Lita Albuquerque is featured in Modern Luxury | Angeleno magazine's State of the Arts feature on significant artists shaping the cultural conversations and inspiring change through visual arts.
Drawing inspiration from her upbringing in Tunisia and her life in Los Angeles, Lita Albuquerque’s work explores themes of earth, the cosmos, humanity and con- nection. “Growing up in Tunisia... formed the ground of my artistic practice as it felt as if I was raised by the earth there. ... Coming to Southern California, it was the light that moved me,” explains Albuquerque, a pioneer in the Light and Space movement. Over her career, she’s moved from poetry and painting into large-scale land art, immersive installations and film, using this media to explore humanity’s connection to the planet and beyond.
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