Lot #20: Justine Kurland

Justine Kurland Girls Curled Up, 1997 Archival inkjet print Edition: 1 of 10 25 x 35 inches Courtesy of the artist and Higher Pictures Generation   Estimated value: $6,500 Starting bid: $4,550   Justine Kurland (American, b. 1969) For her series Girl Pictures (1997-2002), Justine Kurland staged photographs of teenage girls in the context of an imagined narrative where they ran away from home and formed a community on the fringes of society. The images—taken in both urban and wilderness settings—picture a space where the female experience is foregrounded and affirmed outside of the constraints of social expectations, countering traditionally masculine mythologies about the American landscape. Justine Kurland received her MFA in Photography from Yale University (1998). She was a resident with Light Work in 2017 and has had work exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; International Center of Photography, New York; National Museum of Women in the