Bunny Rogers
{{Short description|Visual Artist, American Artist, Female artist}}
{{distinguish|text=Bunny Roger a male English couturier and socialite}}
Bunny Rogers (born 1990) is an American artist{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/bunny-rogers-internet-artist-profile|title=Meet Artist Bunny Rogers, Child of the Internet|date=May 6, 2016|website=W Magazine}} known for her multimedia works that often explore themes of loneliness, nostalgia,{{Cite web |title=Bunny Rogers |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bunny-rogers/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Forbes |language=en}} and alienation through the use of digital and traditional media.{{cite web | url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/bunny-rogers-pectus-excavatum-is-making-the-macabre-optimistic | title=The Artist Bunny Rogers is Making the Macabre Optimistic | date=20 March 2019 }} Her works span a variety of formats, including sculpture, video, and installation.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Bunny Rogers |url=https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/bunny-rogers/ |website=Staatliche Museen zu Berlin}}{{Cite web |last=Waart |first=Robin |title=Lavender Marriage: The Recent Nostalgia of Bunny Rogers' »Ms Agony« |url=https://pw-magazine.com/2021/lavender-marriage-the-recent-nostalgia-of-bunny-rogers-ms-agony |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=PW-Magazine: Art, Performance, Music |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2017-08-13 |title=Bunny Rogers |url=https://blancmagazine.com/bunnyrogers/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Blanc Magazine |language=en-US}}
Career
Rogers' work is characterized by its engagement with personal and cultural trauma.{{Cite web |date=2012-05-15 |title=Artist Profile: Bunny Rogers |url=https://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/may/15/artist-profile-bunny-rogers/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Rhizome |language=en}} She first gained attention with her works that utilize characters from her childhood.{{Cite journal |last=Vasey |first=George |date=September 15, 2014 |title=Bunny Rogers |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/bunny-rogers |journal=Frieze |via= |issue=166}}{{Cite web |date=2017-08-03 |title=Bunny Rogers Whitney Museum of American Art / New York {{!}} |url=https://flash---art.com/2017/08/bunny-rogers-whitney-museum-of-american-art-new-york/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Flash Art |language=en-US}}
One of Rogers' projects, 'Columbine Library,' consists of several multimedia installations, including 'Mandy’s Piano Solo in Columbine Cafeteria.' This installation features piano covers of several Elliott Smith songs{{cite web | url=https://www.sleek-mag.com/article/bunny-rogers/ | title=Bunny Rogers: On the Unsettling Obsessions of Youth }}{{Cite web|url=https://artreview.com/october-2014-bunny-rogers/|title=Bunny Rogers: Columbine Library|website=artreview.com}} This project delves into the themes of grief and remembrance, using the backdrop of the Columbine High School shooting to explore broader societal traumas.{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-06-09 |title=Bunny Rogers |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/bunny-rogers-57285/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Stamler |first=Hannah |date=2017-08-02 |title=Bunny Rogers Explores Columbine Through Her Own Private Cosmology |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/bunny-rogers-explores-columbine-through-her-own-private-cosmology/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=The Village Voice}}{{Cite web |last=Fateman |first=Johanna |date=September 1, 2016 |title=Bunny Rogers |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/bunny-rogers-3-223614/ |website=Artforum}}
In addition to "Columbine Library,"{{Cite web |date=2019-04-02 |title=Innocence Impossible: Bunny Rogers |url=https://www.moussemagazine.it/magazine/bunny-rogers-emily-watlington-2019 |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Mousse Magazine and Publishing |language=en-US}} Rogers also gained acclaim for her "Kind Kingdom"{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/events/bunny-rogers-6-247347/|title=Bunny Rogers|first=Brigitte|last=Huck|date=July 1, 2020}} exhibition held at Kunsrhaus Bregenz,{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Bunny Rogers |url=https://www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at/en/exhibitions/bunny-rogers-kind-kingdom |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Kunsthaus Bregenz |language=en-US}} exploring themes of isolation and community through installation{{Cite web |last=Watlington |first=Emily |date=2019-11-22 |title=Bunny Rogers's Performa Project Mourns the Daily Tragedies of Mass Shooting |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/bunny-rogers-performa-school-shooting-1202669098/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}} and sculptural works. Her other exhibitions include solo shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York,{{Cite web |last=Wolin |first=Joseph R. |date=2017-07-21 |title=Bunny in the Headlights |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/kza53v/bunny-rogers-brig-und-ladder-whitney-museum |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Vice |language=en}} where her series "Brig Und Ladder"{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |title=Bunny Rogers: Brig Und Ladder |url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/bunny-rogers-brig-und-ladder |access-date=2024-05-09 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}} was featured.{{Cite web |title=Bunny Rogers: Brig Und Ladder |url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/bunny-rogers |website=whitney.org}} Rogers has participated in numerous group exhibitions where she blended digital technology with traditional artistic elements.https://palaispopulaire.db.com/exhibitions/sculpturepopulaire/
= Exhibitions =
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017)
- Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2019){{Cite web |date=2017-01-26 |title=Ministry of Internal Affairs |url=https://artmuseum.pl/en/wystawy/ministerstwo-spraw-wewnetrznych |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw |language=en}}
- Performa, New York (2019)
- Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2020)https://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en/collection/artists/bunny-rogers
- Kunsthaus-Bregenz, Austria (2020)
- Boros Collection (2024){{Cite web |title=Boros Collection - Presse Downloads |url=https://www.sammlung-boros.de/presse/downloads |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.sammlung-boros.de |language=de-de}}
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