Liz Larner's UK Debut at Camden Arts Centre Explores Breath, Hair, and NASA Asteroids

American sculptor Liz Larner is presenting her first major UK exhibition, 'A Hard Line to Bend', at Camden Arts Centre in London. Known for her use of unconventional materials such as human hair, false eyelashes, leather, and surgical gauze, Larner's practice often involves creating works that evolve over time. A notable piece in the exhibition is her 1988 work 'Every Artist Gave a Breath', which was created by having artists from around the world breathe over petri dishes containing agar. The bacteria from these breaths have since transformed, with some dishes developing into 'beautiful, dried wafers in colour' while others turned 'a really weird blackish-green, really murky and a little scary'. Larner's inspiration for her current work also draws from NASA images of asteroids, reflecting a dystopian age of space technocrats. The exhibition is scheduled to open at Camden Arts Centre, with details of the run dates not yet specified in the source.