Cady noland biography of michaels

American artist (born 1956)

Cady Noland (born 1956) is an American sculptor, printmaker, and installation artist who primarily works with found objects and appropriated images.

Her work, often made with objects denoting danger, industry, and American patriotism, addresses notions of the failed promise of the American Dream, the divide between fame and anonymity, and violence in American society, among other themes.

Many of her works have involved architectural interventions in gallery spaces, including fences, barricades, and metal poles meant to guide or restrict the audience's movements. She has drawn extensively on media and tabloid imagery in her work, regularly using images of notable criminals, celebrities, and public figures involved in scandal.

Art critic Peter Schjeldahl called Noland "a dark poet of the national unconscious."^[1]

Noland has participated in several high profile exhibitions, including the 44th Venice Biennale (1990), Whitney Bienn