Alice Creischer (1960 in Gerolstein) is a German artist, writer and theorist.[1] Her artistic practice and theoretical work focuses on issues of economic and institutional critique, globalization and the history of capitalism.[2][3]
Life edit
Alice Creischer studied philosophy and German literature at University of Düsseldorf and Visual Arts at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where she was a master student of Fritz Schwegler. She co-curated a number of influential exhibitions, such as Messe 2ok (1995)[4] and ExArgentina (2004).[5] Together with Andreas Siekmann and Max Jorge Hinderer she curated the exhibition The Potosí Principle – How can we sing the song of the Lord in an alien land?[6] at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, which toured to Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2010), Museo nacional de arte, La Paz (2011) and Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore, La Paz (2011). Since 2014, she is together with Andreas Siekmann professor for Spatial Strategies at Kunsthochschule Weißensee in Berlin.[7]
Selected exhibitions edit
Solo shows edit
- 2019: His Master's Voice, KOW Gallery Berlin
- 2016: It is March 24 in the year 2000 which is compelling to be prospective, Culture Gest, Lisbon
- 2014: In The Stomach Of The Predators, KOW Gallery Berlin
- 2008: Alice Creischer. Apparatus for the Osmotic Compensation of the Pressure of Wealth during the Contemplation of Poverty, MACBA, Barcelona.
Group shows edit
- 2016 Jerusalem Show – Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art
- 2015 school of Kyiv, Biennial
- 2012 Social Fabric
Selected writings edit
- Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann: Universalism in Art and the Art of Universalism. Thoughts on the »globalization« of the art system, taking the United Arab Emirates as example. In: Springerin
- Colectivo Situationes & Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann: Figures of the Crisis. An exchange of letters between the Colectivo Situaciones and Alice Creischer / Andreas Siekmann on forms of politicization in the present Argentine and German context. In: Springerin
- Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann: Where and Why You Shouldn’t Read Any Further. On Michel Foucault’s Lecture on January 21, 1976, at the Collège de France. In: Springerin
References edit
- ^ "Alice Creischer". KOW Gallery. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Marí, Bartomeu. "Alice Creischer: works and collaborations ...for the osmotic compensation of wealth pressure". Transform. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Riccardi, Teresa (May 2012). "Archivo Caminante: Constellations and Performativity". Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry. 30: 76–85. doi:10.1086/667247. ISSN 1465-4253.
- ^ "Alice Creischer". eipcp - European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Ex Argentina: Genealogie einer Krise". Kulturstiftung des Bundes. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "How can we sing the song of the Lord in an alien land?". The Potosí Principle. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Personen: Prof. Alice Creischer". Kunsthochschule Weißensee. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
External links edit
- Biography and Bibliography on Alice Creischer at the Generali Foundation, pp. 3–4. (PDF-Datei; 260 kB)
- Artist profile of Alice Creischer at KOW Gallery, Berlin