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Archival pigment print
30 x 45 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated Retail Value: $1,500
Starting Bid: $750
Lori Kella explores the complexity of the 21st century landscape by crafting elaborate fictions meant only for the camera’s lens. Her haunting, highly detailed photographs that seem to portray a surreal nature are, in fact, meticulously constructed in the studio. Using handmade dioramas built from everyday materials, she produces scenes that feel both real and slightly uncanny—drawing viewers in before revealing their artifice. These works, part of her Vanishing Shoreline series, reflect on the fragility of Lake Erie’s ecosystem and the broader impact of climate change, often incorporating subtle references to threatened species. The result is a body of work that is visually captivating yet quietly urgent, balancing beauty with an underlying sense of loss and environmental precarity.
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Lori Kella
Lori Kella (b. 1974, St. Joseph, MI; lives and works in Cleveland, OH) received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and her MFA from Cornell University. Her photographs have been featured in State of the Art 2020 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and have also been shown at the Sarasota Art Museum, Akron Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, McDonough Museum of Art, Galerie Drei (Dresden, Germany), The Print Center (Philadelphia, PA), and moCa Cleveland, among others. Photographs from this series were featured in State of the Art 2020 at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Sarasota Art Museum, and the Akron Art Museum.
