Goshka Macuga

Goshka Macuga

Goshka Macuga (born 1967) is an artist based in London. She is one of the four nominees for the 2008 Turner Prize. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7397741.stm "Four artists up for Turner Prize"] , BBC, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.]

Life and work

Goshka Macuga was born in Poland. She makes installations which incorporate other artists’ work alongside a variety of disparate objects [ [http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/artnow/goshkamacuga/default.shtm "Art Now. Objects in relation: Goshka Macuga"] , Tate. Retrieved 4 September 2008.] . She uses techniques and styles common in archiving and museum display [ [http://www.pilotlondon.org/nominators/details.php?nom_id=113&year=2004 "Goshka Macuga"] , PilotLondon. Retrieved 4 September 2008.] .

Goshka Macuga is represented by Kate MacGarry, London, Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York.

Exhibitions

*2000 "Cave", Kunstakuten, Stockholm, Sweden
*2002 "Friendship of the Peoples" (with Declan Clarke), The Project, Dublin, Ireland
*2002 "Untitled", Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warsaw, Poland
*2002 "Homeless Furniture", Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
*2003 "Kabinett der Abstrakten", BloombergSpace, London
*2004 "Autumn Catalog Leather Fringes", Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
*2005 "The British Art Show", Baltic and touring the UK
*2005 "Go Between", Amt der Landeshauptstadt Kultur, Bregenz, Austria
*2005 "Goshka Macuga", Kate MacGarry, London
*2006 "The Past is a Foreign Country:They do Things Differently There", Mathilda is Calling, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany
*2006 "Mula sem Cabeça" (Headless Mule), How to Live Together, 27th São Paulo Biennial
*2006 "Sleep of Ulro", A Foundation, Liverpool
*2006 "3rd Attese Biennale di Ceramica nell’ Arte Contemporanea", Museo della Ceramica Manlio Trucco, Albissola Superiore, Italy
*2007 "What’s In a Name", Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York

ee also

*List of Turner Prize winners and nominees

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/turnerprize2008 Turner Prize 2008]
* [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/goshka_macuga.htm work at the Saatchi Gallery]
* [http://www.andrewkreps.com/macuga.html Work at Andrew Kreps Gallery]
* [http://www.katemacgarry.com/goshkamacuga.php Work at Kate MacGarry gallery]


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