Katy Grannan: Lady Into Fox

Sep 14–Oct 21, 2017

The exhibition brings together a range of works with an emphasis on portraiture.

FraenkelLAB
Sep 14–Oct 21, 2017
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Katy Grannan

FraenkelLAB is pleased to present Katy Grannan: Lady into Fox from September 14 to October 21, 2017. Katy Grannan’s focus has been portraiture, from her early work as a student to recent projects in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Central Valley regions. Lady into Fox will bring together an eclectic range of works from Grannan’s multifaceted career, featuring photographs, Polaroids, video, and film stills. 

Color photograph of a young white woman wearing a belt, fishnet stockings, and shoes, falling forward onto the bed, looking at the camera.
Nicole, Sunnydale Avenue (II), 2006
pigment print, 41-1/4 x 51-1/4 inches (framed) [104.8 x 130.2 cm]

Grannan’s debut film, The Nine, will be screened for one night only at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on September 19 at 7pm. The Nine is a visual elegy to a childlike drifter named Kiki, whose only means of escape is through her imagination. The film, made over the course of five years, is an intimate and at times disturbing view into an America that most would rather ignore. Raw, poetic, direct, and unnerving, the film is less a window into a foreign world than a distorted mirror reflecting our own shared existence. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director and members of the community featured in The Nine. To learn more and to purchase tickets, click here.

Dale, Twin Peaks, ca. 2006

FraenkelLAB, opened in April 2016 and spearheaded by Frish Brandt and Jeffrey Fraenkel, is Fraenkel Gallery’s venue for adventurous artwork from any era and in any medium. Follow @fraenkelLAB on Instagram for the latest news about upcoming events.

Works on View

Color image of white walled gallery depicting varying sized photographs on walls
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Color photograph of young girl in dress sitting amongst greenery partially covered by shadows with arm raised
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Black and white photograph of a horse's eye
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Color photograph of a blonde woman with downcast eyes.
Black and white nighttime photograph of an animal in the grass
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Black and white photograph of a woman in a blonde wig, turned away from the camera
Black and white horizontal photograph of a white horse's neck
Black and white nighttime photograph of a deer
Color photograph of an African American woman, with a white hand touching her face.
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on white wall
Color photograph showing a shoulder, neck, and arm of an African American figure.
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Black and white photograph of a white woman leaning backwards
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small and large unframed prints on white wall
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Color photograph of a woman laying down, her hair arranged in curls on the bedsheet.
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls and a video projected on one
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Color photograph of a woman posing in the corner of a room
Installation photograph of a gallery space with small unframed prints on the walls
Color photograph of a gallery exterior with decal depicting a women in a dress with face covered with hair

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About the Artist

Katy Grannan lives and works in Berkeley, CA. Grannan’s photographs are included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among many others. She is also a long time contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and many other important publications. Grannan received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and her MFA from the Yale School of Art. There are eight monographs of her work: Model American, The Westerns, Boulevard, The Nine, The Ninety Nine, A Glint of Light on Broken Glass, and Hundreds of Sparrows, Volumes I & II.

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