Katy Grannan
Katy Grannan, Nicole, Potrero Hill, 2006, Courtesy of the artist and Fraenkel Gallery
In her early work Katy Grannan photographed strangers who answered local newspaper advertisements placed by the artist seeking portrait sitters. The resulting relationship between author and subject in these and other works allows these strangers to become intimate through the extended photographic negotiation and results in visually compelling images. MUSE features pictures of Grannan’s long time portrait subject Nicole, a mercurial character who seems as if she might be a different person in each image. Grannan received her MFA from Yale in 1999 and her BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Her work has been in numerous exhibitions including the 2004 Whitney Biennial, as well as in shows at the Guggenheim Bilbao and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her monograph, Model American, was published by Aperture in 2005. Grannan is represented by Fraenkel Gallery, in San Francisco, and Salon 94, in New York.
Katy Grannan, Nicole, Crissy Field Parking Lot II, 2006, Courtesy of the artist and Fraenkel Gallery
Katy Grannan, Nicole, Baker Beach, 2006, Courtesy of the artist and Fraenkel Gallery
Katy Grannan, Nicole, Sunnydale Avenue (II), 2006, Courtesy of the artist and Fraenkel Gallery
Katy Grannan, Nicole and Star, St. Luke's, 2007, Courtesy of the artist and Fraenkel Gallery
Katy Grannan, Nicole, Sunnydale Avenue (III), 2006, Courtesy of the artist and Fraenkel Gallery
Links:
Only the Lonely by Jerry Saltz
Lacanian Ink Interview with Cathy Lebowitz
The Guardian, Katy Grannan: The Westerners
