Liz Cohen
United States • 1973
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Liz Cohen (b. 1973) is a Colombian-American artist best known for her BODYWORK project, in which she transformed an aging East German Trabant into an American El Camino lowrider, and herself into a car customiser and bikini model. In her most recent work, BODY MAGIC, Cohen depicts herself alongside middle-aged lowrider icon Dazza del Rio, channeling the spirit of a young Lisa Lyon as she was photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe. Cohen's work has been characterised as examining labour, resistance and radical self-expression.
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Who is the artist?
Liz Cohen (b. 1973) is a Colombian-American artist best known for her BODYWORK project, in which she transformed an aging East German Trabant into an American El Camino lowrider, and herself into a car customiser and bikini model. In her most recent work, BODY MAGIC, Cohen depicts herself alongside middle-aged lowrider icon Dazza del Rio, channeling the spirit of a young Lisa Lyon as she was photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe. Cohen's work has been characterised as examining labour, resistance and radical self-expression.
When was Liz Cohen born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1973