Francis McKee

Francis McKee (born 1960) is an Irish writer and curator working in Glasgow.

Since 2005 he has been director of Glasgow International, and the Centre for Contemporary Arts. He is a lecturer and research fellow at Glasgow School of Art, working on the development of open source ideologies. He curated the Scottish participation at the Venice Biennale with Kay Pallister in 2003.

Francis McKee has written extensively on the work of Scottish artists such as Christine Borland, Ross Sinclair, Douglas Gordon and Simon Starling and on other international artists including Matthew Barney, Pipilotti Rist, Willie Doherty, Joao Penalva and co-published books on the Icelandic Love Corporation and Salla Tykkä in collaboration with NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art). Francis McKee worked previously as an historian of medicine for the Wellcome Trust.

Bibliography

*"Francis McKee-Selected Writings 1996-2007" Šiuolaikinio Meno Centras [ŠMC] & Contemporary Art Centre [CAC] . Vilnius, Lithuania. (2007)
*"Philip" by Mark Aerial Waller, Heman Chong, Cosmin Costinas, Rosemary Heather, Francis McKee, David Reinfurt, Steve Rushton and Leif Magne Tangen. Project Press. Dublin, (2007)
*"Willie Doherty" by Francis McKee, Yilmaz Dziewior, Matthias Muhling, and Willie Doherty (2007)
*"Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint Vol.1" by Francis Mckee, Matthew Barney, and Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2006)
*"Racer Untitled" by Annabel Lucas, Francis McKee, and Katherine Wood (2006)
* "Douglas Gordon's Vanity Of Allegory" by Alison Gingeras, Francis Mckee, Douglas Gordon, and Nancy Spector (2005)
* "Anna Gaskell: Half Life" by Niall MacKenzie, Francis McKee, Matthew Drutt, and Anna Gaskell (2003)
*"Pipilotti Rist" by Francis McKee (2002)
*"The Icelandic Love Corporation" Edited by Francis McKee and Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt (2002)
*"Salla Tykkä" Edited by Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt and Francis McKee
*"Neal Beggs" by Francis McKee, Duncan McLaren, Kevin Kelly, and Dave Hewitt (2001)
*"Kathy Prendergast: The End and the Beginning" by Kathy Prendergast, Francis McKee. Irish Museum of Modern Art (2000)
*"Luminous" by Francis McKee (2000)
*"Mariele Neudecker" by Maite Lores, Francis McKee, Eszther Barbarczy, and Clare Stent (1999)
* "Douglas Gordon: Kidnapping" by Jan Debbaut, Francis McKee, Douglas Gordon, and Marente Bloemheuvel (1998)
*"The House in the Woods" Centre for Contemporary Art. (1998)
*"Deep Blue" by Francis McKee (1997)
*"Institute of Cultural Anxiety: Works from the Collection" by Jeremy Millar and Francis McKee (1996)

External links

* http://www.francismckee.com
* http://www.smartprojectspace.net/artists/1634.xml