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Etruscan No. 11 (Brunette)<\/em> by Eva Lake
14″x13″; collage; 2026. Courtesy of the artist. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eva Lake: Relics of Beauty <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at Modernism West in San Francisco, California, USA
12 February-25 April 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In \u201cRelics of Beauty,\u201d striking images are constructed from an array of art history and archeology photography paired with pop culture imagery of 20th century women. The result is a body of work that rewrites the historical record with softness and femininity and challenges the pervasive societal notions surrounding beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eva Lake\u2019s collages are the natural culmination of her life and studies. She was a student of art history and archaeology at the University of Oregon and painting at the Art Students League of New York. Lake also spent decades working as a makeup artist and in the fashion industry. \u201cIn most of this work, I am uniting two lifelong pursuits: art history\/archeology and beauty\/fashion,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to mix up the narrative of who is grand and who is pedestrian, of what is worthy of endless theories, and of what is dismissed as pretty for the idle moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some Girls No. 27 (Renaissance)<\/em> by Eva Lake
32″x32.125″; collage; 2026. Courtesy of the artist. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eva Lake has exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe since the 1980s. She is the recipient of multiple awards from the Oregon Arts Commission and the Ford Family foundation. Her work is included in the public collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Portland\u2019s Arts and Culture Council. She now lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

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COLLAGE ON VIEW Eva Lake: Relics of Beauty at Modernism West in San Francisco, California, USA12 February-25 April 2026 In \u201cRelics of Beauty,\u201d striking images are constructed from an array of art history and archeology photography paired with pop culture…<\/p>\n

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