Josephine Meckseper

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.

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

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", Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, 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, Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, Germany (October 24, 2009 – January 24, 2010)
  • "Josephine Meckseper", FLAG Art Foundation, 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. 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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