Elizabeth Peyton Hosts at the Louvre

Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965 in Connecticut, United States; lives and works in Paris and New York) brings vibrant life to painting through the art of portraiture.

For two years, she inhabited the spaces – both physical and imaginary – of the Louvre. She had a studio on the premises, where she created, conversed with museum personnel, and engaged with the public.

Previously studio neighbours, she now shares the temporary exhibition space in the Salle de la Chapelle with Kader Attia where the results of their respective sojourns in the museum are on display for all to see. For Peyton, it means paintings and drawings: a mixture of reinterpretations of works from the Louvre, which she has been creating since her early years as an artist, and representations of historic and contemporary subjects, made in her studio in the museum.

Their intersecting interpretations of the Louvre make manifest the wealth of resources to be found in the museum and in the works it houses, which serve as a source of inspiration to artists and visitors alike.