Goshka Macuga
Goshka Macuga
Life and work
Goshka Macuga was born in
In 2009 Macuga had an exhibition at the newly re-opened
While in residence at the Walker Art Center in 2010-11, Macuga produced work for her first solo show in the United States that would investigate the cultural and political context of the Walker Art Center itself. Culminating in the exhibition, It Broke From Within, Macuga investigated the history of the shaping of the Walker Art Center as an institution through its archives. The exhibition explored the political orientation, community theory, lumber, financial history, and serendipity of clerical errors concerning the Walker.[7] Macuga designed enormous woven tapestries of photographs taken in Minnesota's oldest pine forests and used the textile as a backdrop for select pieces from the Walker's permanent collection, including works from Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Beuys.[8]
In 2012 Macuga created two large photorealistic tapestries for
In December 2023, Macuga was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in London.[11]
Exhibitions
2011
- Untitled, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw[12]
- It Broke from Within, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis[13]
2012
- Exhibit, A, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago[14]
- Kate MacGarry, London[15]
- Untitled, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York[16]Showroom, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich[17]
- dOCUMENTA (13), Fridericianum, Kassel and Queen's Palace, Bagh-e Babur, Kabul[18]
2013
- Non-Consensual Act (in Progress), Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm[19]
- Sexuality of Atoms, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York[20]
2014
2016
- Time as Fabric, New Museum, New York[23]
- To the Son of Man Who Ate the Scroll, Fondazione Prada, Milan[24]
See also
Notes
- ^ In Polish her first name would be spelled Gośka, a common diminutive form of Małgorzata, equivalent to the English "Margaret".
References
- ^ "Four artists up for Turner Prize", BBC, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
- ^ "Art Now. Objects in relation: Goshka Macuga", Tate. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
- ^ Eastham, Ben (22 April 2016). "Disobedient Curiosity". frieze.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- New York Times.
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- ^ Quesne, Lizzy Le. "Divus | Goshka Macuga: The Nature of the Beast. Whitechapel Gallery, London". www.divus.cc. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "Goshka Macuga In Conversation with Peter Eeley and Bartholomew Ryan". Walker Art Center. Walker Art Center. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ "Goshka Macuga: It Broke from Within". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: Of what is, that it is; of what is not, that it is not, 2, December 13, 2012 – January 13, 2013 Smart Museum of Art, Chicago.
- ^ Einsohn, Gabriel (May 3, 2013). "New Museum Presents "Goshka Macuga: Time as Fabric"" (PDF). New Museum Press Release. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ^ "Goshka Macuga | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 7 Feb 2024.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: Untitled, 3 December 2011 – 19 February 2012, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: It Broke from Within, 14 April – 14 August 2011, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: Exhibit, A, 15 December 2012 – 7 April 2013, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, US.
- ^ Goshka Macuga, 14 September – 27 October 2012, Kate MacGarry, London, UK.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: Untitled, 13 September - 22 December 2012, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, New York, US.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: Showroom, 29 June – 11 August 2012, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany.
- ^ dOCUMENTA (13) Archived 2015-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, 9 June – 16 September 2012, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany and 20 June – 19 July 2012, Queen's Palace, Bagh-e Babur, Kabul, Afghanistan.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: Non-Consensual Act (in Progress), 14 December 2013 – 12 April 2014, Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: Sexuality of Atoms, 12 September - 5 October 2013, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, New York, US.
- ^ Public Address: Goshka Macuga Tapestries, 14 June – 31 August 2014, Lunds konsthall, Lund, Sweden.
- ^ 8th Berlin Biennale, 29 May – 3 August 2014, Dahlem Museums, Berlin, Germany.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: Time as Fabric, 4 May – 26 June 2016, New Museum, New York, New York, US.
- ^ Goshka Macuga: To the Son of Man Who Ate the Scroll, 4 February – 19 June 2016, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy.