[8] The Pleasure Park,[9] Fandomania: Characters & Cosplay, and Still Lovers.[10]
Dorfman has been represented by the Edwynn Houk Gallery,[11] Robischon Gallery,[12] Modernism,[13] and Frederic Snitzer Gallery.[14]
Her work is the subject of three monographs: Empire Falling (Damiani, 2013), Fandomania (Aperture, 2007), and Still Lovers (Channel, 2005). Dorfman's work from Still Lovers was the focus of several documentary films and the inspiration for the feature film, Lars and the Real Girl.[15] In 2022, the U.S. Embassy in Tirana, Albania, supported her research and restoration work in the National Film Archives to create 'Fragments', a single-channel film installation.
Exhibitions
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Dorfman . Elena . About . 2023-01-10 . Elena Dorfman . en-US.
- Web site: Art in Embassies . 2025-01-03 . Art in Embassies, US Department of State . en.
- Web site: Elena Dorfman Semifinalist. 2024-09-16 . The Print Center 94th Annual . en-US.
- https://mcam.mills.edu/press/press_releases/2016-17/Elena-Dorfman-Press-Release.pdf Mills College website, Press Release dated October 26, 2016
- Web site: Modernism Artists: Elena Dorfman . 2025-01-03 . Modernism Art Gallery and Publisher . en.
- https://www.robischongallery.com/artist/ELENA_DORFMAN/works/6621 Robischon Gallery, Elena Dorfman works
- https://www.cincinnatiarts.org/weston-art-gallery/exhibitions/detail/elena-dorfman-sublime-the-l-a-river Cincinnati Arts website, Elena Dorfman, Sublime: The L.A. River
- https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/elena-dorfman-empire-falling/ The Eye of Photography website, Elena Dorfman: - Empire Falling
- Web site: The Pleasure Park . https://web.archive.org/web/20240916201343/https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/museum/exhibit/the-pleasure-park/ . 2024-09-16 . 2024-09-16 . Museum Hotel . en-US.
- Web site: Morgan . Susan . 2005-11-01 . Elena Dorfman: Still Lovers . 2024-09-16 . Aperture Archive . en-US.
- http://www.houkgallery.com/dorfman-stilllovers/dorfman1.html Edwynn Houk Gallery
- Web site: Artists . 21 October 2024 . Robischon Gallery.
- Web site: Artists : Elena DORFMAN . 2024-10-21 . www.modernisminc.com.
- Web site: Dorfman Elena My Art Guides . 2024-10-21 . My Art Guides Your Compass in the Art World . en-US.
- https://printcenter.org/94th/dorfman/ Print Center website, Elena Dorfman
- Web site: Dorfman, Elena . 2024-10-21 . SFMOMA . en-US.
- Web site: The Print Center – The Print Center 94th ANNUAL International Competition . 2024-10-21 . en-US.
- Web site: April 2007 . Elena Dorfman Fandomania . EDWYNN HOUK GALLERY.
- Web site: Eckardt . Steph . 2019-03-31 . What It Looks Like When a Sex Doll Joins a Family . 2024-10-04 . W Magazine . en.
- Web site: Submission . NOLA Community . 2016-06-29 . Syrian teen refugees inspire 1 new exhibit at Newcomb Art Museum . 2024-10-21 . NOLA.com . en.