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Spring - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 16.6" x 23.5"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A sophisticated underwater nude photograph of a beautiful young woman wearing a veil of air bubbles.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Entrance (Kings Road) - observations at the Schindler House in Los Angeles
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Entrance (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
45" x 60" / 114cm x 152cm / edition of 3
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
limited edition photograph printed under artist supervision + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
__________________
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Sunbeams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35x23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white nude photograph of a young woman wrapped in sunbeams.
There were five grandpianos at her house, a pool on the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jungle Mermaid - underwater ocean nude photograph - archival pigment 43" x 63"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This evocative underwater fine art photograph captures a naked woman swimming through a golden kelp forest, creating a dreamlike atmosphere where human and nature intertwine. The ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Apriel - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 18 x 24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Apriel" captures a serene underwater moment in striking black and white. This fine art underwater photograph showcases delicate interplay between light, shadow, and movement as hair...
Category
2010s Photorealist Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x65"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photo of a naked young woman wrapped in air bubbles. The photograph depicts only her body, the face is not visible. A very bright eye catching artwork.
The pool was freez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
The Turn - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 26x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"The Turn" represents a pivotal moment in contemporary underwater fine art photography, where sculptural form meets fluid dynamics. In this arresting composition, a figure in vibrant...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Beatles Abbey Road Billboard by Robert Landau - Sunset Strip
By Robert Landau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photograph of the legendary 1969 Sunset Strip billboard designed Roland Young for the release of the Beatles Abbey Road LP. Selected from Robert's museum exhibition and book: Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards on the Sunset Strip. (Billboard photo by Ian Macmillan)
Archival pigment print from an edition of 15, printed on 100% cotton fine art paper with a matte finish, signed and numbered in the lower margin by the artist. Print ships rolled, but framing options are available.
Robert Landau...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunbeams - underwater black & white nude photograph - print on aluminum 36x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater B&W photograph of a young naked woman wrapped in air bubbles and sunbeams.
There were five grand-pianos at her house, a pool on the third floor, and a sad man on the bott...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Metal
Three Horses by Phillip Graybill, Horse Photography
By Phillip Graybill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist: Phillip Graybill
Title: Three Horses
Edition: Signed and numbered in the margin, archival pigment prints on 100% cotton rag paper with a Baryta finish. Edition as follows:
24X24 from an edition of 25
Remastered and printed at FATHOM Los Angeles
Frame: FATHOM solid hardwood frames are sourced from managed forests that meet or exceed FSC certification standards. The shadow box style frame is 1 1/4 in high by 3/4 in wide with premium plexiglass.
Phillip Graybill is from Atlanta, Georgia. He moved to NYC in 1996 where he lived for 20 years and now splits his time between NYC and Venice, Ca. He has exhibited with celebrated artist Julian Schnabel. He has also exhibited alongside such photographic luminaries as Peter Lindbergh and Nigel Barker. Graybill was the primary photographer for the Nine Inch Nails...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Consequence Of Title I" (FRAMED) Photography 60x40 in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
By Aaron McPolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Consequence Of Title I" (FRAMED) Photography 60x40 in Ed. 1/3 by Aaron Mcpolin
Archival Giclee Print & Museum Framed
Size framed: 61.5" x 41.5" in
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE:
Edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Joy" Black and White Landscape Photography 48 x 36 In Ed. 1/7 by StillVika
Located in Culver City, CA
"Joy" Black and White Landscape Photography 48 x 36 In Ed. 1/7 by StillVika
Medium: Canson Platine 310GSM
Print only. Ships rolled in tube.
Amidst a chaotic world filled with dis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Digital
Surprise - underwater photograph - series REFLECTIONS - archival pigment 35x62"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Surprise” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpieces by Picasso...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chained Dog
By Drew Carolan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Selected from the Drew Carolan monograph MATINEE All Ages On The Bowery. Shot against a white seamless on the corner of Bleecker St. and Bowery in New York city in 1984 with a Rollei...
Category
1980s Street Art Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 29"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps in pool toward you. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither any places where you would ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Steps - underwater photograph - print on paper 21" x 18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Apriel - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 35 x 43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Apriel" captures a serene underwater moment in striking black and white. This fine art underwater photograph showcases delicate interplay between light, shadow, and movement as hair cascades weightlessly around the topless subject's contemplative profile. The monochromatic palette enhances the dreamlike quality, creating an ethereal atmosphere that transcends conventional portraiture. This evocative image continues the tradition of underwater fine art photography that explores themes of transformation and liminality. The composition's intimate perspective invites viewers to experience the boundary between worlds—a visual poetry of submersion and emergence that resonates within contemporary underwater portraiture.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, furnished with certificate of authenticity.
Limited edition of 24
Paper size: 36x44...
Category
2010s Photorealist Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Ripples - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude black and white photograph of a perfect female torso wrapped in sunlight.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on archival paper signed by the artist, fur...
Category
2010s Photorealist Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Chrysalis" Nude Photography 36" x 24" in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
By Aaron McPolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Chrysalis" Nude Photography 36" x 24" in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Archival Giclee Print & Museum Framed
NOT framed. Ships in a tube.
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE:
Edition of 15: 24 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
SPIN Roscoes - Urban Restaurant Photography Painting Art on Paper
By Pete Kasprzak
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x59"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange.
Ori...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
84x48 "Triple Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"TRIPLE ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Motel" Type C Metallic Print
By Jen Zahigian
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jen's love of photography began as a child, when her grandfather, a photographer, gave her a camera. However, it wasn't until she graduated from UC Berkeley that photography became a driving force in her life. She loves to photograph America's worn-out, offbeat, and forgotten corners.
Working with color Jen takes ordinary scenes just a bit beyond our everyday view. Many of her photographs depict California highway establishments and signage, revealing an appreciation for their dated aesthetic and patina of rust and neglect.
"Motel" Edition of 50 Type C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
C Print
The Golden Retriever Photographic Society ‘Hud, NYC 2011’ Archival pigment print
By Bruce Weber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Ultra Smooth, signed, dated and editioned by artist verso; studio stamped verso, 14 x 17 in.. Hardcover in slipcase, 11 x 14 in., 3,69 kg (8.12 l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Real Mermaid - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 23.4x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater nude photograph of a model swimming in the pool.
"There were five grand pianos at her house, a pool at the third floor, and a sad man on the bottom of that pool me. I jus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Circus - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 24"x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater photograph showcases minimalist composition in rich teal and turquoise tones, capturing a performer suspended in crystalline waters. The topless young woman ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blood and Milk III - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 36x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Blood and Milk III" charts new territory in contemporary underwater fine art photography. Set against a mesmerizing crimson background that evokes molten lava, the image captures a ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Metal
Sunbeams - underwater black & white nude photograph - archival pigment 65x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked woman wrapped in air bubbles and sunbeams.
There were five grand-pianos at her house, a pool on the third floor, and a sad man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blood and Milk III - underwater nude photograph - print on paper 48 x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Blood and Milk III" charts new territory in contemporary underwater fine art photography. Set against a mesmerizing crimson background that evokes molten lava, the image captures a ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD6387) - large scale abstract photograph
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction.
She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms.
AD6387 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence)
40" x 30" / 102cm x 76cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
60" x 45" / 152cm x 114cm
edition of 8 + 2AP
limited edition photograph is printed under artist supervision and accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature labels are 8x10 in size
signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity
label
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes and Succulents (2018) with a debut at Musee Jeu de Paume in Paris in 2019. Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum exhibition in Germany and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, the Perez Art Museum in Miami, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris, The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London, Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland, Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Australian Centre for Photography and Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan.
Mona Kuhn currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
__________________
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Mona Kuhn: Between Modernism and Surrealism, Houk Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Giclée
Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 46x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman standing on her hands on the bottom of a pool. Her perfect body on the red background and classic heavy breasts leave spectators speechle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hollywood's Oldest (Musso & Frank) - Urban Photography Painting Art on Paper
By Pete Kasprzak
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
No Way - black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 43 x 68"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Wild Blood - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 62x43"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
There are no rules for luck. I was sure the new girl would need practice and practice - and I was wrong. She was just perfect from the first second. Next month she got married and m...
Category
2010s Photorealist Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flurry - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 62"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a young woman in red dress dancing underwater in a pool. A very bright photograph with plenty of sun and positivity. The model was an amazing Russian dancer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Spectral (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Spectral (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
__________________
About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
__________________
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
Mona Kuhn: The Schindler House, A Love Affair, Galerie XII...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
No Way - black & white nude photograph - archival pigment print 35x55"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A black and white photograph of a perfect woman's buttocks and her handcuffed hands giving a finger.
Original gallery quality print signed by the artist.
Digital archival pigment p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
The Smile - underwater black & white nude photograph - aluminum 24" x 36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman smiling to the camera.
This minimalistic photograph blends well with wide verity of interiors.
Original digital print o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Metal
36x48 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Exhibition Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery.
Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS"
Destr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Moonlight - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 18x24"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A beautiful and sophisticated underwater photograph of a young naked woman on her back on the bottom of the pool. This is a monochrome photograph close to black and white with rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
"Darling" Black & White Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 2/3 by Larsen Sotelo
By Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Darling" Black & White Photography 60" x 40" in Ed. 1/3 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in tube.
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish
Com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Cold Song - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 51"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This striking underwater fine art photograph captures a figure draped in flowing white fabric, suspended between worlds with vibrant red blossoms and yellow spherical elements. The r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Sunset Strip with Three Billboards by Robert Landau - Rock Billboards
By Robert Landau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Landau's urban landscape: Sunset Strip with Three Billboards; featuring Eddie Money, Cher, and Judy Collins and an unforgettable view of Sunset Bo...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
40x50 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options ava...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grace (Kings Road) - unique solarized gelatin silver artist print
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
In Kings Road (2022) Mona Kuhn lyrically reconsiders the realms of time and space within the midcentury architectural elements of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles. Built by Austrian architect Rudolph M. Schindler in 1922, the house was both a social and design experiment and an avant-garde hub for intellectuals and artists in the 1920s and ’30s.
The body of works incorporates chromogenic color prints, reflecting vignettes and materials of the building's emotional architecture, juxtaposition with unique solarized gelatin silver prints capturing traces of an ethereal human presence.
Grace (2022)
Kings Road: A Rudolph Schindler House
30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm /edition of 12
15" x 20" / 38cm x 56cm / edition of 12
limited edition solarization photograph printed by the artist + accompanied by signed artist certificate:
artist signature label (8x10")
signed/editioned/dated/titled by the artist + stamped for authenticity
label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print
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About the artist
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art.
For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Stanley/Barker Editions published Kuhn's Bushes & Succulents in 2018. In 2021, Thames & Hudson published a career retrospective titled Works. Kuhn's most recent publication Kings Road (2022) with Steidl accompanies a multi-dimensional museum traveling exhibition shown in Europe and the US.
Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Solo Exhibitions
2025
Mona Kuhn: Y Tu Desnudo será Un Gran Poema, Museum of Contemporary Art, Malaga, Spain
Mona Kuhn: Kings Road, Lianzhou Museum of Photography, China
2024
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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