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Petra Cortright

The works recycle a number of conventional painterly tropes, depicting idyllic landscapes and pretty flowers overlaid with swooping gestural abstractions. 

• By
  Rachel Wetzler
• Oct 24, 2017 3:24 pm

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Consumer Reports: Petra Cortright

Petra Cortright is a Los Angeles–based artist known for her self-portrait videos created with a computer webcam and then uploaded onto YouTube, as well as her Photoshop-based paintings on aluminum…

• By
  The Editors of ARTnews
• Oct 31, 2016 10:59 am

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A Net Art Pioneer Evolves With the Digital Age: Rhizome Turns 20

From email list to web recorder, the organization is leading the fight to conserve our lives online

• By
  Maximilíano Durón
• Sep 1, 2016 2:00 pm

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Petra Cortright at Ever Gold Projects

Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday

• By
  The Editors of ARTnews
• Jun 21, 2016 5:30 pm

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Flash Dancers: Petra Cortright on Her New Show at the Depart Foundation

'I don't think I've ever successfully avoided the male gaze. I can't even do it, even in the webcam videos, where I'm not even doing anything sexy'

• By
  Alex Greenberger
• Jul 20, 2015 11:39 am

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Stella McCartney Collaborates With Petra Cortright

New York magazine’s The Cut reports that designer Stella McCartney has collaborated with Petra Cortright (described as “the Internet’s new favorite artist”) on a series of videos, the first of which…

• By
  The Editors of ARTnews
• Aug 5, 2014 5:49 pm