Josephine Meckseper

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Josephine Meckseper
Born1964[1]​
Lilienthal, Lower Saxony, Germany[1]​
NationalityGerman
Education
Known forinstallation, sculpture, painting, photography, film

Josephine Meckseper (born 1964) is a German artist, active mainly in New York City.[1]​ Her large-scale installations and films have been exhibited in various international biennials and museum shows worldwide.[citation needed] She is the daughter of  [de].[citation needed]

Life and education[]

Meckseper studied at Berlin University of the Arts in Germany from 1986–1990, and completed her MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in 1992,[2] where she was influenced by artists Michael Asher and Charles Gaines, filmmaker Thom Andersen and literary critic and cultural theorist Sylvère Lotringer.[3]

Work[]

Between 1994 and 2000 she was editor of four issues of FAT magazine.[4]​

In 2012 her public art project Manhattan Oil Project, commissioned by the Art Production Fund, was installed on the corner of 46th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City.[5]

Exhibitions[]

  • "Josephine Meckseper", Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, 2007
  • "Josephine Meckseper",  [de], Bremen, Germany, 2008
  • Josephine Meckseper, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland (February 21 – May 3, 2009)
  • the Blaffer Art Museum of the University of Houston, 2009
  • Josephine Meckseper,  [de], Münster, Germany (October 24, 2009 – January 24, 2010)
  • "Josephine Meckseper", , New York, NY, 2012
  • Josephine Meckseper, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York (July 4 – October 14, 2013)
  • Mark Boulos and Josephine Meckseper, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts (February 14 – March 16, 2014)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Meckseper, Josephine. Union List of Artist Names. Getty Research. Accessed September 2021.
  2. ^ "Josephine Meckseper at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart - Artipedia - Arts News".
  3. ^ Szewczyk, Monika. Josephine Meckseper: American Still Life. Flash Art. No. 272. pp. 98–100.
  4. ^ Josephine Meckseper (1994). The Editor's Note. FAT online. Accessed September 2021.
  5. ^ "Josephine Meckseper Manhattan Oil Project". Art Production Fund.

Further reading[]

  • Sylvère Lotringer, Gabriele Mackert and Mona Schieren, Quelle International. Josephine Meckseper. Bremen: GAK.
  • John Kelsey, Andrew Ross. The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue. New York: Lukas & Sternberg, 2004.
  • Sylvère Lotringer. The Josephine Meckseper Catalogue No. 2. New York and Berlin: Sternberg Press.
  • Rachel Hooper. "Satire and a Cynical Smile: Josephine Meckseper." Brave New Worlds, edited by Doryun Chung and Yasmil Raymond, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2007, pp. 144–149.
  • Okwui Enwezor, Christian Hoeller, and Marion Ackermann, eds. Josephine Meckseper. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.
  • Rachel Hooper, Sylvère Lotringer, and Heike Munder. Josephine Meckseper. Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2009.
  • Josephine Meckseper, Francesco Bonami. Josephine Meckseper. New York: FLAG Art Foundation, 2011.
  • James Frey. Josephine Meckseper. Paris: Gagosian Gallery, 2016.
  • Domenick Ammirati, Piper Marshall. Josephine Meckseper: 10 Minutes After. London: Timothy Taylor Gallery, 2016.
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